Outlined below is our assessment of the ranking for every active fighter who qualifies to contest for an Irish title in terms of their rating within each weight classification.
Each fighter is assessed on the basis of recent achievements, latest fights, performances and level of competition faced.
A panel of 13 individuals comprising Leonard Gunning (Boxing-Ireland.com – chairman), Tim Spelman (Boxing-Ireland.com), Padraig Hoare (Evening Echo), Ciaran Gallagher (Irish Daily Mail), Paddy Appleton (Irish-Boxing.com), Ciaran Harrison (Eastside Boxing Forum), Paddy Cronan (OnTheGrind Boxing), Sean Lynch (Boxing-Ireland.com), Gary Totton (Bunce Boxing Hour), Steve Wellings (BoxRec News), David Walshe (IrishBoxers.ie), Kevin Finn (Boxing-Ireland.com) and Kevin Byrne (The Irish Sun) have come together to assess each fighters position.
The panelists score all fighters within a weight class and all marks are combined. Should a draw occur then the chairman’s vote decides.
Previous ranking at 14 March 2011 are now updated to 1 June 2012.
If you are aware of any other fighters who are eligible to fight for an Irish title or have moved weight categories please contact us and we will include them in our next revision.
Heavyweight
1. Tyson Fury (Manchester)
2. Martin Rogan (Belfast)
3. Coleman Barrett (Galway/London)
4. Kevin McBride (Clones/Boston)
5. Colin Kenna (Southampton/Dublin)
6. Thomas Hardwick (New York/Dublin)
7. Colm Keane (Galway)
8. Scott Belshaw (Belfast)
9. Declan Timlin (Mayo/Boston)
10. Paddy Ward (Galway)
11. David Hanna (Lisburn)
Cruiserweight:
1. Ian Tims (Dublin)
2. Shane McPhilbin (Bullwell)
3. Bobby Gunn (Glendale)
4. Darren Corbett (Belfast)
5. Conall Carmichael (Belfast)
6. Johnnie Ward (Manchester)
7. Declan Trainor (Warrenpoint)
8. Tommy Ward (Leicester)
9. Stephen Reynolds (Sligo)
10. Jon Fogg (Galway)
Light-heavyweight:
1. Seanie Monaghan (New York)
2. Michael Sweeney (Mayo)
3. Paddy McDonagh (Mullingar)
4. John Waldron (Mayo)
5. Jamie Power (Limerick)
6. Leon Senior (Kent/Dublin)
7. Jonjo Finnegan (Burton)
8. Liam Daly (Northampton)
9. Brian Cusack (Belfast)
Super-Middleweight:
1. Brian Magee (Belfast)
2. JJ McDonagh (Mullingar)
3. Ciaran Healy (Belfast)
4. Jason McCalmon (Laois/Huddersfield)
5. Paul Moffett (Bangor)
6. Ray Ginley (Belfast)
7. Tommy Tolan (Belfast)
8. Robert Long (Dublin)
9. Brendan Fitzpatrick (Dublin)
10. Peter/Louie Lee (Galway)
Middleweight:
1. Matthew Macklin (Birmingham)
2. Andy Lee (Limerick)
3. Eamonn O’Kane (Dungiven)
4. Anthony Fitzgerald (Dublin)
5. Denis Hogan (Kildare/Australia)
7. Simon O’Donnell (Galway/London)
8. John Ryder (London)
9. Lee Murtagh (Leeds)
10. Darren Cruise (Roscommon)
11. Jimmy Ward/Coyle (Fermanagh/Surrey)
12. Gerard Healy (Belfast)
13. Alfredo Meli (Belfast)
14. Liam Hutchinson (Australia)
15. Phillip Townley (Belfast)
16. Ian Boyd (Belfast)
17. Mickey Doherty (Donegal/London)
Light-Middleweight:
1. Gary O’Sullivan (Cork)
2. Mark Heffron (Oldham)
3. Henry Coyle (Mayo)
4. Joe Hillerby (Belfast)
5. Joe Rea (Ballymena)
6. Ryan Greene (Lurgan)
7. Pat McAleese (Newmarket)
8. Dee Walsh (Belfast)
9. Eddie Hyland (Dublin)
10. Alan Donnellan (Galway/Limerick)
11. Ciaran Duffy (Donegal/Glasgow)
12. Terry Maughan (Nottingham)
13. Willie Thompson (Ballyclare)
14. Matthew Wilton (Belfast)
15. Michael Waldron (Mayo)
16. Finton Glynn (Mayo)
17. Brandon Peake (Mayo)
Welterweight:
1. Frankie Gavin (Birmingham)
2. John O’Donnell (Galway/London)
3. Stephen Haughian (Lurgan)
4. Patrick Liam Walsh (Halifax)
5. Paddy Murphy (Newry/Australia)
6. Kieran Maher (Manchester)
7. Chris O’Brien (Burnley)
8. Jeff Thomas (Blackpool)
9. Gavin Prunty (Dublin)
10. John Johan (Thailand)
Light-Welterweight:
1. Paul McCloskey (Dungiven)
2. Ronnie Heffron (Oldham)
3. Dean Byrne (Dublin)
4. Peter McDonagh (Galway)
5. Tony Bates (Dublin/Australia)
6. Michael McLaughlin Owen (Donegal)
7. Tony Nellins (Belfast)
8. Danny Mulhern (Donegal/Luton)
9. Noel O’Brien (Dublin)
Lightweight:
1. Andy Murray (Cavan)
2. Stephen Ormond (Dublin)
3. Jamie Kavanagh (Dublin)
4. Tommy Coyle (Hull)
5. Ryan Barrett (London)
6. Oisin Fagan (Dublin)
7. Danny McDermott (New Jersey)
8. Mark Ginley (Belfast)
9. Michael Kelly (Dundalk)
10. Damian Taggart (Omagh)
11. Michael Devine (Luton)
12. Paddy McGarrity (Belfast)
13. Michael Harvey (Belfast)
Super-featherweight:
1. Logan McGuinness (Canada)
2. Liam Walsh (Norfolk)
3. Kevin O’Hara (Belfast)
4. Finbarr Eade (Mayo)
5. Anthony Cacace (Belfast)
6. Paul Griffin (Dublin)
7. Eddie Nesbitt (Belfast)
8. Daniel McShane (Belfast)
Featherweight:
1. Patrick Hyland (Dublin)
2. Martin Lindsay (Belfast)
3. Martin Ward (Newcastle)
4. Kieran Farrell (Heywood)
5. Mickey Coveney (London)
6. Marco McCullough (Belfast)
7. Marc Callaghan (London)
Super-Bantamweight:
1. Carl Frampton (Belfast)
2. Willie Casey (Limerick)
3. Ryan Walsh (Norfolk)
4. Paulie Hyland (Dublin)
5. TJ/Terry Doheny (Dublin/Australia)
Bantamweight:
1. Michael Walsh (Norfolk)
2. Martin Power (London)
3. Stevie Quinn Jnr (Belfast)
Flyweight:
1. Jamie Conlan (Belfast)
2. Luke Wilton (Belfast)
3. Kevin Coglan (Darlington)
4. Ryan Burnett (Belfast)
