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Belfast native Eamonn Magee has been a fighter since his childhood.  Magee had a troubled youth that saw him stabbed in the neck as well as shot in the leg.

Magee won multiple Irish titles as an amateur, but trouble continued to follow him when he was involved in a soccer brawl a year before turning professional in 1995.

Magee knocked out Alan Temple in 1995 to claim the Irish Light Welterweight title, and later that year captured the Commonwealth crown by putting away Paul Burke inside six rounds.  Magee defended his belt nine times, including wins over Shea Neary and Jon Thaxton before dropping the belt by decision to Ricky Hatton.