Damaen Kelly
| Damaen Kelly | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Damaen Kelly |
| Nickname(s) | The Wee Man |
| Rated at | Bantamweight |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Born |
18 August 1976 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 25 |
| Wins | 22 |
| Wins by KO | 10 |
| Losses | 3 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Ireland
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| Men's Boxing | ||
| World Amateur Championships | ||
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1993 Tampere | Flyweight |
| European Amateur Championships | ||
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1996 Vejle | Flyweight |
Damaen Kelly (born 18 August 1976) (also incorrectly known as Damien Kelly) is a former professional boxer from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who represented the Ireland at the Olympics. Kelly fought his final professional fights in the Bantamweight division but was more noted for boxing in the Flyweight division. Kelly was considered to be a gifted textbook boxer but one who lacked real knockout power.
Kelly was born and brought up in Belfast, Northern Ireland where he still lives with his wife, Margaret, and four children.
As an amateur at club level, Kelly fought out of the Holy Trinity Boxing club in the Turf Lodge area of West Belfast. At national level Kelly boxed for Ireland and won the national title five times. During his career fighting for the national team he won a bronze medal at the Flyweight division during the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 1993 in Tampere, Finland.
In 1996, Kelly followed that bronze medal with another bronze medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vejle, Denmark. The bronze medal Kelly won at the European Championship in Vejle gave him automatic qualification for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, US, where he reached the quarterfinals.
Member of the 1996 Irish Olympic Team as a Flyweight. His results were:
Kelly, under the mentorship of Mickey Hawkins, then turned professional in September 1997, gaining a victory in his debut fight at the Ulster Hall, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, with a first-round knockout of Welshman Chris Thomas on a card that included Steve Robinson, Julius Francis and fellow Northern Irishman Neil Sinclair.
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