Willie Casey

Willie Casey
Willie Casey
Statistics
Real name	Willie Casey
Nickname(s)	Big Bang
Rated at	Super bantamweight
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Nationality	Irish
Born	December 20, 1981 (age 30)
Boxing record
Total fights	13
Wins	12
Wins by KO	8
Losses	1

Willie Casey is an Irish professional boxer who lives in Limerick, Ireland. He won the Prizefighter series in May 2010 in the super bantamweight division, defeating Mark Moran, Josh Wale and Paul McElhinney. He is nicknamed "Big Bang" for his aggressive and powerful boxing style.

Casey fought Paul Hyland at the University Arena in Limerick on 6 November 2010 for the European Super Bantamweight title which was previously held by Bernard Dunne. The original fight was supposed to be against Kiko Martinez who had held the title.^[1] However Martinez vacated the title citing a "rib injury" as the problem. Casey won the fight and is now European Super Bantamweight champion.^[2] On February 2, 2011 Casey was named Boxer of the Year at the Irish National Boxing Awards. Casey was then offered a shot at the WBA World Super Bantamweight Title by Guillermo Rigondeaux. Casey accepted this fight, thus relinquishing his European Super Bantamweight Title. The fight on 19 March 2011 was stopped with 22 seconds left in the 1st round, with Rigondeaux retaining his title.^[3] Willie Casey had a comeback fight on September 17, 2011 against veteran Frenchman Daniel Kodjo Sassau and won via 8th round TKO.

[edit] Professional Boxing Record

12 Wins (8 knockouts), 1 Losses, 0 Draws, 0 No Contests
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	12-1	Daniel Kodjo Sassou	TKO	3(8)	2011-09-17	Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Loss	11-1	Guillermo Rigondeaux	TKO	1(12)	2011-03-19	Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland	interim WBA World Super Bantamweight title on the line.
Win	11-0	Paul Hyland	TKO	4(12)	2010-11-06	University Arena, Limerick, Ireland	Won vacant EBU (European) Super Bantamweight title
Win	10-0	Emiliano Salvini	PTS	8(8)	2010-08-07	Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
Win	9-0	Faycal Messaoudene	TKO	5(6)	2010-06-26	Neptune Sports Arena, Cork, Ireland
Win	8-0	Paul McElhinney	UD	3(3)	2010-05-29	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, UK	Prizefighter final.
Win	7-0	Josh Wale	SD	3(3)	2010-05-29	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, UK	Prizefighter Semi-Final.
Win	6-0	Mark Moran	TKO	3(3)	2010-05-29	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, UK	Prizefighter Quarter-Final.
Win	5-0	Tyson Cave	TKO	8(8)	2010-04-08	Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Win	4-0	Fernando Guevara	TKO	1(6)	2010-02-13	National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
Win	3-0	Michael O'Gara	TKO	6(6)	2009-11-14	University Arena, Limerick, Ireland
Win	2-0	Stoyan Serbezov	PTS	6(6)	2009-10-24	National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
Win	1-0	Carlos De Jesus	TKO	2(4)	2008-10-26	Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney, Ireland