Neil Sinclair
# Neil Sinclair

Neil Sinclair (born 23 February 1974), is a Northern Irish former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2010. He challenged once for the WBO welterweight title in 2010. At regional level, he held the British welterweight title from 2001 to 2003 and challenged once for the EBU European Union title in 2008. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal representing Ireland at the 1992 Junior World Championships and gold while representing Northern Ireland at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

## Amateur career

Sinclair boxed for Ireland as an amateur and won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships at Montreal in 1992 and also won a gold for Northern Ireland at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

## Professional career

Sinclair turned professional in April 1995, winning his first fight at the Ulster Hall, Belfast, in which he knocked out Marty Duke on a card that included Darren Corbett and the final fight in the career of Damien Denny.

In June 2007, Sinclair announced his retirement although he decided to return to boxing within a couple of months.

In May 2009, Sinclair won the Irish light-middleweight title with a stoppage victory over Henry Coyle at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast.

## Professional boxing record

| 41 fights | 33 wins | 8 losses |
| - | - | - |
| By knockout | 26 | 5 |
| By decision | 7 | 3 |
| Draws | 0 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 41 | Loss | 33–8 | Bradley Pryce | SD | 3 | 2010-02-26 | York Hall, London, England | Prizefighter 10: light middleweight quarter-final |
| 40 | Win | 33–7 | Janos Petrovics | TKO | 4 (8) | 2009-11-06 | Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 39 | Win | 32–7 | Henry Coyle | TKO | 3 (10), 0:22 | 2009-05-15 | Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Won vacant BUI Ireland National super welterweight title |
| 38 | Loss | 31–7 | Daniele Petrucci | UD | 12 | 2008-06-07 | Foro Italico, Rome, Italy | For EBU European Union welterweight title |
| 37 | Win | 31–6 | Juan Martinez | PTS | 8 | 2008-03-29 | Letterkenny Leisure Complex, Letterkenny, Ireland | |
| 36 | Win | 30–6 | Sergejs Savrinovics | PTS | 6 | 2007-08-18 | City Hall, Cork, Ireland | |
| 35 | Loss | 29–6 | Francis Jones | KO | 5 (8), 3:07 | 2007-06-23 | The Point, Dublin, Ireland | |
| 34 | Win | 29–5 | Arek Malek | TKO | 4 (6), 1:50 | 2007-02-17 | City Hall, Cork, Ireland | |
| 33 | Loss | 28–5 | Jerome Ellis | TKO | 6 (10), 1:49 | 2006-07-05 | City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. | |
| 32 | Loss | 28–4 | Taz Jones | TKO | 1 (8), 1:20 | 2005-03-18 | King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 31 | Win | 28–3 | Craig Lynch | PTS | 6 | 2004-07-30 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 30 | Win | 27–3 | Bradley Pryce | TKO | 8 (12), 1:54 | 2003-02-01 | Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Retained BBBofC British welterweight title |
| 29 | Win | 26–3 | Paul Knights | TKO | 2 (12), 1:07 | 2002-11-02 | Maysfield Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Retained BBBofC British welterweight title |
| 28 | Win | 25–3 | Dzmitri Kashkan | TKO | 4 (8), 2:21 | 2002-08-17 | Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, Wales | |
| 27 | Win | 24–3 | Derek Roche | KO | 1 (12), 2:20 | 2002-06-15 | Town Hall, Leeds, England | Retained BBBofC British welterweight title |
| 26 | Win | 23–3 | Leonti Vorontsuk | TKO | 4 (8), 2:35 | 2002-04-20 | International Arena, Cardiff, Wales | |
| 25 | Win | 22–3 | Harry Dhami | TKO | 5 (12), 2:44 | 2001-11-19 | Holiday Inn, Glasgow, Scotland | Won BBBofC British welterweight title |
| 24 | Win | 21–3 | Viktor Fesechko | PTS | 6 | 2001-09-22 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 23 | Win | 20–3 | Zoltan Szili | KO | 2 (8), 1:25 | 2001-04-28 | International Arena, Cardiff, Wales | |
| 22 | Loss | 19–3 | Daniel Santos | KO | 2 (12), 2:25 | 2000-12-16 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | For WBO welterweight title |
| 21 | Win | 19–2 | Adrian Chase | TKO | 2 (8), 0:30 | 2000-08-12 | Conference Centre, London, England | |
| 20 | Win | 18–2 | Christopher Henry | TKO | 1 (8), 1:46 | 2000-06-24 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| 19 | Win | 17–2 | Paul Dyer | TKO | 6 (8), 1:19 | 2000-05-16 | Spectrum Arena, Warrington, England | |
| 18 | Win | 16–2 | Dennis Berry | TKO | 2 (8) | 2000-03-18 | Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| 17 | Win | 15–2 | Paul Dyer | TKO | 8 (8) | 1999-10-16 | Maysfield Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 16 | Win | 14–2 | David Kirk | PTS | 8 | 1999-06-05 | International Arena, Cardiff, Wales | |
| 15 | Win | 13–2 | Mark Ramsey | TKO | 3 (8) | 1999-01-22 | Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland | |
| 14 | Win | 12–2 | Michael Smyth | KO | 1 (8), 0:38 | 1998-12-07 | Town Hall, London, England | |
| 13 | Win | 11–2 | Paul Denton | TKO | 1 (8) | 1998-09-19 | National Basketball Arena, Dublin, Ireland | |
| 12 | Win | 10–2 | Leigh Wicks | TKO | 1 (6), 2:51 | 1998-02-21 | Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 11 | Win | 9–2 | Chris Pollock | RTD | 3 (6), 3:00 | 1997-12-20 | Maysfield Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 10 | Win | 8–2 | Trevor Meikle | TKO | 5 (6), 1:32 | 1997-09-27 | Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 9 | Loss | 7–2 | Dennis Berry | PTS | 6 | 1996-09-03 | Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 8 | Win | 7–1 | Kasi Kaihau | TKO | 2 (6) | 1996-05-28 | Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Hugh Davey | PTS | 6 | 1996-04-13 | Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, England | |
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Brian Coleman | RTD | 1 (6) | 1995-12-02 | King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 5 | Win | 4–1 | Wayne Shepherd | TKO | 6 (6) | 1995-10-07 | Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 4 | Win | 3–1 | George Wilson | PTS | 4 | 1995-08-26 | Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 3 | Win | 2–1 | Andy Peach | TKO | 1 (6) | 1995-07-17 | Grosvenor House Hotel, London, England | |
| 2 | Loss | 1–1 | Andrew Jervis | TKO | 3 (6) | 1995-05-27 | King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Marty Duke | TKO | 2 (6) | 1995-04-14 | Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
