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Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight(s) | lightweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | southpaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James McGivern (born 6 January 1998) is a boxer from Belfast Northern Ireland. He trains at St. George's ABC, Belfast. [2] [3]
In 2015, he won gold at bantamweight at the Commonwealth Youth Games. [4] [5] A few months later, competing above his natural class, McGivern claimed silver at the European Youth Championships.[ citation needed] Both medals came when McGivern was in his first year at Youth level.
In 2016, he was controversially [6] beaten in the opening round of the European Youths. At lightweight, he won bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [7]
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Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight(s) | lightweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | southpaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James McGivern (born 6 January 1998) is a boxer from Belfast Northern Ireland. He trains at St. George's ABC, Belfast. [2] [3]
In 2015, he won gold at bantamweight at the Commonwealth Youth Games. [4] [5] A few months later, competing above his natural class, McGivern claimed silver at the European Youth Championships.[ citation needed] Both medals came when McGivern was in his first year at Youth level.
In 2016, he was controversially [6] beaten in the opening round of the European Youths. At lightweight, he won bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [7]