Sean McGoldrick | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Sean McGoldrick 3 December 1991 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Welsh | |||||||||||||||||
| Statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | Bantamweight | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sean McGoldrick (born 3 December 1991) is a Welsh professional boxer who has held the British and Commonwealth bantamweight titles since February 2023. As an amateur he was awarded the gold medal for the Bantamweight division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
McGoldrick was born in Duffryn, Newport. At the time of the games, he was an 18-year-old pupil at Duffryn Comprehensive School and the Wales national coach was Colin Jones.
On 24 October 2010 National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka announced that Wanniarachchi had failed a drugs test taken during the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [1] A urine sample provided by the boxer had contained nandrolone, a banned performance-enhancing drug. [2] Wanniarachchi claims he failed the drugs test due to the asthma medication he was taking. [3] Wanniarachchi subsequently failed the second drugs test and intended to launch an appeal. [4]
In December 2010 McGoldrick was selected as BBC Wales Junior Sportsman of the Year. [5]
In June 2011 McGoldrick was retroactively awarded the 2010 Commonwealth Games Bantamweight gold medal. [6]
| 14 fights | 13 wins | 1 loss |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 3 | 0 |
| By decision | 10 | 1 |
| DQ | Disqualification | RTD | Corner retirement |
| KO | Knockout | SD | Split decision / split draw |
| MD | Majority decision / majority draw | TD | Technical decision / technical draw |
| NC | No contest | TKO | Technical knockout |
| PTS | Points decision | UD | Unanimous decision / unanimous draw |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round(s), time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Win | 4–0 |  Michael Barnor | TKO | 3 (6), 2:04 | 3 Feb 2018 |  The O2 Arena, London, England, UK | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 |  Gyula Dodu | TKO | 1 (6), 2:26 | 29 Jul 2017 | Tudor Grange Leisure Centre, Solihull, England, UK | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Ricky Starkey | PTS | 6 | 10 Jun 2017 | Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Brett Fidoe | PTS | 4 | 25 Mar 2017 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England, UK | Professional debut |
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