Irish Pioneers of Boxing: The Boxing Glove Designs Coffee Mug

Looking back on some punches from the past.... Irish Pioneers of Boxing Description of Irish fighters displayed (In Centre boxes) -Peter Corcoran was British Heavyweight Champion(1771-1776) & Irish Champion(1765-1768) and was born c. 1740 in Athy, County Kildare, Ireland. -Dan Donnelly was born in Dublin, Ireland, in March of 1788 and was the first Irish-born Heavyweight Champion. -Simon Byrne was the Heavyweight Boxing Champion of Ireland and was born in Ireland in 1806 (Top...left to right) -Yankee Sullivan was Heavyweight Boxing Champion (1851-1853) and was born at Bandon near Cork, Ireland in 1812 -Paddy Ryan as Heavyweight Boxing Champion(1880-1882) and was born in Thurles, Tipperary, Ireland on March 14, 1851. -John H. Clark was the Lightweight Champion of America in 1879 and born May 18, 1849 in -Oughterard, County Galway. -Peter Maher was a World Heavyweight Champion (November 11, 1895– February 21, 1896) and was born March 16, 1869, in Gunnode, Tuam, County Galway, Ireland. -Mike Cleary was a middleweight and was born on May 19, 1858 in County Laois, Ireland. -"Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey was World Middleweight Champion ( July, 1884-January 14, 1991) and was born on December 15, 1862 in Curran, County Kildare, Ireland. -Tom 'Sailor Tom' Sharkey was a heavyweight contender(1893-1904) and was born in Dundalk, Ireland. -Jack McAuliffe was Lightweight Champion of the World from 1886 to 1893 and was born March 24, 1866 in Cork, Ireland -Ike "Spider" Weir was born in Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland on February 5, 1867, and was the Featherweight Champion of New England (1886) who was very flamboyant in the ring; a real crowd-pleaser. -George Gardner was undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion of the World (July 4, 1903 - November 25, 1903) and was born on March 17, 1877 at County Clare, Ireland on St. Patrick's Day. -Jem Roche was Heavyweight Champion of Ireland(1905-1910) and was born in 1878, in Killurin, County Wexford, Ireland. -Pat Connelly...1909, Ireland. -Billy Finucane was a featherweight and was born August 10, 1882 in Limerick, Ireland. -"Private" Dan Voyles was light-heavyweight and heavyweight contender and Irish Heavyweight -Champion(December 20, 1912-March 17, 1913) adn was born on August 2, 1888, in Dublin, Ireland. -Petty officer Matthew 'Nutty' Curran was the British Heavyweight Champion several times (January 18, 1911-Decebmer 6, 1911 & January 12, 1912-December 6, 1912) & Irish Heavyweight Champion (October 10, 1909-December 20, 1912) and was born in Lisdeen, Kilkee, Ireland. -Jimmy Gardner, was a welterweight contender(1900-1917) and was born on December 25, 1885, in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare, Ireland. -Jim Coffey was a heavyweight and was born on January 16, 1891, in County Roscommon, Ireland. -Jimmy Elliott was Heavyweight Champion of the World(1865-1868) and was born 1838 in Athlone, Ireland. -Joe Coburn was Heavyweight Boxing Champion (1862-1866) and was born July 29, 1835, in Middletown, County Armagh, Ireland -Dave Sullivan was born May 19, 1877 in Knocknanaff, County Cork, Ireland and was World Featherweight champion from September 26, 1898 - November 11, 1898. -John Morrissey was Heavyweight Boxing Champion(1853-1859) and was born February 5, 1831, in Templemore, Tipperary County, Ireland