# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-mcguigan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:52:19.014Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-mcguigan"
name: "Barry McGuigan"
slug: "barry-mcguigan"
description: "Finbar Patrick \"Barry\" McGuigan is an Irish boxing promoter and former professional boxer. Born in Clones, County Monaghan, McGuigan represented both Northern Ireland and Ireland as an amateur. Nicknamed The Clones Cyclone, he held the WBA and lineal featherweight titles from 1985 to 1986. At regional level, he also held the British and European featherweight titles between 1983 and 1985. In 1985, McGuigan became BBC Sports Personality of the Year. In 2005, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame."
tagline: "Irish boxer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pat_Doherty_MP_with_Mary_Doherty_and_Barry_McGuigan_at_the_London_St_Patrick's_Day_march._(16232423774).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1961-02-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.79
  momentum:             0.6960556844547564
  historical:           10.54167066666667
  currentAttention:     4.12
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_McGuigan"
    title: "Barry McGuigan"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_McGuigan"
    title: "Barry McGuigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_McGuigan"
    title: "Barry McGuigan"
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  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_McGuigan"
    title: "Barry McGuigan"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_McGuigan"
    title: "Barry McGuigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump