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Name
  
Freddie Gilroy

Role
  
Boxer


Martial art
  
Boxing

Division
  
Bantamweight

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Olympic medals
  
Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Bantamweight

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Frederick "Freddie" Gilroy (7 March 1936 – 28 June 2016) was a Northern Irish boxer. Gilroy won a bronze medal for Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne at Bantamweight.

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Olympic results

Freddie Gilroy Legendary Belfast boxer Freddie Gilroy dies aged 80 The Irish News

  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Boris Stepanov (Soviet Union) KO 3
  • Defeated Mario Sitri (Italy) points
  • Lost to Wolfgang Behrendt (United Team of Germany) points
  • Pro career

    Freddie Gilroy Irish Olympic boxer Freddie Gilroy dies aged 80 BBC Sport

    He turned professional shortly after winning his Olympic medal and he would go on to win British, Commonwealth and European titles in a short five-year career. In 1960 he fought Alphonse Halimi for the World Bantamweight title but lost on points in London, despite knocking down Halimi in the fifteenth round. On 20 October 1962, Gilroy fought fellow Belfast man and Olympic medallist John Caldwell in what is widely regarded as one of the greatest fights ever to be held in Ireland. Gilroy won when a cut to Caldwell's eye stopped him from carrying on. Gilroy immediately announced his retirement.


    Freddie Gilroy Legendary Belfast boxer Freddie Gilroy dies aged 80 The Irish News

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    References

    Freddie Gilroy Wikipedia