Sean McGoldrick

Sean McGoldrick (born 3 December 1991) is a Welsh professional boxer who was awarded the gold medal for the Bantamweight division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India,.[1] McGoldrick lost to Manju Wanniarachchi of Sri Lanka in the final and was initially awarded the silver medal. On 10 March 2017, Matchroom Sport and McGoldrick both announced the signing of a professional promotion contract.

Sean McGoldrick
Statistics
Real nameSean McGoldrick
Weight(s)Bantamweight
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
NationalityWelsh
Born (1991-12-03) 3 December 1991
Newport, Wales
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights10
Wins9
Wins by KO2
Losses1
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi Bantamweight
2014 Glasgow Bantamweight

Amateur career

McGoldrick was born in Duffryn, Newport. At the time of the games, he was an 18-year-old pupil at Duffryn Comprehensive School and the Wales national coach was Colin Jones.

On 24 October 2010 National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka announced that Wanniarachchi had failed a drugs test taken during the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[2] A urine sample provided by the boxer had contained nandrolone, a banned performance-enhancing drug.[3] Wanniarachchi claims he failed the drugs test due to the asthma medication he was taking.[4] Wanniarachchi subsequently failed the second drugs test and intended to launch an appeal.[5]

In December 2010 McGoldrick was selected as BBC Wales Junior Sportsman of the Year.[6]

In June 2011 McGoldrick was retroactively awarded the 2010 Commonwealth Games Bantamweight gold medal.[7]

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
4 fights 4 wins 0 losses
By knockout 2 0
By decision 2 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
4 Win 4–0 Michael Barnor TKO 3 (6), 2:04 3 Feb 2018 The O2 Arena, London, England, UK
3 Win 3–0 Gyula Dodu TKO 1 (6), 2:26 29 Jul 2017 Tudor Grange Leisure Centre, Solihull, England, UK
2 Win 2–0 Ricky Starkey PTS 6 10 Jun 2017 Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
1 Win 1–0 Brett Fidoe PTS 4 25 Mar 2017 Manchester Arena, Manchester, England, UK Professional debut

References
  1. McGoldrick wins silver
  2. "anju in danger of losing gold". BBC Sinhala. 24 October 2010.
  3. "Manju charged for taking banned drugs". Sunday Island, Sri Lanka. 24 October 2010.
  4. "Manju given 14 days". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 24 October 2010.
  5. Wanniarachchi fails second drugs test
  6. Welsh Junior Sportsman of the year
  7. MgGoldrick awarded Gold medal


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