Sport Boxing | Height 1.71 m | |
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Born 12 February 1987 (age 30) ( 1987-02-12 ) Mullingar, Co. Westmeath Club St. Michael's Athy Boxing Club Coached by Dominic O'Rourke (club)
Zaur Antia (national) | ||
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David Oliver Joyce (born 1987) is an Irish amateur boxer. He won the European featherweight title in 2009 and competed as lightweight at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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- Carl frampton v david oliver joyce irish amateur final part 1 of 2
- On the road to rio david oliver joyce
- Biography
- References
On the road to rio david oliver joyce
Biography
Joyce was born into a boxing family in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. His cousins John Joe Joyce and Joe Ward are also international boxers. Joyce is married to Melissa and has three children: Amber, Mickey Joe and Reanna.
In April 2016, he qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, beating Volkan Gockek on points in a fight in Turkey. He reached the last sixteen of the men's lightweight competition, defeating Andrique Allisop in a first round bout by unanimous decision.
References
David Oliver Joyce Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA