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Paddy Barnes Biography
Bronze medal winning boxer in the light flyweight division at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic games.
He considered taking up soccer in his childhood, but found himself unsuited for the game.
He took home the gold medal in the 2010 European Amateur Championships in Moscow, and another gold that same year at the Commonwealth Games.
He grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Katie Taylor, another popular Irish boxer, won the women’s gold medal at the 2012 Olympics.
Patrick Gerard Barnes (born 9 April 1987) is an Irish former boxer who competed as an amateur from 2005 to 2016 and as a professional from 2016 to 2019. As an amateur he competed in the light-flyweight division, representing Ireland at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympics; winning bronze medals in Beijing and London, and represented Northern Ireland at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games; winning a gold medal at both events. As a professional, he challenged for the WBC flyweight title in 2018.
Barnes lost the Ulster title in 2005, 2006 and 2007. He faced Jimmy Moore from Limerick in each of his national finals being runner up in 2006 but winning the All-Ireland title in 2007 and 2008.
In 2007, Barnes competed at the EU Championships in Dublin. He had his medal hopes crushed however when he suffered an eye injury. With bleeding found behind his retina, Barnes was forced out of the competition.
For the semi-final, Barnes once again drew Chinese superstar Zou Shiming, who had defeated Barnes in the 2008 semi-finals before taking gold. Barnes gave a fearless performance against the three time World champion, with the judges tying them 15–15 on the scorecards, only for Barnes to lose via a 45–44 countback. Shiming once again went on to win gold.
Barnes won Ireland’s inaugural medal, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, by winning his quarter final bout in the light flyweight division. Barnes won a bronze medal after he was defeated in a second match with Shiming Zou in the semi-final, in a match where replays showed some of Barnes landed punches counted as points for Zou.
In 2008, Barnes returned to EU Championships, this time in Cetniewo, Poland.
However, Barnes qualified for the 2008 Olympics by virtue of getting to the quarter finals.
Barnes represented Northern Ireland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He won the gold medal, defeating Namibia’s Jafet Uutoni 8–4 in the final.
On 12 June 2010, Barnes won the gold medal in the light flyweight division at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships. Barnes, a 4–1 winner over Azerbaijan’s Elvin Mamishzade, was 1–0 up at the end of the first round, 3–1 ahead at the end of the second and sealed the victory with a final point in the third for 4–1.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics he defeated Thomas Essomba from Cameroon 15–10 then beat India’s Devendro Singh in his quarter-final bout to guarantee himself at least another bronze medal. In doing so, he became the inaugural Irish boxer to win medals at two consecutive Summer Olympics.
His record for the season went to four wins with four unanimous decisions, when he defeated Kazakh fighter Temirtas Zhussupoy of the Astana Arlans in Kazakhstan. His next fight was with in Maiquetia, with a split decision win over Caciques de Venezuela’s Finol Rivas. The judges scored the bout 49–45, 49–45, 47–48 in favour of Barnes.
The Hussars of Poland were next up, in Konin. Barnes continued his perfect start to the season with a landslide 50–45, 50–43, 50–45 victory over Sebastien Jagodzinski.
His second fight was another win, this time over Anthony Ortiz as Italia Thunder met the Puerto Rico Hurricanes. The judges scored it 48–47, 49–46, 49–46 as Barnes took another unanimous decision win.
Barnes competed in the WSB for the 2014–2015 season. Along with Michael Conlan, he was drafted by Italia Thunder. His first fight came against Magomed Ibiyev of the Baku Fires, in Baku. Barnes won with a 49–46, 49–46, 50–44 unanimous decision.
As captain of the Northern Ireland boxing team in 2014 at Glasgow, Barnes led the way by winning gold in the flyweight division defeating India’s Devendro Singh. It was the first time a Northern Irish boxer had successfully defended a Commonwealth title.
After the competition, Barnes accepted an honour, the MBE, in the 2015 New Year Honours, for services to boxing and the community in Northern Ireland.
After his amateur success, Barnes turned professional and made his debut as a bantamweight against Stefan Slavchev on 5 November 2016. Slavchev lifted Barnes into the air during the fourth round, so Barnes won the bout via disqualification.
Barnes was also chosen to be the bearer of the Flag of Ireland Tricolour at the 2016 Summer Olympics, something that Barnes considered an “incredible honour”. At the 2016 Summer Olympics Barnes was defeated 2–1 by Samuel Carmona in the round of 16.
Barnes and Mari Burns, parents of two daughters, wed in July 2017 at St Bernard’s Roman Catholic Church, north Belfast. Barnes is also an Irish Speaker, and received a Silver Fáinne in 2019.
What's Paddy Barnes Net Worth 2024
| Net Worth (2024) | $1 Million (Approx.) |
| Net Worth (2023) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2022) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2021) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2020) | Under Review |
Paddy Barnes Family
| Father's Name | Not Available |
| Mother's Name | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Available |
| Childrens | Not Available |
