Paddy Barnes
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Barnes at the 2016 Olympics
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| Real name | Patrick Barnes |
| Rated at | Bantamweight |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Born |
9 April 1987 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 2 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Losses | 0 |
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Patrick Gerard "Paddy" Barnes, MBE (born 9 April 1987) is a professional boxer from Northern Ireland who competes as a bantamweight. As an amateur, Barnes represented Ireland at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics (winning a bronze medal at both events in the light-flyweight division), and Northern Ireland at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games (winning a gold medal at both events in the light-flyweight division).
Barnes began boxing aged 11. He had initially taken up football but did not feel suited to the sport, saying he "wasn't really very good at it". He initially joined the Belfast Kronk Club; within a week, he had his first fight, which he lost. He later joined the East Coast Boxing club as he spent his weekends staying with his cousins in Ardglass. Barnes lost his first 15 fights but says he loved the training and friends he had made through boxing. Aged 16, he joined Holy Family ABC in Belfast.
In 2007, Barnes competed at the EU Championships in Dublin. He had his medal hopes crushed however when he suffered a nasty eye injury. With bleeding found behind his retina, Barnes was forced out of the competition.
At the World Championships in Chicago Barnes missed out on a bronze medal after he was defeated by China's Zou Shiming in the quarter finals, Zou went on to win the gold medal. However, Barnes qualified for the 2008 Olympics by virtue of getting to the quarter finals.
In 2008, Barnes returned to EU Championships, this time in Cetniewo, Poland. Barnes made it to the final where he lost to Hungarian fighter Pál Bedák. The silver medal was enough to secure his place at the Summer Olympics.
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