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Barry McGuigan

(1961) Boxer

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Barry McGuigan is a boxer, best known for Cyclone.

Quick Facts About Barry McGuigan

Born: February 28, 1961
Profession: Boxer
Notable works: Cyclone

About Barry McGuigan

Finbar Patrick "Barry" McGuigan is an Irish boxing promoter and former professional boxer. Born in Clones, County Monaghan, McGuigan represented both Northern Ireland and Ireland as an amateur. Nicknamed The Clones Cyclone, he held the WBA and lineal featherweight titles from 1985 to 1986. At regional level, he also held the British and European featherweight titles between 1983 and 1985. In 1985, McGuigan became BBC Sports Personality of the Year. In 2005, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Barry McGuigan

What do you want me to do, rob a bank?

Bank

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I'd had 35 professional fights and mentally I was tired of it. I'd sort ot fallen out of love with the sport.

Fallen

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It is not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, but the size of the fight in the dog.

Counts

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Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century.

21st century

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Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get hurt and everything comes apart. That's when it's…

Break

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Boxing traditionally was received very well and accepted on both sides.

Accepted

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A pit bull is like a fighter. Every so often it needs to taste blood.

Blood

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There is nothing like wealth for dulling desire.

Desire

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I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I like to think I brought it another step. I was able to bring people…

Able

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The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness.

Boxing

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I train very hard, either rowing on the cross trainer or running. Not only do you feel tired afterwards but it relaxes…

Crosses

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If somebody had told me in the 1980s that Gerry Adams would shake hands with Ian Paisley or Peter Robinson I would…

Cells

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I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.

Boxes

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Barney was interested in bringing professional boxing back to Northern Ireland in a big way.

Back

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I get people to this day - I won my title 25 years ago - saying how wonderful a time they had…

Dark

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Work hard, think fast and you'll last.

Hard

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What I would say about Barney Eastwood is that when our relationship worked, it worked extremely well. He had a lot of…

Management

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While my father sang, Pedroza stared at me. By that time my eye pupils were staring at him, too, like a terrier…

Eye

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250,000 people turned up in Dublin to cheer me on an open-topped bus along O'Connell St after my world title winning fight…

After

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I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.

Issues

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