Steven Gerard Donnelly (born 7 September 1988) is an Irish professional boxer from

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who represented Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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, Brazil as an amateur.

Boxing career

Donnelly represented Northern Ireland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in

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, India. Competing in the light welterweight division he faced Australian Luke Woods in the first round and was eliminated from the competition after a 0–10 loss. Following his defeat Donnelly was subsequently sent home from the Games by team management after drinking alcohol and causing a disturbance in the athlete's village. After this he became disillusioned with the sport and quit boxing for two years before eventually returning to the All Saints Boxing Club in Ballymena. At the

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held in

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, Scotland, Donnelly was again selected for the Northern Ireland team. Competing in the welterweight division he defeated Hasan Asif of Pakistan in the round of 32, Oscar Finau of Tonga in the round of 16 and Canadian Custio Clayton in the quarterfinals. In his semifinal Donnelly was beaten on a split judge's decision by India’s Mandeep Jangra, meaning he finished with a bronze medal. Donnelly took part in the 2015

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, representing the Polish Hussars team. He won five of his six fights, beating Kazakhstan's Madiyar Ashkeyev, Brian Ceballo of the United States, Puerto Rican Nicklaus Flaz Guillen, Alberto Palmetta of Argentina and Italy's Dario Morello, but was defeated by Venezuelan Gabriel Maestre and suffered a walkover defeat after visa issues meant he was unable to travel to fight Azerbaijan's Parviz Baghirov. Donnelly qualified to represent

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in the men's welterweight event at the

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to be held in

, Brazil, via his fourth-place ranking in the World Series of Boxing. Only the top two ranked athletes were due to qualify through the rankings but two of the athletes ranked ahead of him qualified by alternate methods, Morocco’s Mohammad Rabii secured his place through the

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and Andrey Zamkovoy won the Russian championships to confirm his place.

Professional boxing record

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Personal life

Donnelly was born in

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Donnelly, Steven 1988 births Living people Irish male boxers Male boxers from Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Northern Ireland Boxers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Ballymena Olympic boxers for Ireland Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Middleweight boxers Boxers from County Antrim 21st-century sportsmen from Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in boxing