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

Sean McGoldrick
Born
Sean McGoldrick

(1991-12-03) 3 December 1991 (age 32)
NationalityWelsh
Statistics
Weight(s)Bantamweight
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights10
Wins9
Wins by KO2
Losses1
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi Bantamweight
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Bantamweight

Amateur career

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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]

Professional boxing record

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4 fights 4 wins 0 losses
By knockout 2 0
By decision 2 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, 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

References

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  1. ^ "anju in danger of losing gold". BBC Sinhala. 24 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Manju charged for taking banned drugs". Sunday Island, Sri Lanka. 24 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Manju given 14 days". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 24 October 2010.
  4. ^ Wanniarachchi fails second drugs test
  5. ^ Welsh Junior Sportsman of the year
  6. ^ MgGoldrick awarded Gold medal