Paddy Barnes

Paddy Barnes
Statistics
Real name	Patrick Barnes
Rated at	light-flyweight
Nationality	Irish
Born	9 April 1987 (1987-04-09) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Stance	Orthodox

Medal record
Competitor for Ireland
Men’s Boxing
Olympic Games
Bronze	2008 Beijing	Light Flyweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold	2010 Moscow	Light Flyweight
EU Amateur Championships
Silver	2008 Cetniewo	Light Flyweight
Competitor for Northern Ireland
Men’s Boxing
Commonwealth Games
Gold	2010 Delhi	Light Flyweight

Patrick Barnes, more commonly known as Paddy Barnes, (born 9 April 1987) is an Irish amateur boxer from Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Barnes represented Ireland in the light-flyweight division at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, where he won a bronze medal.

Career

Provincial and national titles

Barnes, represents the Holy Family ABC in Belfast and won the Ulster title in 2005, 2006 and 2007. He has faced Jimmy Moore from the St. Francis club in Limerick in each of his national finals being runner up in 2006 but winning the All-Ireland title 2007 and 2008.

2006 Commonwealth Games

Barnes represented Northern Ireland at the 2006 Commonwealth Games at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Barnes was defeated in the quarter finals by Swaziland's Simanga Shiba, although Barnes had been leading at the half way point.

2007 EU Championships

In 2007, Barnes suffered an eye injury the EU Championships which stopped him from winning a medal, later that year in July, Barnes competed at the Commonwealth Federation Championships in Liverpool, England.

Both Barnes and fellow Irish fighter Eamon O’Kane won gold medals in their respective divisions at the event. Barnes defeated India's Nanao Singh in his final.

2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships

At the World Championships in Chicago Barnes missed out on a bronze medal after he was defeated by China's Zou Shiming in the quarter finals, Zou went on to win the gold medal. However, Barnes qualified for the 2008 Olympics by virtue of getting to the quarter finals.

• 1st Round – defeated Choi Jon Chuk ( North Korea) 33–19
• Round of 32 – defeated Sadegh Zade Faraj ( Iran) RSCO3 (30–10)
• Round of 16 – defeated Kenji Ohkubo ( Japan) 24–6
• Quarter final – lost to Zou Shiming ( China) 8–22

2008 Olympics

Barnes won Ireland's first medal of the 2008 games by winning his quarter final bout in the light flyweight division. Barnes won a bronze medal after he was again defeated by Shiming Zou, this time in the semi-final, in a match where replays showed some of Barnes landed punches counted as points for Zou.^{[citation needed]}

• Round of 32 – bye
• Round of 16 – defeated José Luis Meza Ecuador 14–8
• Quarter final – defeated Łukasz Maszczyk Poland 11–5
• Semi final – lost to Zou Shiming China 0–15

2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships

On 12 June 2010, Barnes won the gold medal in the light flyweight division at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships. Barnes, a 4–1 winner over Azerbijan's Elvin Mamishzade, was 1–0 up at the end of the first round, 3–1 ahead at the end of the second and sealed the victory with a final point in the third for 4–1.

2010 Commonwealth Games

Barnes represented Northern Ireland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the light flyweight division. He won the gold medal, defeating Namibia's Jafet Uutoni 8–4 in the final.

• Round of 16 – defeated Iain Butcher Scotland 4–2
• Quarter final – defeated Andrew Moloney Australia 5–3
• Semi final – defeated Amandeep Singh India 5–0
• Final – defeated Jafet Uutoni Namibia 8–4