Martin Rogan (born 1 May 1977) is an Irish former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2014. At regional level, he held the Commonwealth heavyweight title in 2009; and won the inaugural Prizefighter series in 2008.
Professional career On 11 April 2008, Rogan won the Prizefighter series heavyweight competition on Sky Sports, beating David Dolan in the final by a unanimous decision after knocking his opponent down twice. He beat Alex Ibbs in the quarter-final by TKO and Dave Ferguson on points in the semi-final. On 15 May 2009 he lost to Sam Sexton.
Rogan was due to face Audley Harrison at Aston Villa Events Centre, Birmingham on 19 July 2008. However, the fight was delayed due to television schedules. The fight eventually took place on 6 December 2008, with Rogan defeating Harrison over ten rounds. The referee Ian John-Lewis scored the encounter 96–95.
On 28 February 2009, Rogan became the Commonwealth heavyweight champion in a fight of the year contender which could have gone either way against reigning champion Matt Skelton. During the fight the momentum see-sawed from one man to the other however Rogan prevailed in the brawl by beating Skelton with an 11th round stoppage by TKO.
Rogan's first defence of his Commonwealth heavyweight title against Sam Sexton, at the Odyssey, Belfast on 15 May 2009. Sexton defeated Rogan, handing him his first professional loss, after the doctor ruled that Rogan was unfit to continue in the 8th round due to a closed eye.
Rogan's rematch with Sam Sexton on 6 November 2009, once again at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, ended in Rogan's corner pulling him out after the end of the sixth round due to a neck and arm injury.. BoxingNews365. Retrieved on 28 May 2014.
Since the defeats to Sexton, Rogan took exactly a year before making a return to the ring after undergoing career-saving neck and spinal operations.For My Neck'S Trick.. Boxing Mart Goes Under The Knife. Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved on 28 May 2014. He won two fights within two weeks against Yavor Marinchev and Werner Kreiskott in Ireland. Rogan was scheduled to fight Bulgarian boxer Kubrat Pulev for the European Heavyweight title but pulled out citing lack of preparation. The Pulev fight was originally rescheduled for November in Germany although Rogan was instead scheduled to fight former cruiserweight world title challenger Lewis Andreas Pineda for the vacant WBU World Heavyweight title on 27 October at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast., The fight with Pineda was cancelled after the British Boxing Board of Control refused to sanction it because of doubts over ownership of the WBU belt; two organizations were claiming jurisdiction over the title.
On 14 April 2012 Rogan fought Tyson Fury for the vacant Irish heavyweight title at the Odyssey Area in Belfast and lost via fifth-round TKO
On 9 February 2013 Rogan returned to the ring, and winning ways, by outpointing the Czech Republic's Ladislav Kovarik over four rounds in at fight on the undercard of Carl Frampton's EBU (European) super bantamweight title challenge against Kiko Martinez.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes22Loss16–6Michael Sprott34 Jun 201421Loss16–5Erkan TeperKO1 (10), 16 Nov 201320Loss16–4Audley HarrisonUD323 Feb 201319Win16–3Albert SosnowskiTKO3 (3), 23 Feb 201318Win15–3Ladislav KovarikPTS49 Feb 201317Loss14–3Tyson FuryTKO5 (12), 14 Apr 201216Win14–2Werner KreiskottPTS620 Nov 201015Win13–2Yavor MarinchevTKO1 (6)6 Nov 201014Loss12–2Sam Sexton6 (12), 7 Nov 200913Loss12–1Sam SextonTKO8 (12), 15 May 200912Win12–0Matt SkeltonTKO11 (12), 28 Feb 200911Win11–0Audley HarrisonPTS106 Dec 200810Win10–0David DolanUD311 Apr 20089Win9–0Dave Ferguson3 11 Apr 20088Win8–0Alex IbbsTKO2 (3), 11 Apr 20087Win7–0Radcliffe GreenTKO2 (6), 13 Oct 20076Win6–0Jevgēņijs StamburskisTKO3 (6), 26 Oct 20065Win5–0Paul KingPTS67 Oct 20064Win4–0Darren MorganPTS420 May 20063Win3–0Tony BoothTKO2 (4), 4 Jun 20052Win2–0Billy Bessey418 Mar 20051Win1–0Lee Mountford1 (4), 28 Oct 2004
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