John Joe Nevin

John Joe Nevin
Born	John Joseph Nevin (1988-06-07) 7 June 1988 (age 36) Mullingar, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Statistics
Weight(s)	Super-Featherweight
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Reach	67 in (170 cm)
Boxing record
Total fights	14
Wins	14
Wins by KO	4
Losses	0
Medal record Representing  Ireland Olympic Games 2012 London Bantamweight World Amateur Championships 2009 Milan Bantamweight 2011 Baku Bantamweight European Amateur Championships 2013 Minsk Bantamweight European Union Amateur Championships 2008 Cetniewo Bantamweight 2009 Odense Bantamweight

John Joseph Nevin (born 7 June 1988), is an Irish professional boxer. He is a two-time Olympian, and a London 2012 silver medalist.

Early life

John Joseph Nevin was born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, and is a member of the Traveller community.^[1] He attended Scoil Mhuire CBS primary school in the town.^{[citation needed]}

Amateur career

2008 | Olympic Games qualifying tournament

Nevin qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics by winning the first Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Italy.

2008 | European Union Amateur Championships

Nevin won the 2008 EU Amateur Championships in Cetniewo, Poland.

2008 | Olympic Games

At just 18 years of age, Nevin competed in Beijing at his first Summer Olympics. He beat Abdelhalim Ourradi 9–4 in his first round before being beaten by Badar-Uugan Enkhbatyn 9–2 in the round of 16. Enkhbatyn went on to win gold in the final.

2009 | World Amateur Championships

On 9 September 2009, Nevin guaranteed Ireland a historic sixth medal at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships after he beat China's Yu Gu in Milan. He won his quarter-final 7–5.^[2] In the semi-final he lost by 5–4 to Russian Eduard Abzalimov, and so took away a bronze medal.^[3]

2011 | World Amateur Championships

At the 2011 World Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nevin reached the semi-finals after beating Orzubek Shaymov of Uzbekistan 19–17 in the quarter's. Nevin lost to Britain's Luke Campbell in the semi's through a very controversial countback, forcing him to settle for a second World Championship bronze medal. This however was more than enough to qualify Nevin for the 2012 London Olympics.

2012 | Olympic Games

Nevin won his first fight in London, defeating Denmark's Dennis Ceylan by a wide margin of 21–6.^[4] In his second fight of the games he saw off Kazakhstan's Kanat Abutalipov by a margin of 15–10.^[5] In his quarter-final bout he beat Oscar Valdez to secure a semi-final place and the guarantee of at least a bronze medal.^[6]

He reached the final after defeating the reigning bantamweight world champion Lázaro Álvarez of Cuba, 19–14.^[7] In the final however, Nevin lost 14–11 to Britain's Luke Campbell, winning a silver medal in the process.^[8][9] Nevin reportedly said that he wants his legacy from the Games to be "a closer relationship between Travellers and the settled community."^[10]

2013: European Amateur Championships

In June 2013 he won a gold medal at the 2013 European Amateur Boxing Championships in the Bantamweight division.^[11][12]

National Titles

In 2012, Nevin won his fifth straight national senior title, incidentally beating his cousin Michael Nevin 23-3 in the final. Nevin was unable to defend his national title in 2013 because he injured his wrist while sparring in the high performance, the title was taken by Declan Geraghty from Crumlin boxing club. That didn't stop the Irish Amateur Boxing Association from picking Nevin as their #1 choice for the 2013 European Boxing Championships being held in Minsk later that year.^{[citation needed]}

Professional career

Having announced the previous year that he planned on turning professional,^[13] Nevin finally did so in 2013.^[14] Speaking on 22 October, he said "This is the next step for me. I've done everything I wanted to do in the amateur business, if I could change the colour of the Olympic medal I would but that's done and now it's time to move on and hopefully bring back a world title to Ireland." Nevin signed a management deal with a business sports partnership that includes GreenBlood Boxing from Philadelphia and Berkley Sports & Media from London.^[15]

Nevin made his professional debut in a super featherweight bout on 17 March 2014 against Alberto Candelaria,^[16] winning by unanimous decision.^[17]

Personal life

He is married with two children.

Controversy

Nevin has frequently attracted controversy through his involvement in several high profile public order incidents. In 2013, Nevin was arrested and charged following a drunken altercation with his father in a public street in Mullingar.^[18][19]

In 2015, Nevin was barred from every public house in his home town of Mullingar by court order, following a violent fracas.^[20][21]

Professional boxing record

14 fights	14 wins	0 losses
By knockout	4	0
By decision	10	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
14	Win	14-0	Freddy Fonseca	UD	10	16 Nov 2019	York Hall, London, England	Won vacant WBA International super-featherweight title
13	Win	13-0	Jordan Ellison	PTS	8	20 Sep 2019	Vale Sports Arena, Cardiff, Wales
12	Win	12-0	Andres Figueroa	UD	6	15 Mar 2019	Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
11	Win	11-0	Reynaldo Cajina	PTS	8	15 Dec 2018	York Hall, London, England
10	Win	10-0	Alex Torres Rynn	UD	8	9 Mar 2018	Parx Casino, Bensalem, Pennsylvania, US
9	Win	9-0	Lee Connelly	PTS	6	24 Nov 2017	Tolworth Recreation Centre, London, England
8	Win	8-0	Jesus Lule	UD	6	27 Aug 2016	SugarHouse Casino, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
7	Win	7-0	Greg Coverson Jr.	UD	6	25 Nov 2015	Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, Indiana, US
6	Win	6-0	DeWayne Wisdom	UD	4	14 Nov 2015	ABC Sports Complex, Springfield, Virginia, US
5	Win	5-0	Jose L Guzman	TKO	3 (6)	16 Oct 2015	Aviator Sports Complex, New York City, New York, US
4	Win	4-0	Victor Raul Capaceta	RTD	3 (4)	25 Aug 2015	MCU Park, New York City, New York, US
3	Win	3-0	Jack Heath	TKO	1 (6)	15 Nov 2014	3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
2	Win	2-0	Calvin Stifford	TKO	1 (4)	11 Oct 2014	Ring of Dreams Boxing Gym, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US
1	Win	1-0	Alberto Candelaria	UD	6	17 Mar 2014	House of Blues, Boston, Massachusetts, US

References

1. O'Connor, Brendan (13 August 2012). "Katie KOs Angela Merkel and co". Irish Independent. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
2. "Nevin secures medal on way to semis". RTÉ Sport. 9 September 2009. Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
3. "Nevin must settle for bronze". RTÉ Sport. 11 September 2009. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
4. "Boxing: John Joe Nevin and Darren O'Neill both recorded comfortable round of 32 boxing wins". RTÉ News. 28 July 2012.
5. "Nevin defeats Abutalipov, 15–10". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
6. "Boxing: John Joe Nevin wins Ireland's first medal at the London Olympics after 19–13 win over Oscar Valdez Fierro". RTÉ News. 5 August 2012.
7. "Olympic final and silver medal for John Joe Nevin". Irish Independent.
8. "London 2012 56kg men - Olympic Boxing". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
9. "Luke Campbell wins Great Britain's second gold". BBC Sport. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
10. Hickey, Shane; Caroline Crawford (13 August 2012). "Games can bring Travellers and settled people together – Nevin". Irish Independent. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
11. "John Joe Nevin and Jason Quigley claim European gold in Minsk". Irish Independent. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
12. "Nevin and Quigley win European boxing gold for Ireland". The Score. 8 June 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
13. Hogan, Vincent (6 October 2012). "John Joe stepping into a starker, meaner world". Irish Independent. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
14. "Nevin starts likely exodus". Irish Examiner. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
15. "Olympic hero John Joe Nevin turns pro". Irish Independent. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
16. "Nevin set for pro debut". Independent.ie. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
17. "John Joe Nevin wins on pro debut in Boston". Irishtimes.com. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
18. "Olympic hero John Joe Nevin 'aggressive' to gardai and father during street row, court hears - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
19. "Nevin to give boxing class after probation ruling". RTE.ie. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
20. "Boxer John Joe Nevin charged with violent disorder". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
21. "Judge brands legal aid system 'a joke' as bail of €7,000 paid in cash". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

External links

• World Juniors 2006 at amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
• First qualifier at amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
• "John Joe Nevin". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013.
• Boxing record for John Joe Nevin from BoxRec (registration required)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Joe Nevin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012.