Matthew Macklin
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Macklin in 2015
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
| Reach | 71 in (180 cm) |
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14 May 1982 Birmingham, West Midlands, England |
| Stance | Orthodox |
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| Total fights | 41 |
| Wins | 35 |
| Wins by KO | 22 |
| Losses | 6 |
Matthew Macklin (born 14 May 1982) is a British-Irish former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2016. He challenged three times for middleweight world titles between 2011 and 2013, and has held multiple regional championships: the Irish middleweight title from 2005 to 2006; the British middleweight title in 2009; and the European middleweight title from 2009 to 2011.
Macklin was born in Birmingham, England to Irish parents, his father being from County Roscommon and his mother from County Tipperary. He is a dual citizen and travels on an Irish passport.
Macklin and his brother Seamus, also a boxer, spent entire summers and much of their youth in their mother's native county. It was there that he learned how to play one of Ireland's national sport's, hurling, in which he is still an avid supporter of Tipperary today. He became a talented player in his own right, and is a close friend of now retired hurler Eoin Kelly. Macklin attends the Poc fada and other GAA events when Tipperary are playing.
Following his education at the independent Solihull School, at the age of 18 and whilst studying law at Coventry University as an amateur boxer, Macklin won the 2001 national senior ABA welterweight title for the Small Heath Boxing Club by beating Justin Turley in the final.
Macklin left the amateur ranks and turned professional in September 2001, winning his first fight at the Bellahouston Sports Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, in which Macklin beat previously undefeated Ram Singh from Wisbech in a first round knockout on a card which included Scottish fighters Scott Harrison, Alex Arthur and Willie Limond.
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