Emmet Brennan

Emmet Brennan
Emmet Brennan
Born	4 May 1991 (age 33)
Nationality	Irish
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Light-heavyweight; Middleweight;
	Boxing record
Total fights	4
Wins	4
Wins by KO	1
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Ireland
Irish National Championships

Emmet Brennan (born 4 May 1991) is an Irish boxer.^[2] He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Amateur boxing career

Emmet started boxing at the age of 10.^[4] In the Irish National Boxing Championships Brennan won silver in 2019, sandwiched by gold medals in 2017 and 2020.^[5]^[6]^[7] In the 2020 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament he qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics by defeating Liridon Nuha in a box-off bout. In the Olympics, Brennan was eliminated from the tournament in the Round of 32 by Dilshodbek Ruzmetov.

Professional boxing career

Following the 2020 Summer Olympics, Brennan developed a drinking problem due to difficulties in recovering from a shoulder surgery. However, he eventually sobered up, got into contact with Darren Barker and embarked on a career in professional boxing.^[8]^[9] As of October 2024, Brennan had racked a record of 4–0 in his tenure in professional boxing.^[10]

Professional boxing record

4 fights	4 wins	0 losses
By knockout	1	0
By decision	3	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location
4	Win	4–0	Kevin Cronin	SD	8	20 Sep 2024	3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
3	Win	3–0	Devaun Lee	MD	8	7 Mar 2024	Sony Hall, New York, United States
2	Win	2–0	Jamie Morrissey	TKO	8, 2:12	25 Nov 2023	3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
1	Win	1–0	Angel Petkov Emilov	PTS	6	1 Jul 2023	Europa Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland

References

^ "Boxing record for Emmet Brennan". BoxRec.
^ "Emmet Brennan". Olympedia. OlyMADmen. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ "Boxing: Men's Light Heavy (75-81kg)" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ Fionnuala Boyle (22 February 2024). "Irish Olympian Emmet Brennan 'on redemption mission' with US debut in New York two years after going sober". irishstar.com.
^ "2017-RESULTS-3.pdf" (PDF). iaba.ie.
^ "2019-NATIONAL-AND-INTERNATIONAL-RESULTS-1.pdf" (PDF). iaba.ie.
^ "Resluts 2019 (up to October 10)". iaba.ie.
^ Robert Hynes (17 June 2023). "Emmet Brennan ready for professional ranks as he aims to put post-Olympics struggles behind him". irishmirror.ie.
^ Gavan Casey (24 November 2023). "'I still can't believe the person I was after the Olympics... I was a f***ing idiot'". the42.ie.
^ "BoxRec: Emmet Brennan". BoxRec.

External links

Emmett Brennan at BoxRec (registration required)
Emmett Brennan at Olympics.com
Emmett Brennan at the Olympic Federation of Ireland

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[1] "Boxing record for Emmet Brennan". BoxRec.

[2] "Emmet Brennan". Olympedia. OlyMADmen. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[3] "Boxing: Men's Light Heavy (75-81kg)" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[4] Fionnuala Boyle (22 February 2024). "Irish Olympian Emmet Brennan 'on redemption mission' with US debut in New York two years after going sober". irishstar.com.

[5] "2017-RESULTS-3.pdf" (PDF). iaba.ie.

[6] "2019-NATIONAL-AND-INTERNATIONAL-RESULTS-1.pdf" (PDF). iaba.ie.

[7] "Resluts 2019 (up to October 10)". iaba.ie.

[8] Robert Hynes (17 June 2023). "Emmet Brennan ready for professional ranks as he aims to put post-Olympics struggles behind him". irishmirror.ie.

[9] Gavan Casey (24 November 2023). "'I still can't believe the person I was after the Olympics... I was a f***ing idiot'". the42.ie.

[boxrec-10] "BoxRec: Emmet Brennan". BoxRec.

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