Gary "Spike" O'Sullivan (born 14 July 1984) is an Irish professional boxer. Between 2009 and 2017, he held multiple middleweight championships at regional level including the Irish title.
He also acted and performed stunts in the 2007 film Strength and Honour.
Boxing career
O'Sullivan vs. Hall O'Sullivan defeated Matthew Hall in a close contest, at Upton Park, London, on 14 July 2012 on the undercard of David Haye vs. Derek Chisora, to win the WBO intercontinental middleweight title.
O'Sullivan vs. Nunez It was announced following this defeat of Larry Smith that O'Sullivan would take on former world contender Milton Nunez. O'Sullivan, before the fight, described the bout as "the most important fight of my life". He started the fight well with some solid body shots easily claiming the first round. He knocked Nunez down in the second round and ultimately scored an impressive victory, by TKO, over Nunez in the third round.
O'Sullivan vs. Douglas After a loss to Chris Eubank Jr., O'Sullivan won four straight fights to earn a December 2017 bout against rising prospect Antoine Douglas on HBO. While the fight was meant to be a showcase for Douglas, O'Sullivan won a gritty battle by seventh-round knockout.
O'Sullivan vs. Lemieux After beating Berlin Abreu on 4 May, it was announced that O'Sullivan would be fighting on the undercard of Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II on 15 September. A fight with David Lemieux, a fight that Spike had previously chased in recent years, was mooted but O'Sullivan seemed reluctant to give Lemieux the fight as he had previously turned it down himself. However, after weeks of back and forth verbal jousting online, the fight was officially made with both fighters declaring that they will knock the other out and many tipping it as a potential fight of the night.
O’Sullivan was knocked out in the first round.
In his first comeback fight, O'Sullivan defeated Gabor Gorbics on points in his home country of Ireland.
In his next fight, O'Sullivan recorded his second win in a row, defeating overmatched opponent Khiary Gray in six rounds.
O'Sullivan vs Munguia On 11 January 2020, O'Sullivan fought former world champion Jaime Munguia, who was ranked #1 by the WBO and #3 by the WBC at middleweight. O'Sullivan put up a great fight, but in the end Munguia just had too much left in the tank, as he finished the Irishman in the eleventh round via TKO.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes38Win32–6Mateusz Pawlowski PTS610 Oct 2025The National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland37Loss31–6Sofiane KhatiPTS817 Mar 202436Loss31–5Erislandy LaraTKO8 (12), 28 May 202235Win31–4Nodar RobakidzeUD629 May 202134Loss30–4Jaime MunguiaTKO11 (12), 11 Jan 202033Win30–3Khiary GrayTKO6 (10), 16 Mar 201932Win29–3Gabor GorbicsPTS87 Dec 201831Loss28–3David LemieuxKO1 (12), 15 Sep 201830Win28–2Berlin AbreuRTD3 (10), 4 May 201829Win27–2Antoine DouglasTKO7 (10), 16 Dec 201728Win26–2Nick QuigleyTKO4 (10), 30 Sep 201727Win25–2Chauncey FieldsKO2 (8), 13 May 201726Win24–2Ronald MontesRTD3 (8), 18 Mar 201725Win23–2Jaime BarbozaUD817 Sep 201624Loss22–2Chris Eubank Jr.RTD7 (12), 12 Dec 201523Win22–1David ToribioKO2 (10)10 Oct 201522Win21–1Melvin BetancourtKO2 (10)23 May 201521Win20–1Milton NúñezTKO3 (8), 14 Mar 201520Win19–1Larry SmithTKO2 (6), 26 Feb 201519Win18–1Anthony FitzgeraldTKO1 (10), 15 Nov 201418Win17–1Jose Medina65 Jun 201417Loss16–1Billy Joe SaundersUD1220 Jul 201316Win16–0Tadas JonkusTKO3 (8), 3 May 201315Win15–0Matthew Hall1214 Jul 201214Win14–0Paul MorbyPTS610 Mar 201213Win13–0Robert LongTKO1 (10), 25 Jun 201112Win12–0Ryan ClarkKO1 (4), 21 May 201111Win11–0Sylvain TouzetTKO3 (6)26 Jun 201010Win10–0 Ciaran HealyPTS1014 Dec 20099Win9–0Arturs JaskulsPTS625 Jul 20098Win8–0Marcin Piatkowski1 (6), 25 Apr 20097Win7–0Jimmy LeBlanc4 (8), 14 Mar 20096Win6–0Idiozan MatosTKO3 (6), 26 Oct 20085Win5–0Sergejs Volodins1 (6), 13 Sep 20084Win4–0Eugen Stan65 Jul 20083Win3–0Tye WilliamsTKO1 (4)15 Apr 20082Win2–0Robert HarrisTKO1 (4)15 Mar 20081Win1–0Peter Dunn6 (6), 26 Jan 2008
Filmography Strength and Honour (2007, stunts) The Last Round (2012, short film, as Opponent) The Vein Within (2013, as Steven Murphy)
References
External links
Interview with Middleweight Prospect Gary "Spike" O’Sullivan at Boxing Insider Boxer Spike O'Sullivan Celebrates Win, Gets Stool Thrown at Him at Bleacher Report Gary O'Sullivan – Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live