Michael Maguire is a British

United Kingdom

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 professional boxer

Boxing

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 who fights in the super bantamweight division.

Amateur career

As an amateur

Amateur boxing

Amateur boxing is practised at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration and fighters wear head protection, so this type of competition prizes point-scoring rather...

 boxer, Maguire fought for the Kettering

Kettering

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 School of Boxing and achieved the World under-19 number one ranking at bantamweight. He was a member of the Great Britain Olympic squad but did not manage to qualify for the Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

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 as bantamweight Joe Murray

Joe Murray (boxer)

Joseph Murray is a former amateur boxer from Levenshulme, Manchester, England. He is best known for winning a medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships at bantamweight and has recently signed professional terms with Hatton Promotions. His brother John is the reigning British...

 and flyweight Khalid Yafai qualified before him at the weights in which he would have been eligible.

Professional career

After missing out on the Olympics, Maguire signed for fledgling promotional outfit Hayemaker Promotions

Hayemaker Promotions

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 a decision that caused alarm at the Amateur Boxing Association. Maguire's first professional contest took place on 20 September 2008 at the Hillsborough Leisure Center in Sheffield

Sheffield

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. He scored a points win over journeyman

Journeyman (boxing)

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 Delroy Spencer. His next fight took place at the O2 Arena

The O2 arena (London)

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 in London and resulted in a first round knockout win against Yordan Vasilev. Maguire fought three times in 2009 defeating Faycal Messaoudene at York Hall in February, James Ancliff at the Ulster Hall in April and Sergey Rozhakmens, returning to the York Hall in December. On 22 January 2010 Maguire fought his last fight to date defeating Pavels Senkov at the Brentwood Centre in Essex.

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