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Matthew Macklin

Born	Matthew Macklin (1982-05-14) 14 May 1982 (age 42) Birmingham, England
Nationality	British Irish
Other names	Tipperary Tornado, Mack The Knife, or The Roscommon Rock
Statistics
Weight(s)	Middleweight
Stance	Orthodox

Boxing record
Total fights	32
Wins	28
Wins by KO	19
Losses	4
Draws	0
No contests	0

Matthew Macklin (born 14 May 1982, Birmingham, England), known as "The Tipperary Tornado", is a professional boxer born in Birmingham, England. Representing Ireland he fights at middleweight or the divisions either side.

He is the former Irish, British and European middleweight champion and is known for his come-forward style and cast iron chin, attributes that came into play during his bout with current WBA Super World Middleweight Champion Felix Sturm of Germany, a fight that sturm won on a controversial split decision but that many ringside experts and ans around the world saw Macklin winning. But he has shown against the likes of Sergio Martinez that he can box effectively as well.

Background

Macklin was born in Birmingham, England to Irish parents, his father being from County Roscommon and his mother from Tipperary. Macklin and his brother Seamus, also a boxer, spent much of his youth in his mothers native County Tipperary and it was there that he learnt to play one of Ireland's national sports, hurling.

Macklin became a talented hurling player in his own right, and is a close friend of leading hurler Eoin Kelly and attends hurling events such as the Poc fada and GAA events when Tipperary are playing.

Following his education at the independent Solihull School, at the age of 18 and whilst studying law at Coventry University as an amateur boxer, Macklin won the 2001 national senior ABA welterweight title for the Small Heath Boxing Club by beating Justin Turley in the final.

Professional career

Debut fight

Macklin left the amateur ranks and turned professional in September 2001, winning his first fight at the Bellahouston Sports Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, in which Macklin beat previously undefeated Ram Singh from Wisbech in a first round knockout on a card which included Scottish fighters Scott Harrison, Alex Arthur and Willie Limond.

The Jamie Moore barnstormer

In September 2006, Macklin was involved in his highest profile fight when he was defeated in a fight of the year contender bout against Manchester's Jamie Moore for the British light middleweight title which took place at the George Carnell Leisure Centre, Davyhulme, Manchester, England. Macklin later confessed to having major problems trying to make the weight for the fight. It was one of the best action fights ever held in a British boxing ring and nearly won 2006 Fight of The Year.

Potential Duddy fight

There has been speculation of a potential Irish title fight against New York based Derry native John Duddy. In the summer of 2006 Macklin made a guest appearance in Dublin to hand over the Irish middleweight title to fellow stablemate Dubliner Jim Rock.

At post fight press conference John Duddy's then matchmaker Jim Borzell stated that if Macklin won "the European title then maybe you'll have something John wants." Macklin replied, "maybe I have something for him he doesn't want!".

In December 2009, Macklin moved closer to a world title shot with a points victory over Rafa Sosa Pintos at the National Stadium in Dublin. The fight never happened and Duddy retired in 2011.

European middleweight title

Macklin beat Finnish Super-fighter Amin Asikainen by brutal 1st round KO at the Manchester Velodrome, England on 25 September 2009 for the vacant European middleweight title.

Relinquishing and Retaining The European middleweight title

Matthew Macklin was later forced to vacate his European title. However he would get in first for the fight for the vacant title. A fight against Englishman Darren Barker was arranged for the 18th of September 2010 on Frank Warren's Magnificent seven bill on Sky box office. The fight would be a big step closer to a world title fight for both men however Barker was forced to pull out of the contest through injury only weeks before the fight. He was replaced with Georgian slugger Shalva Jomardashvili and won the fight via a technical knock out two seconds into the sixth round after shoma pulled out. Macklin regained his EBU title and stated after the fight he wanted to go on to fight for a world title next.

World title shots

Mathew fought WBA Middleweight champion Felix Sturm on the 25th of June 2011. The fight ended in an extremely controversial split decision win for Sturm.

On March 17, 2012 otherwise known as St. Patrick's Day. Matthew Macklin met WBC Diamond Middleweight champion Sergio Martinez in Madison Square Garden, New York City. Macklin would go on to lose that fight after his corner retired him on his stool after round 11, a round in which Macklin was dropped twice near the end by massive straight lefts from the southpaw Martinez after gaining a definitive lead on the scorecards.

Rebuilding

Coming off two consecutive losses in title fights (albeit the decision in the fight against Felix Sturm being extremely controversial), Macklin will be back on September 15, 2012, he will fight on HBO World Championship Boxing PPV on the undercard of the WBC World Middleweight Title fight between Mexico's reigning WBC Middleweight Champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Argentina's Lineal Middleweight Champion Sergio Martinez in the Thomas & Mack Center in Las vegas, Nevada. Macklin will be fighting Joachim Alcine (33-2, 19 KO's) of Canada in a what should be an exciting fight.

Professional boxing record

28 Wins (19 knockouts, 9 decisions), 4 Losses, 0 Draws
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd	Date	Location	Notes
—	—	Joachim Alcine	-	? (12)	2012-09-15	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada	Undercard of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs Sergio Martinez title fight televised on HBO World Championship Boxing.
Loss	28-4	Sergio Martínez	RTD	11 (12)	2012-03-17	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York	The Ring Middleweight Title on the line.
Loss	28-3	Felix Sturm	SD	12	2011-07-02	Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen	{{small\|For WBA Super World Middleweight Title.
Win	28-2	Ruben Varon	UD	12	2010-12-11	Echo Arena Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside	Retained EBU (European) Middleweight Title.
Win	27-2	Shalva Jomardashvili	RTD	6 (12), 0:02	2010-09-18	LG Arena (Birmingham), Birmingham, West Midlands	Won vacant EBU (European) Middleweight Title.
Win	26-2	Rafael Sosa Pintos	PTS	10	2009-12-05	National Stadium, Dublin
Win	25-2	Amin Asikainen	TKO	1 (12), 2:34	2009-09-25	Velodrome, Manchester, Lancashire	Won vacant EBU (European) Middleweight Title.
Win	24-2	Wayne Elcock	TKO	3 (12), 0:59	2009-03-14	Aston Events Centre, Birmingham, West Midlands	Won BBBofC British Middleweight Title.
Win	23-2	Geard Ajetović	PTS	10	2008-10-31	Aston Villa Leisure Centre, Birmingham, West Midlands
Win	21-2	Francis Cheka	PTS	10	2008-09-06	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire
Win	20-2	Luis Ramon Campas	PTS	10	2008-03-22	National Stadium, Dublin