Daniel Beahan (born 5 April 1984 in
Bundaberg, Queensland
Bundaberg () is the major regional city in the Wide Bay-Burnett region of the state of Queensland, Australia. It is the ninth largest city in the state. The Bundaberg central business district is situated along the southern bank of the Burnett ...
) is an Australian amateur boxer best known to qualify for the
Olympics 2008 at super heavyweight. He was an
Australian Institute of Sport
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...
scholarship holder.
AIS at the Olympics
Career
In 2002 he won a Light-Heavyweight Bronze at the Junior World Championships in Santiago, Cuba when he was stopped in the semi by Ukrainian Roman Zavalnyuk, after beating Chinese boxer XINGYA, FENG.
Until 2005 Beahan who is from Gladstone, Queensland
Gladstone () is a coastal city in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the Gladstone urban area had a population of 45,185 people.
It is by road north-west of the state capital, Brisbane, and south-east of Rockhampton, Queensl ...
and works as a plumber then competed at 201 lbs limit where he lost to Bradley Michael Pitt
Bradley Michael Pitt (born 8 November 1981), also known as "Hollywood", is an Australian boxer best known for winning the Heavyweight Gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and for qualifying for the 2008 Olympics.
Amateur career
Because of his ...
at the Nationals.
At superheavy he lost the qualifier for a berth in the Commonwealth 2006 team to the bigger Steven Rudic but managed to establish himself as the Australian representing that weightclass later by beating Rudic repeatedly.
Internationally his success has been moderate. At Grand Prix-Usti, Czech Republic, Daniel defeated Brazilian MMA superstar Antonio Rogerio Nogueira on points 20:10 before upsetting Bulgarian favourite Kubrat Pulev, with a right hook which opened a cut above Pulev's left eye, RSCI in the 2nd round. In the semi-final he was out scored 21;10 by Beka Lobzhanidze of Georgia. He lost a controversial decision to Isekeu Maama at the Oceania Championships in 2007, however beat Maama but lost to David Price (boxer)
David Price (born 6 July 1983) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2019. At regional level, he held multiple heavyweight championships, including the British and Commonwealth titles from 2012 to 2013; and challenged ...
in the final of the Commonwealth Championships in Liverpool England. At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Chicago, United States from October 23, 2007 to November 3, 2007. It was held at the UIC Pavilion. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history.
The competition is under the super ...
after beating Roc Urbanc of Slovenia and Serbian Mane Marceta he got KOd by massive Chinese southpaw Zhang Zhilei
Zhilei Zhang (; born May 2, 1983) is a Chinese professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim heavyweight title from 2023 to 2024. As of April 2025, Zhang is ranked as the world's seventh-best active heavyweight by ''T ...
in the quarter-finals.
In 2008 the 24-year-old did qualify for the Olympics by winning the Oceania championships. He defeated Tongan BNGATA Nimilote and Fijian CAGILOALOA Navitalai before winning the final against Uaine Fa, Tonga.
He lost his 2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
debut to Ruslan Myrsatayev by RSC.
References
External links
World 2002 Juniors
Interview
Heavyweight boxers
1984 births
Living people
Olympic boxers for Australia
Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Bundaberg
Australian Institute of Sport boxers
Australian male boxers
Sportsmen from Queensland
21st-century Australian sportsmen
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