Terry Magee
{{Short description|Irish boxer (born 1964)}}
{{distinguish|Terry McGee}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox boxer
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|name=Terry Magee
|realname=Terry Magee
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|weight=Light Middleweight
|nationality=Irish
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1964|11|1|df=y}}
|birth_place=Belfast, Northern Ireland
|style=Orthodox
|total=34
|wins=21
|KO=7
|losses=12
|draws=1
|no contests=0
|}}
Terry Magee (born 1 November 1964, Belfast) is a retired professional Irish boxer. Magee, the older brother of Eamonn and Noel, fought at Light Middleweight but also fought at heavier weights towards the end of his career.{{cite web | author=Boxrec | title=Terry Magee | work=Boxrec Fighter Page | url=http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=028914| access-date=28 May 2007}}
Background
Magee grew up in the nationalist Ardoyne area of Belfast and came from a boxing obsessed family. Magee's younger brother Eamonn stated that for his mother "boxing was as important as school". Magee's three younger brothers were also boxers with two of them, Eamonn and Noel, having careers as professional boxers and both becoming Commonwealth champions.{{cite web| author=Tómas Rohan| title=Magee looks back at peaks reached| work=BBC News| url=http://www.irish-boxing.com/noel_magee_interview_aug2002.htm| accessdate=28 May 2006| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019013706/http://www.irish-boxing.com/noel_magee_interview_aug2002.htm| archivedate=19 October 2006}}
Magee travelled to Wales in the 1970s to fight in an international schoolboy tournament and liked the place so much that he stayed and settled in Betws and continued to box with the Towy Boxing Club. Magee based his boxing career from his Welsh base and after his professional career was over he continued to train young boxers and the Towy ABC as well as undertake charity work for the "Get Kids Going" charity. In 2001, Carmarthenshire County Council named Magee their "Volunteer of the Year".{{cite web| title=SCARLETS RUGBY STAR CROWNED 2001 SPORTS PERSONALITY| work=Carmarthenshire County Council| url=http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/index.asp?locID=3451&docID=5768&COMMAND=PRINTER| accessdate=28 May 2006| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928093539/http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/index.asp?locID=3451&docID=5768&COMMAND=PRINTER| archivedate=28 September 2007}}
References
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External links
- {{boxrec|id=028914}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205947/http://www.ammanfordfirestation.org.uk/FundRaising/Tm%20Run/Tm%20Run2.htm Ammanford Fire Station's page about Magee's fundraising work.]
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