Joseph Donovan (boxer)

{{short description|Australian boxer (1949-2001)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2015}}

{{Infobox boxer

|name = Joseph Donovan

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|nickname = Prince of Stuart Point / Smithtown Whirlwind

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|weight = {{convert|48|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} light-flyweight

|nationality = Australian

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|11|2}}

|birth_place = Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia

|style = orthodox boxer

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Joseph James Donovan (2 November 1949 – 27 November 2001) was an Indigenous Australian amateur boxer who competed at the 1968 Mexico Olympics in the light-flyweight division.{{cite web|title=Joseph James Donovan|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/joey-donovan-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418072100/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/joey-donovan-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|website=Sports Reference – Olympics|accessdate=10 May 2015}}{{cite web|title=Australian Indigenous Olympians|url=http://corporate.olympics.com.au/files/dmfile/Australian%20Indigenous%20Olympians_19Feb2015_v2.pdf|website=Australian Olympic Committee website|accessdate=10 May 2015}} Joey's first round opponent, who he defeated when the referee stopped the contest, was Hungarian György Gedó. Gedó went on to win the gold medal in the same division in Munich 1972. Donovan is the great uncle of rugby league players Greg Inglis and Albert Kelly.{{cite news |last1=Lane |first1=Daniel |title=Fighting spirit guides young Sharks pivot |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/fighting-spirit-guides-young-sharks-pivot-20110416-1ding.html |accessdate=17 April 2011 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Daniel Lane}}