Barry-McGuigan
Finbar Patrick "Barry" McGuigan MBE (born February 28, 1961 in Clones, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland), nicknamed The Clones Cyclone, is a former professional boxer who became a world Featherweight champion.
McGuigan, who is the son of the late Pat McGuigan, a famous singer in Ireland, fought for Northern Ireland in the 1978 Commonwealth Games and represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
During his career, McGuigan fought at a number of venues in both parts of Ireland and in England. He attracted an enormous and loyal following in the mid-1980s, particularly to the King's Hall in Belfast which he normally packed to the rafters. This, and the media attention that surrounded him, is evidence that not since Rinty Monaghan in the 1940s had the city seen such a popular boxer.
McGuigan is a Roman Catholic, and at a time when Roman Catholics and Protestants were in the middle of a deeply rooted conflict known as "The Troubles which was taking place in nearby Northern Ireland, McGuigan married a Protestant woman, and a saying was coined: "Leave the fighting to Barry". His insistence on being a non-sectarian sporting ambassador for Northern Ireland drew on the experience of George Best and would later be emulated by Eddie Irvine.
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