Con Sheehan (Irish) boxer

Cornelius "Con" Sheehan (born 3 March 1989) is an Irish boxer from Clonmel, Ireland. As an amateur the became the youngest ever Irish Elite Heavyweight champion going on to win a total of a six Irish Elite titles, four at heavyweight and two at super heavyweight. He also represented the Leipzig Leopards in the World Series of Boxing and won a gold and a silver medal for Ireland in two consecutive years at the European Union Amateur Boxing Championships. Since turning professional he is undefeated in six contests.Sheehan boxed for Clonmel Boxing Club, where he was trained by Martin Fennessy. He debuted as a Senior boxer in the Heavyweight division before later moving to Super Heavyweight. His first Irish Elite title came in 2008 at Heavyweight with a points victory over Tommy Sheehan in the final. Sheehan would go on to six Irish Elite titles.In the 2008 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships in Cetniewo, Poland, competed at Heavyweight earning victories over Stephen Simmons from Scotland (15:6) in the Quarter Finals and Germany's Vahagn Sahakyan (10:7) in the semis. In the final he faced the favoured Greek boxer Helias Pavlidis, against whom he lost on points (12:29) earning a silver medal.The following year European Union Championships took place in Odense, Denmark, and Sheehan competed again in the Heavyweight division. In the semi finals he beat England's Warren Baister in the Semi Finals and beat Spain's Juan Oliva Aleman (13:2) in the finals to earn a gold medal.