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Carruth, Michael

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Carruth, Michael (1967- )

Irish boxer. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, he defeated Juan Hernández of Cuba to win Ireland's first boxing gold medal. A year later he turned professional, and won the World Athletic Association welterweight crown in 1998.

Career highlights

Professional record (1994-2000)

fights: 21; wins: 18 (12 inside the distance); draws: 0; defeats: 3

Olympic Games

gold welterweight 1992

Carruth was born in Dublin. Originally coached by his father, he trained at the Drimnagh boxing club in Dublin where, as a lightweight, he won local and provincial titles. Between 1987 and 1990 he won four senior national titles at three different weights, and represented Ireland in the 1987 and 1989 European Championships and the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
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