Danny McAlinden

Daniel McAlinden (1 June 1947 – 8 March 2021) was a boxer from Northern Ireland, who represented Northern Ireland at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography McAlinden was born in Newry and, at the age of 15, moved to Coventry.

McAlinden represented the 1966 Northern Irish Team at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, participating in the heavyweight category and won a bronze medal.

In 1967, he fought at the European Championship in Rome.

He turned professional in 1969 and, in his second fight, stopped future British champion Richard Dunn. On the program of the Joe Frazier versus Muhammad Ali I bout on 8 March 1971 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, McAlinden outpointed Ali's brother, Rahaman, undefeated in seven fights, after six rounds in a contest for rising boxers. McAlinden was at one time considered a potential opponent for world champion George Foreman's first title defence. He won the British and Commonwealth heavyweight championship in 1972, when he defeated Jack Bodell in two rounds at Aston Villa football ground. Nicknamed "Dangerous Dan", he was managed by George Middleton who had managed Randolph Turpin when he was world middleweight champion in 1951.

However, in 1973 his form dipped and he eventually lost his title in 1975 to Bunny Johnson in nine rounds. He attempted to win back the title in 1975 against champion Richard Dunn but lost in round two. He fought on until 1981. In total he had 45 fights with a 31–12–2 record, winning 28 by knockout.

In 2010 it was reported that McAlinden was suffering from cancer of the tongue.

Professional boxing record

Loss

TKO 5 30 March 1981

Loss

PTS 8 14 December 1980

Win

TKO 6 22 September 1980

Loss

PTS 8 20 November 1979

Loss

TKO 6 22 May 1978

Loss

TKO 3 19 September 1977

Win

TKO 2 26 July 1977

Win

TKO 1 7 April 1977

Loss

TKO 4 30 November 1976

Win

TKO 4 14 July 1976

Loss

KO 2 4 November 1975

Win

KO 3 14 October 1975

Win

KO 5 3 June 1975

Win

KO 3 29 April 1975

Loss

KO 9 13 January 1975

Loss

PTS 10 15 January 1974

Win

KO 4 11 December 1973

Win

TKO 1 13 November 1973

Loss

TKO 3 14 May 1973

Win

KO 5 12 December 1972

Win

KO 2 27 June 1972

Loss

TKO 8 13 March 1972

Win

KO 7 9 December 1971

Win

TKO 9 8 November 1971

Win

KO 4 13 September 1971

Win

TKO 5 9 June 1971

Win

PTS 10 28 April 1971

Win

PTS 6 8 March 1971

Draw

PTS 10 24 February 1971

Win

PTS 8 19 January 1971

Draw

PTS 10 3 December 1970

Win

TKO 7 12 November 1970

Win

TKO 1 12 October 1970

Loss

PTS 8 6 July 1970

Win

KO 1 19 May 1970

Win

TKO 2 27 April 1970

Win

KO 4 17 March 1970

Win

TKO 3 5 March 1970

Win

TKO 5 23 February 1970

Win

KO 2 12 January 1970

Win

TKO 3 17 November 1969

Win

TKO 4 15 September 1969

Win

TKO 1 7 July 1969

Win

TKO 2 7 July 1969

Win

KO 1 7 July 1969