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Monaghan became world flyweight champion in March after defeating Scottish fighter Jackie Paterson.!
Rinty Monaghan - The Beginning and the End
[from the Appletree Press title Legends of Irish Boxing published by Appletree Press]
John Joseph 'Rinty' Monaghan is the natural starting point when discussing Irish Boxing Legends.
His popularity and career blazed the trail for the many Irish boxers who would follow in his wake.
John Joseph Monaghan, better known as “Rinty” Monaghan, who retuned to his country as a war hero after WW 2, became European and world flyweight.
In October 1947, Rinty won the National Boxing Association - later to become the World Boxing Association (WBA) - flyweight crown. His victory in London over Dado Marino was the most significant breakthrough for Irish boxing in the twentieth century and made Monaghan an instant legend.
On 23rd March 1948, at a packed King's Hall in Belfast, the remarkable flyweight retained his world flyweight crown when he dispatched the durable Scot, Jackie Paterson, in the seventh round. As Patterson was prostrate in the smoke-filled hall, Rinty jigged in the ring, and on receiving the belt led the crowd in a rendition of 'When Irish Eyes Are Smiling'.
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