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Damien Denny

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Damien Denny
Personal information
Born20 April 1966 (1966-04-20) (age 58)
Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Sport
SportBoxing
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Edinburgh Welterweight

Damien Denny (born 20 April 1966 in Lisburn, County Antrim) is a Northern Irish light middleweight boxer.

Born in Lisburn, but raised in Belfast, Denny stands 5 ft 9 in (175 cm). His record is 18 wins (11 knockouts) and 4 losses.

He collaborated on the boxing-related films, About Five Minutes (1999) and The Boxer (1997). He played Eddie Carroll in the latter film, which starred Daniel Day-Lewis and Emily Watson, and was set in Denny's native Belfast.