# Brian Magee

Brian Magee (born 9 June 1975) is a Northern Irish former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2012. He held the WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title in 2012, and the IBO title from 2001 to 2004. At regional level, he held the British super middleweight title in 2008 and the EBU European title in 2010. As an amateur he represented Ireland at the 1996 Olympics, reaching the middleweight quarter-finals. He also won a silver medal at the 1998 European Championships and bronze at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, representing Northern Ireland in the latter.

## Amateur career

As an amateur Magee fought out of holy trinity ABC in Belfast, and won the Ulster senior title every year from 1995 to 1998.
Magee represented Ireland at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

### Olympic results

* Defeated Randall Thompson (Canada) 13–5
* Defeated Bertrand Tetsia (Cameroon) 11–6
* Lost to Mohamed Bahari (Algeria) 9–15
Magee won a bronze medal for Northern Ireland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and silver medal for Ireland at the 1998 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus.

## Professional career

Magee turned professional in March 1999, and fought Dean Ashton at the Bowler's Arena, Manchester, England on the undercard of a bill that included Damaen Kelly, Michael Brodie and Clinton Woods. Magee won his opener knocking out the Stoke man inside two rounds.
He won the vacant IBO Intercontinental super middleweight title in January 2001 by defeating Neil Linford from England. He then won the IBO world super middleweight title and defended it successfully eight times. He was then defeated in his attempt for the European title. In December 2008 he beat undefeated Scottish Stevie Maguire to win the British super middleweight title, and, after a 13-month break, returned to defeat Mads Larsen in a seven-round knockout in Aarhus, becoming European champion for the first time.
On 11 September 2010 Brian Magee defended his European Title against Armenia's Roman Aramian with the Armenian not starting the ninth round. Magee challenged IBF Super-Middleweight champion Lucian Bute in Canada on 19 March 2011. He lost the fight to Lucian Bute by TKO in the tenth round.
On 30 July 2011 Magee captured the interim WBA super-middleweight title with a unanimous points win over Jaime Barboza in San Jose, Costa Rica.

### Magee vs. Kessler

On 8 December 2012. Brian Magee travelled to Denmark to face "The Viking Warrior" Mikkel Kessler in his home nation with the WBA Super Middleweight Title at stake. After a quiet 1st round, Magee went to the floor twice in the 2nd after Kessler landed some hard bodyshots. After 24 seconds on the third round it was allover, Kessler landed a hard bodyshot again; Magee never recovered and Kessler became World Champion for the fifth time.

## Professional boxing record

| 42 fights | 36 wins | 5 losses |
| By knockout | 24 | 3 |
| By decision | 12 | 2 |
| Draws | 1 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 42 | Loss | 36–5–1 | Mikkel Kessler | TKO | 3 (12), 0:24 | 12 Aug 2012 | Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning, Denmark | Lost WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title |
| 41 | Win | 36–4–1 | Rudy Markussen | TKO | 5 (12), 2:35 | 18 Feb 2012 | Brøndby Hall, Brøndby, Denmark | Retained WBA interim super-middleweight title |
| 40 | Win | 35–4–1 | Jaime Barboza | UD | 12 | 30 Jul 2011 | Gimnasio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica | Won vacant WBA interim super-middleweight title |
| 39 | Loss | 34–4–1 | Lucian Bute | TKO | 10 (12), 2:04 | 19 Mar 2011 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | For IBF super-middleweight title |
| 38 | Win | 34–3–1 | Roman Aramyan | RTD | 8 (12), 3:00 | 9 Nov 2010 | National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland | Retained European super-middleweight title |
| 37 | Win | 33–3–1 | Mads Larsen | TKO | 7 (12), 0:15 | 30 Jan 2010 | NRGi Arena, Aarhus, Denmark | Won vacant European super-middleweight title |
| 36 | Win | 32–3–1 | Steve McGuire | KO | 8 (12), 3:01 | 13 Dec 2008 | International Centre, Brentwood, England | Won vacant British super-middleweight title |
| 35 | Win | 31–3–1 | Simeon Cover | TKO | 4 (6), 1:04 | 11 Jul 2008 | Robin Park Arena, Wigan, England | |
| 34 | Win | 30–3–1 | Tyrone Wright | PTS | 6 | 7 Mar 2008 | Harvey Hadden Stadium, Nottingham, England | |
| 33 | Win | 29–3–1 | Mark Nilsen | PTS | 4 | 8 Feb 2008 | Leisure Centre, Peterlee, England | |
| 32 | Draw | 28–3–1 | Tony Oakey | MD | 12 | 25 Aug 2007 | Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland | For British light-heavyweight title |
| 31 | Win | 28–3 | Danny Thornton | RTD | 2 (6), 3:00 | 8 Jun 2007 | Civic Centre, Motherwell, Scotland | |
| 30 | Win | 27–3 | Andrew Lowe | PTS | 12 | 26 Jan 2007 | Goresbrook Leisure Centre, London, England | |
| 29 | Win | 26–3 | Paul David | PTS | 6 | 3 Nov 2006 | Metrodome, Barnsley, England | |
| 28 | Loss | 25–3 | Carl Froch | KO | 11 (12), 1:21 | 26 May 2006 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England | For British and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles |
| 27 | Win | 25–2 | Daniil Prakaptsou | TKO | 2 (4), 2:46 | 28 Jan 2006 | National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland | |
| 26 | Win | 24–2 | Varujan Davtyan | TKO | 2 (8) | 14 Oct 2005 | National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland | |
| 25 | Loss | 23–2 | Vitali Tsypko | SD | 12 | 16 Jul 2005 | Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, Germany | For vacant European super-middleweight title |
| 24 | Win | 23–1 | Neil Linford | TKO | 7 (8), 2:48 | 26 Nov 2004 | Leisure Centre, Altrincham, England | |
| 23 | Loss | 22–1 | Robin Reid | UD | 12 | 26 Jun 2004 | King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Lost IBO super-middleweight title |
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Jerry Elliot | UD | 12 | 17 Apr 2004 | King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Retained IBO super-middleweight title |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Hacine Cherifi | TKO | 8 (12) | 22 Nov 2003 | King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Retained IBO super-middleweight title |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Omar Eduardo Gonzalez | KO | 1 (12), 1:50 | 4 Oct 2003 | Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Retained IBO super-middleweight title |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Andre Thysse | TKO | 10 (12), 2:48 | 21 Jun 2003 | MEN Arena, Manchester, England | Retained IBO super-middleweight title |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | UD | 12 | 22 Feb 2003 | Leisure Centre, Huddersfield, England | Retained IBO super-middleweight title |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Jose Spearman | UD | 12 | 9 Nov 2002 | Leisure Centre, Altrincham, England | Retained IBO super-middleweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Mpush Makambi | TKO | 7 (12) | 15 Jun 2002 | Town Hall, Leeds, England | Retained IBO super-middleweight title |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Vage Kocharyan | PTS | 8 | 18 Mar 2002 | Leisure Centre, Crawley, England | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Ramon Arturo Britez | KO | 1 (12), 1:56 | 10 Dec 2001 | Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, England | Won IBO super-middleweight title |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Chris Nembhard | TKO | 6 (8), 0:37 | 31 Jul 2001 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Neil Linford | UD | 12 | 29 Jan 2001 | Bushfield Leisure Centre, Peterborough, England | Won vacant IBO Inter-Continental super-middleweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Teymuraz Kekelidze | TKO | 4 (10) | 11 Nov 2000 | Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Jason Barker | PTS | 8 | 12 Jun 2000 | Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Pedro Carragher | KO | 2 (8) | 15 Apr 2000 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Darren Ashton | TKO | 5 (8) | 20 Mar 2000 | Leisure Centre, Mansfield, England | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Rob Stevenson | TKO | 5 (6), 1:31 | 21 Feb 2000 | Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre, London, England | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Terry Morrill | TKO | 4 (6) | 12 Feb 2000 | Ponds Forge, Sheffield, England | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Michael Pinnock | TKO | 3 (6) | 16 Oct 1999 | Maysfield Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Dennis Doyley | TKO | 3 (4), 2:17 | 13 Sep 1999 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Chris Howarth | TKO | 1 (4), 1:12 | 22 Jun 1999 | Corn Exchange, Ipswich, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Richard Glaysher | TKO | 1 (4), 2:28 | 22 May 1999 | Maysfield Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Dean Ashton | TKO | 2 (4), 2:23 | 13 Mar 1999 | Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England | |