Sean McGoldrick
Sean McGoldrick (born 3 December 1991) is a Welsh professional boxer who has held the British and Commonwealth bantamweight titles since February 2023. As an amateur he was awarded the gold medal for the Bantamweight division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
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| Real name | Sean McGoldrick | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | Bantamweight | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Welsh | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 December 1991 Newport, Wales | |||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[1] A urine sample provided by the boxer had contained nandrolone, a banned performance-enhancing drug.[2] Wanniarachchi claims he failed the drugs test due to the asthma medication he was taking.[3] Wanniarachchi subsequently failed the second drugs test and intended to launch an appeal.[4]
In December 2010 McGoldrick was selected as BBC Wales Junior Sportsman of the Year.[5]
In June 2011 McGoldrick was retroactively awarded the 2010 Commonwealth Games Bantamweight gold medal.[6]
Professional boxing record
| 4 fights | 4 wins | 0 losses |
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| By knockout | 2 | 0 |
| By decision | 2 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 4 | Win | 4–0 |  Michael Barnor |
TKO | 3 (6), 2:04 | 3 Feb 2018 |  The O2 Arena, London, England, UK |
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| 3 | Win | 3–0 |  Gyula Dodu |
TKO | 1 (6), 2:26 | 29 Jul 2017 | Tudor Grange Leisure Centre, Solihull, England, UK |
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| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Ricky Starkey |
PTS | 6 | 10 Jun 2017 | Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Brett Fidoe |
PTS | 4 | 25 Mar 2017 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England, UK |
Professional debut |
References
- "anju in danger of losing gold". BBC Sinhala. 24 October 2010.
- "Manju charged for taking banned drugs". Sunday Island, Sri Lanka. 24 October 2010.
- "Manju given 14 days". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 24 October 2010.
- Wanniarachchi fails second drugs test
- Welsh Junior Sportsman of the year
- MgGoldrick awarded Gold medal