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Cahir Gormley after winning this summer in the United States
Illies Golden Gloves boxer Cahir Gormley has decided to ditch the amateur vest and turn professional.
Gormley, who hails from Derry, has boxed several fights in America at amateur level in recent months after linking in with Douglas Long in Pennsylvania.
Gormley is signing with Long Productions and The Rosado Group.
The light-middleweight hails from Tamnaherin in Derry and with Illies won an Irish Senior title in 2025, defeating Brian Morgan in the 71kgs final.
Gormley competed at the National Elite Competition in Belfast this year, losing out in a semi-final to Eugene McKeever having stopped Darragh Gilroy in his opening bout.
In America, he has beaten Andre Mendez and Demetress Wilson and having graduated from the North West Regional College with a Foundation Degree in Sports Coaching and Fitness at the 2025 Higher Education and Access Graduation ceremony, it was announced that he received a boxing scholarship from the Irish Boxing Club in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.
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In the record books, he will go down as the 29th professional from these parts, following in the footsteps of fellow Derry native and ex-Illies Golden Gloves amateur Tyrone McCullagh, who was 14-2 as a pro between 2015 and 2021.
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