Freddie Gilroy | ||||||||||||
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Born | Frederick Gilroy 7 March 1936 | |||||||||||
Died | 28 June 2016 | (aged 80)|||||||||||
Statistics | ||||||||||||
Weight(s) | Bantamweight | |||||||||||
Stance | Southpaw | |||||||||||
Boxing record | ||||||||||||
Total fights | 31 | |||||||||||
Wins | 28 | |||||||||||
Wins by KO | 18 | |||||||||||
Losses | 3 | |||||||||||
Draws | 0 | |||||||||||
No contests | 0 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Frederick Gilroy (7 March 1936 – 28 June 2016) was a Northern Irish boxer. Gilroy won a bronze medal for Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne at Bantamweight. As a professional, he took the Commonwealth (British Empire) and European Bantamweight titles in 1959 and contended for the World Bantamweight Title in 1960.[1][2]