Michael Carruth
Michael Carruth ( born July 9, 1967 in Dublin ) is a former Irish boxer. He was Olympic champion in 1992 welterweight and 1994 to 2000 professional boxer.
Career
Amateur career
Michael Carruth comes from a Dublin family, was in the boxes at home for many years. His father was a boxing club coach at Green Hills BC in Dublin, where he also began boxing at the age of eight years. His three brothers were boxers. Michael Carruth was southpaw, ie, that his left hand was the hand shock. During his amateur time he was a member of the Irish Army.
In 1987 he started for the first time at an international championship, the European Championships in Turin. In lightweight while in the second round, he defeated Santiago Galan from Spain on points, but retired in the quarterfinals with a loss to point Orzubek Nazaraow from the Soviet Union.
At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul Michael Carruth started in light welterweight. He won his first fight there against Satoru Higashi of Japan on points, but suffered in his next fight, a knockout loss in the first round against George Scott from Sweden and thus retired prematurely.
His first medal at an international championship he won at the World Championships in Moscow in 1989. In the light welterweight, he won there over Khalid Rahilou from France and Skipper Kelp from the U.S.. In the semifinals, but he lost clearly against Andreas Otto from East Germany by points ( 1:18 ). But by reaching the semi-finals, he received an EM bronze medal.
At the World Cup in 1990 in Havana, he delivered in the light welterweight Candelario Duvergel from Cuba a great fight and was defeated narrowly on points. At the 1991 World Championships in Sydney Michael Carruth could not start but due to injury.
But the really big success then succeeded in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. With point victories over Maselino Tuifano, Zambia ( 11:2 ), Andreas Otto, Germany ( 35:22 ), Arkhom Chenglai, Thailand ( 11:4 ) and Juan Hernandez from Cuba ( 13:10 ), he won the gold medal as a complete surprise.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Le = Lightweight, Hw = light welterweight, welterweight We =, up to 60 kg, 64 kg and 67 kg body weight)
Professional career
His first professional fight denied Michael Carruth after its exit from the Irish Army on February 26, 1994 in London against the Englishman George Wilson, whom he defeated on points. In 1994, he defeated five other construction opponent before he suffered a setback in Glasgow on 21 January 1995 because he lost to the Scot Gordon Blair on points.
In the years 1995 to 1997, he won a number of other battles and adopted on 9 March 1996 in Millstreet, Ireland, also successful revenge against Gordon Blair, he clearly suggested that day on points. On September 20, 1997, he fought in Aachen against the boxing with a German license Romanians Michael Lion, who also owned the German citizenship at this time, for the WBO world title at welterweight. In a fairly balanced fight two judges voted for Lion, while a was undecided. Leo was so WBO champion.
Michael Carruth then punched twice world champion title of smaller Boxverbänden. On September 19 1998 he won here in Dublin the WAA - welterweight title with a points victory over Scott Dixon from Scotland and on 15 February 2000, he lost the fight for the IBO Light Middleweight title in London against Adrian Stone from England in the 5th round by techn. KO.
After this fight he ended his runny not very successful professional career.
After the pit
Michael Carruth is after the end of his boxers career working in the insurance industry. During his playing days he had founded with his father and his brothers the boxing club Drimnagh BC in Dublin, where he also coached during his professional time with his coach Steve Collins. In this club he is now still working as a coach. In particular, he is involved, this is the inclusion of children of immigrant families for whom he holds free boxing classes. In his spare time he plays golf.