Sport & Note

Damaen KELLY

Male

Bantamweight, Gt.Britain, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Born: 3 March 1973, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 5ft 5in, mt 1,64

as an amateur:
1990 Irish ABA Intermediate light-flyweight champion
(w rsf 3 S Pyper)
1991 Irish ABA flyweight semi-final
(w D Hosford, l P O'Halloran)
1992 Irish ABA flyweight final
(w D Hosford, w G Griffin, l P Buttimer)
1992 Ireland (v Sco, w rsf 2 K Knox; v Eng, l rsf 2 P Ingle)
1993 Irish ABA flyweight champion (w D McKenna, w D Hosford)
1993 Ireland (v USA, w B Moore; v Den, w J Jensen)
1993 Tampere World Sr Champs flyweight bronze medal
Wpt Paul Ingle (Eng) 13-12, Wpt Russell Roberts (USA) 18-6
Wpt Igor Matveitchuk (Ukr) 6-6 (won advantage points)
Semis: Lko 1 Waldemar Font (Cuba)
1993 Bursa European Sr Champs flyweight
Lpt Albert Pakey (Rus) 8-7
1994 Irish ABA flyweight champion (w D Hosford)
1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games flyweight
Wpt Chris Scott (Can) 16-5, Lpt Danny Costello (Eng) 23-22
1995 Irish ABA flyweight champion (w B Walsh)
1995 Berlin World Sr Champs flyweight
Wpt S. Villarreal (Arg) 12-1, L w/o Gyorgy Fargas (Hun)
1995 Atlanta Pre-Olympic Tournament flyweight silver medal
Final: Lpt Hector Barrientos (Cub) 2-9
1996 Irish ABA flyweight champion (w D Sweetman)
1996 Multi-nations, Sweden
(w J Strogov, Bul; l B Dzumadilov, Kaz)
1996 Vejle European Sr Champs flyweight bronze medal
Wpt Daniel Olsson (Swe) 12-1, Wpt Mustafa Musamedin (Yug) 8-2
Wpt Carmine Molaro (Ita) 11-4, Semis: Lpt Albert Pakeev (Rus) 9-3
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games flyweight
Wpt Julian Strogov (Bul) 12-11, Wpt Nedal Hussein (Aust) 27-10
Lpt Bolat Djumadilov (Kaz) 13-6
1996 Mmabatho, South Africa, Commonwealth Championships
Flyweight gold medallist
(w Z Marali, SA; w J Bruno, Mri?, w B Mukuka, Zam; w Alfred Tetteh, Gha)

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1997
+ Sept. 27	Chris Thomas	Belfast, Gt.Britain	TKO 1
+ Nov. 22	Bojidar Ivanov	Manchester, Gt.Britain	TKO 1
+ Dec. 20	Anthony Hanna	Belfast, Gt.Britain	W 4
1998
+ Feb. 14	Hristo Lessov	Southwark, Gt.Britain	TKO 2
+ Mar. 14	Mark Reynolds	Bethnal Green, Gt.Britain	TKO 4
+ May 2	Krasimir Tcholakov	Kensington, Gt.Britain	TKO 3
+ Sept. 26	Mike Thomas	Uncasville, Connecticut	W 8
+ Dec. 12	Alfonso Zvenyika	Chester, Gt.Britain	W 12
(Won Commonwealth Flyweight Title)
1999
+ Mar. 13	Anthony Hanna	Manchester, Gt.Britain	W 12
(Won vacant British Flyweight Title
- May 22	Keith Knox	Belfast, Gt.Britain	cTKO by 6
(Lost British & Commonwealth Flyweight Titles)
+ Oct. 16	Igor Gerasimov	Belfast, Gt.Britain	TKO 4
(Won vacant WBC Int’l Super-Flyweight Title)
2000
+ Feb. 12	Alexandre Mahmutov	Sheffield, Gt.Britain	W 12
(Won European Flyweight Title)
+ June 12	Jose Antonio Lopez Bueno	Belfast, Ireland	W 12
(Retained European Flyweight Title)
+ Sept. 30	Zolile Mbityi	Peterborough, Gt.Britain	W 12
(Won IBO Flyweight Title)
2001
+ Feb. 17	Paulino Villalobos	Bethnal Green, Gt.Britain	W 12
(Retained IBO Flyweight Title)
+ July 31	Sipho Mantyi	Bethnal Green, Gt.Britain	TKO 4
2002
+ Jan. 18	Simphewe Xabendlini	Coventry, Gt.Britain	KO 1
+ May 21	Celso Dangud	London, Gt.Britain	W 12
(Won vacant WBF Flyweight Title)
+ Oct. 5	Jovy Oracion	Liverpool, Gt.Britain	W 8
2003
- Sept. 27	Irene Pacheco	Barranquilla, Colombia	TKO by 7
(For IBF Flyweight Title)
2004
+ Apr. 17	Andrey Kostin	Belfast, Gt.Britain	TKO 1
+ June 26	Delroy Spencer	Belfast, Gt.Britain	TKO 4
+ Dec. 17	Jason Booth	Huddersfield, Gt.Britain	W 12
(Won IBO Super-Flyweight Title)
2005
+ Nov. 25	Ian Napa	Liverpool, Gt.Britain	W 10
2006
- Apr. 21	Simone Maludrottu	Belfast, Northern Ireland	L 12
(For European Bantamweight Title)
- Nov. 25	Simone Maludrottu	Olbia, Italy	TKO by 3
(For European Bantamweight Title)

Summary

Total bouts: 26, Won: 22 (10 inside the limit), Lost: 4 (3 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0