Mick Leahy (boxer)

Mick Leahy
Born	Michael Leahy (1935-03-12)12 March 1935 Cork, Ireland
Died	5 January 2010(2010-01-05) (aged 74) Coventry, England
Nationality	British
Statistics
Weight(s)	Middleweight
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	72
Wins	51
Wins by KO	16
Losses	11
Draws	10

Mick Leahy (12 March 1935 – 5 January 2010) was an Irish-born British professional boxer. Born in Cork, he became a British citizen in 1961 and lived the rest of his life in Coventry. In a career which spanned from 1956 to 1965, Leahy won the British Middleweight title and fought such names as László Papp and Nino Benvenuti.

Leahy began boxing as an amateur in Cork during the 1950s, where he became the Amateur Irish Lightweight Champion. After moving to Coventry to work in the building trade he was spotted by the manager George Middleton and he turned professional in 1956.^[1]