Kevin McBride

Kevin McBride
McBride (right) vs. Andrew Golota, 2007
Statistics
Real name	Kevin Martin McBride
Nickname(s)	The Clones Colossus
Rated at	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Reach	80 in (203 cm)
Nationality	Irish
Born	5 May 1973 Clones, Ireland
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	46
Wins	35
Wins by KO	29
Losses	10
Draws	1

Kevin Martin McBride (born 5 May 1973) is an Irish professional boxer^[1] who is best knowing for defeating and retiring Mike Tyson in 2005. As an amateur, McBride competed for Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Professional career

McBride debuted in December 1992, with a victory against Gary Charlton. In 1997, he defeated Paul Douglas to win the All-Ireland Heavyweight Title, and in 2002 he defeated Craig Tomlinson to add the IBC Americas Heavyweight Title. McBride currently resides in the heavily Irish neighbourhood of Dorchester in Boston and trains in nearby Brockton, Massachusetts.^[1]

McBride's career-defining performance was a victory over Mike Tyson, former undisputed world heavyweight champion, via a 6th-round TKO on 11 June 2005 When Tyson quit the fight by informing the referee that he would not be able to continue to round Seven in the MCI Center in Washington, D.C.^[2] The aged Tyson explained in a post fight interview that his heart wasn't into the sport any more.^[3] Tyson announced his retirement after the bout, saying "I'm not going to disrespect the sport anymore by losing to this caliber of fighter".^[4]

McBride in his corner during the Andrew Golota fight at the Madison Square Garden in October 2007.

McBride has suffered six losses by knockout—including twice against fighters with losing records. Since his fight with Mike Tyson, McBride beat Byron Polley, then suffered three upset losses. The first loss was against Mike Mollo, a second-round knockout loss. The second loss was against Andrew Golota, a sixth round technical knockout loss after Golota skilfully worked a cut he had opened up over McBride's eye. After three years inactivity, McBride, the 'Clones Colossus', attempted a comeback in an eight rounder on 10 July 2010 at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, but lost every round-and the bout-in an upset to cruiserweight veteran Zack Page, a journeyman with a losing record as a professional. Despite standing 6 ft 6 in and weighing 282 pounds to Page's 6 ft 0 in and 205 pounds, McBride was outworked and out punched by his smaller, faster, more aggressive opponent.^[5]

On 9 April 2011 McBride fought former cruiserweight and light heavyweight world champion Tomasz Adamek for the IBF International Heavyweight and NABO Heavyweight Championship belts at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Adamek won a 12 round unanimous decision.

His most recent defeat was on 29 July 2011 against Polish boxer Mariusz Wach, during a boxing gala held at Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut. It was Mcbride's third consecutive defeat against a Polish boxer, having lost earlier to Andrzej Gołota and Tomasz Adamek. It is speculated that McBride will announce the end of his boxing career.

McBride's nickname, "The Clones Colossus", recalls Barry McGuigan's sobriquet "The Clones Cyclone".

Professional boxing record

References

1. McBride's Boxing Record boxrec.com – Retrieved: 14 July 2007
2. McBride's career britishboxing.net – Retrieved: 14 July 2007
3. No 'guts', no glory for Tyson in defeat – boxing – ESPN
4. "Tyson won't 'disrespect' boxing by fighting on | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. 13 June 2005. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
5. "Boxing – Aguilera wins, McBride upset". Fightnews.com. 10 July 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.

External links

• Professional boxing record for Kevin McBride from BoxRec