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Sean McGoldrick
Welsh boxer (born 1991) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sean McGoldrick (born 3 December 1991) is a Welsh professional boxer who has held the British and Commonwealth bantamweight titles since February 2023. As an amateur he was awarded the gold medal for the Bantamweight division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
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Amateur career
McGoldrick was born in Duffryn, Newport. At the time of the games, he was an 18-year-old pupil at Duffryn Comprehensive School and the Wales national coach was Colin Jones.
On 24 October 2010 National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka announced that Wanniarachchi had failed a drugs test taken during the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[1] A urine sample provided by the boxer had contained nandrolone, a banned performance-enhancing drug.[2] Wanniarachchi claims he failed the drugs test due to the asthma medication he was taking.[3] Wanniarachchi subsequently failed the second drugs test and intended to launch an appeal.[4]
In December 2010 McGoldrick was selected as BBC Wales Junior Sportsman of the Year.[5]
In June 2011 McGoldrick was retroactively awarded the 2010 Commonwealth Games Bantamweight gold medal.[6]
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Professional boxing record
| DQ | Disqualification | RTD | Corner retirement |
| KO | Knockout | SD | Split decision / split draw |
| MD | Majority decision / majority draw | TD | Technical decision / technical draw |
| NC | No contest | TKO | Technical knockout |
| PTS | Points decision | UD | Unanimous decision / unanimous draw |
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