Joe Egan (boxer)
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Joe Egan is an Irish retired
professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...
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Boxing career

Egan was a participant in Dublin's Phoenix Club as an amateur boxer. Egan has won the Irish Heavyweight Boxing championship four times.


Other ventures

Egan appeared in the 2009 film ''
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''. Egan was dubbed “toughest white man on the planet” by boxing legend
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. In 2009, Egan published his autobiography Big Joe Egan: The Toughest White Man on the Planet.


References

Irish male boxers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Boxers from County Dublin {{Ireland-boxing-bio-stub