John Joe Joyce
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 John Joe Joyce (far right) |
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Competitor for  Ireland |
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| Bronze | 2008 Liverpool | Light welterweight |
John Joe Joyce, aka Johnny Joyce or JJJ or J cubed as he is known in Mullingar, (born October 17, 1987) is an Irish amateur boxer who represented Ireland in the 2008 Olympic Games in the light welterweight division.
Joyce was born in County Westmeath. Joyce is a national Irish boxing champion and is the 2008 European Union boxing champion in the light welterweight division. In the 2008 Olympic games he defeated Gyula Kate of Hungary by a score of 9-5, but lost in the round of 16 to Felix Diaz of the Dominican Republic in a match that was scored at a tie (11-11).[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ [1] 2008 Olympic Games Boxing Results. Retrieved August 14, 2008.
- ^ ""Medallists by weight category"". AIBA. http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/Events/European%20CHs%202008/2008%20Euro%20CH%20Medallists.pdf. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
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