Damien Denny

Damien Denny
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Northern Irish)
Born20 April 1966 (1966-04-20) (age 60)
Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportBoxing
Events
Welterweight
Light-middleweight
ClubHoly Trinity BC, Belfast
Medal record
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place1986 Edinburghwelterweight

Damien Denny (born 20 April 1966) is a former boxer who won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games for Northern Ireland.

Biography

Born in Lisburn, but raised in Belfast, Denny stands 5 ft 9 in (175 cm).

Denny represented the 1986 Northern Irish team[1] for the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,[2] where he competed in the welterweight category,[3] He won a bronze medal[4] after beating Mohamed Mukhlis of Singapore in the quarter-final, before losing the semi-final bout to England's Darren Dyer.[5]

In November 1986 the Northern Irish boxing team were involved in a backlash following criticism of boxing standards in a written report by Northern Ireland's Commonwealth Games manager Dick McColgan. Five of the team (including Damien Denny) threatened to hand back their medals in protest.[6]

In 1989 as a professional his career was threatened by hairline fractures in both hands but he recovered to continue fighting and took part in 23 professional bouts from 1987 to 1995.[7]

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Northern Ireland Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "The Team". Belfast News-Letter. 17 June 1986. p. 27. Retrieved 9 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Games Judo Team Named". Belfast News-Letter. 18 June 1986. p. 19. Retrieved 9 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Boxing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Commonwealth Games - Edinburgh, Scotland - July 24 - August 2 1986". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Denny a british title hopeful". Ireland's Saturday Night. 29 November 1986. p. 1. Retrieved 9 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Boxers Pat Tinney and Roy Nash". Sunday Life. 1 October 1989. p. 58. Retrieved 9 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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