Oliver O'Dea (born October 12, 1975) is an Irish-born boxer who lives
in West Cork, Ireland. After retiring from boxing in 1999, he will
resume his boxing career in the USA in 2018 and is rated #1 by the
Canadian professional boxing council internationally at light
welterweight.Oliver O'Dea was born in Liscarroll in 1975 to parents
Benny and Kathleen. He took up boxing at an early and by his late
teens was training and sparring in professional gyms in the UK, and
sparring with the likes of WBO World Bantamweight Champion Alfred
Kotey. He then based himself in Dublin where he was trained by former
WBO Middleweight & Super-middleweight champion Steve Collins, before
moving to the US and having 7 fights while based in Houston, Texas,
and working with trainers Don Turner and Jesus Rodriguez. In 2000
O'Dea changed his career path after the death of his friend Oliver
Reed and a very badly broken hand and decided to become an actor for a
while before getting back to boxing. He again entered the ring in
Denmark in 2008 after a 9 year absence under trainer and mentor George
Grass. In a light-middleweight contest that was later deemed an
exhibition fight by the commission due to bloods in the
medical[clarification needed], O'Dea walked away with a victory and
again away from boxing.
in West Cork, Ireland. After retiring from boxing in 1999, he will
resume his boxing career in the USA in 2018 and is rated #1 by the
Canadian professional boxing council internationally at light
welterweight.Oliver O'Dea was born in Liscarroll in 1975 to parents
Benny and Kathleen. He took up boxing at an early and by his late
teens was training and sparring in professional gyms in the UK, and
sparring with the likes of WBO World Bantamweight Champion Alfred
Kotey. He then based himself in Dublin where he was trained by former
WBO Middleweight & Super-middleweight champion Steve Collins, before
moving to the US and having 7 fights while based in Houston, Texas,
and working with trainers Don Turner and Jesus Rodriguez. In 2000
O'Dea changed his career path after the death of his friend Oliver
Reed and a very badly broken hand and decided to become an actor for a
while before getting back to boxing. He again entered the ring in
Denmark in 2008 after a 9 year absence under trainer and mentor George
Grass. In a light-middleweight contest that was later deemed an
exhibition fight by the commission due to bloods in the
medical[clarification needed], O'Dea walked away with a victory and
again away from boxing.
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