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"Rinty" Monaghan
(John Joseph Monaghan)

BORN   August 21 1920; Belfast, Northern Ireland
DIED March 3 1984; Belfast, Northern Ireland
HEIGHT 5-4
WEIGHT 111 1/4-116 3/4 lbs
MANAGER Frank McAloran

Monaghan was a scrappy boxer but not a heavy hitter; He lost only 9 of 66 bouts and scored 20 knockouts; During his career, he won the NBA Flyweight Championship of the World, the EBU Flyweight Championship of Europe, the Flyweight Championship of the British Empire (Commonwealth) and the BBBC Flyweight Championship of Great Britain

Rinty defeated such men as Dado Marino, Jackie Paterson, Terry Allen, Maurice Sandeyron and Ed "Bunty" Doran

Herb Goldman ranked Monaghan as the #16 All-Time Flyweight

1934
Sep 28 Boy Ramsey                  Belfast, Ireland                 D  4
Dec 19 Jim Pedlow                  Belfast, Ireland                 W  4

1935
Feb 17 Vic Large                   Belfast, Ireland                KO  4
Mar 29 Young Finnegan              Belfast, Ireland                KO  4

1936
Jan 13 Sam Ramsey                  Belfast, Ireland                 W  6
Feb 22 Young Josephs               Belfast, Ireland                 W  6
Mar 20 Sam Ramsey                  Carrickfergus, Ireland           D  6
Mar 28 Sam Ramsey                  Belfast, Ireland                 W  6
Apr 08 Young Kelly                 Belfast, Ireland                 W  6
May 16 Young Josephs               Belfast, Ireland                TK  3
May 20 Jack McKenzie               Belfast, Ireland                 D 10
Jul 24 Young Josephs               Larne, Ireland                   D  6
Sep 18 Joe Duffy                   Larne, Ireland                   W  6

1937
May  1 Jim Keery                   Belfast, Ireland                 L  6
May 10 Mick Gibbons                Belfast, Ireland                 W  6
Jun 21 Mick Gibbons                Belfast, Ireland                 W  6
Jul  7 Sam Ramsey                  Belfast, Ireland                 W  6
Jul 13 Ted Meikle                  Belfast, Ireland                TK  4
Aug  9 Ted Meikle                  Belfast, Ireland                 W  8
Aug 18 Frank Benson                Belfast, Ireland                TK  6
Sep 17 Ted Meikle                  Belfast, Ireland                 W  8
Oct  1 Paddy O'Toole               Belfast, Ireland                TK  4
Nov 17 George Lang                 Belfast, Ireland                KO  1
Dec  2 Tommy Allen                 Belfast, Ireland                KO  5

1938
Jan 21 Alf Hughes                  Belfast, Ireland                KO  9
Feb  4 Pat Murphy                  Belfast, Ireland                TK  4
Mar  1 Spider Allen                Belfast, Ireland                KO  2
Mar 15 Cyclone Kelly               Belfast, Ireland                 W 10
Mar 31 Cyclone Kelly               Liverpool, England               W 10
          -Some sources report 3/03/38
May  6 Joe McCluskey               Belfast, Ireland                 W 10
May 27 Peter Peters                Belfast, Ireland                KO  1
Jun 18 Ivor Neil                   Belfast, Ireland                KO  1
Jul  2 Joe Kiely                   Belfast, Ireland                 W 10
Jul 23 Jackie Paterson             Belfast, Ireland                LK  5
Aug 11 Joe Curran                  Liverpool, England               W 10
          -Some sources report "Belfast, Ireland"
Sep  2 Tommy Stewart               Belfast, Ireland                 L 10

1939
Feb 27 Joe Curran                  Newcastle, England              KO  5
          -Some sources report "Liverpool, England"
Mar 20 Sammy Reynolds              Newcastle, England               W 10
Jun 28 Tommy Stewart               Belfast, Ireland                 W  8
Jul 20 Billy Ashton                Liverpool, England               W  8
Nov  8 Seaman Chetty               Newcastle, England               W 10

1940
Jan 10 Paddy Ryan                  Newcastle, England               L 10
Mar  4 Tommy Stewart               Belfast, Ireland                 W  8
Mar 20 Jimmy Gill                  Newcastle, England               L 10

1942
Dec 26 Joe Meikle                  Belfast, Ireland                 W  8

1943
Jun  6 Harry Rodgers               Belfast, Ireland                 D  8
Jul 13 Ike Weir                    Belfast, Ireland                 L 10

1944
Oct  4 Joe Meikle                  Belfast, Ireland                KO  1

1945
Feb  9 Joe "Boy" Collins           Dublin, Ireland                  W 10
          -Some sources report 7/09/45
Sep 13 Tommy Burney                Liverpool, England               W 10
Oct 18 Joe Curran                  Liverpool, England               L 10
Nov  6 Ed "Bunty" Doran            Belfast, Ireland                KO  4

1946
Apr  4 Tommy Burney                Liverpool, England               W  8
Jun  7 Jackie Paterson             Belfast, Ireland                TK  7
          -Some sources report "TK 6"
Sep 11 Alex Murphy                 Glasgow, Scotland                W  8
Sep 24 Sammy Reynolds              Belfast, Ireland                WF  8

1947
Mar 11 Terry Allen                 London, England                 KO  1
Jul  1 Emile Famechon              London, England                  W 10
Jul 16 Salvador "Dado" Marino      Glasgow, Scotland               LF  9
Oct 20 Salvador "Dado" Marino      London, England                  W 15
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World

1948
Mar 23 Jackie Paterson             Belfast, Ireland                KO  7
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World
          Flyweight Championship of the British Empire (Commonwealth)
          BBBC Flyweight Championship of Great Britain
Jun 28 Charlie Squire              Birmingham, England             TK  7

1949
Feb  7 Terry Allen                 London, England                  L  8
Apr  5 Maurice Sandeyron           Belfast, Ireland                 W 15
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World;
          EBU Flyweight Championship of Europe
Aug 19 Otello Belardinelli         Belfast, Ireland                 W 10
Sep 30 Terry Allen                 Belfast, Ireland                 D 15
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World;
          EBU Flyweight Championship of Europe
          Flyweight Championship of the British Empire (Commonwealth)
          BBBC Flyweight Championship of Great Britain

1950
Mar 30 -Monaghan relinquished his titles
Apr 25 -Monaghan announced his retirement from the ring because of chronic bronchitis



Record courtesy of Matt Tegen and Harry Otty, Historians, International Boxing Research Organization

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