Neil Sinclair Explained

Neil Sinclair (born 23 February 1974), is a Northern Irish former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2010. He challenged once for the WBO welterweight title in 2010. At regional level, he held the British welterweight title from 2001 to 2003 and challenged once for the EBU European Union title in 2008. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal representing Ireland at the 1992 Junior World Championships and gold while representing Northern Ireland at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

Amateur career

Sinclair boxed for Ireland as an amateur and won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships at Montreal in 1992 and also won a gold for Northern Ireland at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.^{[1] [2]}

Professional career

Sinclair turned professional in April 1995, winning his first fight at the Ulster Hall, Belfast, in which he knocked out Marty Duke on a card that included Darren Corbett and the final fight in the career of Damien Denny.

In June 2007, Sinclair announced his retirement^[3] although he decided to return to boxing within a couple of months.

In May 2009, Sinclair won the Irish light-middleweight title with a stoppage victory over Henry Coyle at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast.

Professional boxing record

	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
41	Loss	33–8	Bradley Pryce		3	2010-02-26
40	Win	33–7	Janos Petrovics	TKO	4 (8)	2009-11-06
39	Win	32–7	Henry Coyle	TKO	3 (10),	2009-05-15
38	Loss	31–7	Daniele Petrucci		12	2008-06-07
37	Win	31–6	Juan Martinez	PTS	8	2008-03-29
36	Win	30–6	Sergejs Savrinovics	PTS	6	2007-08-18
35	Loss	29–6	Francis Jones	KO	5 (8),	2007-06-23
34	Win	29–5	Arek Malek	TKO	4 (6),	2007-02-17
33	Loss	28–5	Jerome Ellis	TKO	6 (10),	2006-07-05
32	Loss	28–4	Taz Jones	TKO	1 (8),	2005-03-18
31	Win	28–3	Craig Lynch	PTS	6	2004-07-30
30	Win	27–3	Bradley Pryce	TKO	8 (12),	2003-02-01
29	Win	26–3	Paul Knights	TKO	2 (12),	2002-11-02
28	Win	25–3	Dzmitri Kashkan	TKO	4 (8),	2002-08-17
27	Win	24–3	Derek Roche	KO	1 (12),	2002-06-15
26	Win	23–3	Leonti Vorontsuk	TKO	4 (8),	2002-04-20
25	Win	22–3	Harry Dhami	TKO	5 (12),	2001-11-19
24	Win	21–3	Viktor Fesechko	PTS	6	2001-09-22
23	Win	20–3	Zoltan Szili	KO	2 (8),	2001-04-28
22	Loss	19–3	Daniel Santos	KO	2 (12),	2000-12-16
21	Win	19–2	Adrian Chase	TKO	2 (8),	2000-08-12
20	Win	18–2	Christopher Henry	TKO	1 (8),	24 Jun 2000
19	Win	17–2	Paul Dyer	TKO	6 (8),	2000-05-16
18	Win	16–2	Dennis Berry	TKO	2 (8)	2000-03-18
17	Win	15–2	Paul Dyer	TKO	8 (8)	1999-10-16
16	Win	14–2	David Kirk	PTS	8	1999-06-05
15	Win	13–2	Mark Ramsey	TKO	3 (8)	1999-01-22
14	Win	12–2	Michael Smyth		1 (8),	1998-12-07
13	Win	11–2	Paul Denton	TKO	1 (8)	1998-09-19
12	Win	10–2	Leigh Wicks	TKO	1 (6),	1998-02-21
11	Win	9–2	Chris Pollock	RTD	3 (6),	1997-12-20
10	Win	8–2	Trevor Meikle	TKO	5 (6),	1997-09-27
9	Loss	7–2	Dennis Berry	PTS	6	1996-09-03
8	Win	7–1	Kasi Kaihau	TKO	2 (6)	1996-05-28
7	Win	6–1	Hugh Davey	PTS	6	1996-04-13
6	Win	5–1	Brian Coleman		1 (6)	1995-12-02
5	Win	4–1	Wayne Shepherd	TKO	6 (6)	1995-10-07
4	Win	3–1	George Wilson		4	1995-08-26
3	Win	2–1	Andy Peach	TKO	1 (6)	1995-07-17
2	Loss	1–1	Andrew Jervis	TKO	3 (6)	1995-05-27
1	Win	1–0	Marty Duke		2 (6)	1995-04-14

See also

• List of British welterweight boxing champions

Notes and References

1. http://www.ulsterboxing.org/ Ulster Council medal winners at Commonwealth
2. Web site: World Junior Championships . IABA . 13 October 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060905005346/http://www.iaba.ie/boxing/Main/Olympics-performances.htm . 5 September 2006.
3. Web site: David Kelly . Battling Neil won't Sinc without trace . . https://archive.today/20070701072709/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/other-sports/article2706648.ece . dead . 1 July 2007 . 28 June 2007.