Barry McGuigan Barry McGuigan Finbar Patrick 'Barry' McGuigan MBE (born 28 February 1961) is an Irish retired professional boxer and current boxing promoter. Born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland, McGuigan was nicknamed "The Clones Cyclone" and became the WBA and lineal featherweight world champion. He was very popular with Irish and British audiences, representing neutrality and peace in a time when Ireland, where he lived, was affected by The Troubles. In 2005 he was inducted into the international boxing hall of fame. He founded, and is the current president of, the Professional Boxing Association (PBA). McGuigan is the founder and CEO of
Peter Thomas McGuigan Peter Thomas McGuigan Peter Thomas McGuigan (December 29, 1942 – December 8, 2017) was a Canadian historian, freelance writer, and "a history buff and a meticulous chronicler of local heritage". Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a son of the late James and Stella McGuigan and a distant relative of James Charles McGuigan, McGuigan graduated from Dalhousie and Saint Mary’s universities, and held a Master’s degree in Atlantic Canada Studies. McGuigan researched and wrote about Irish immigrant communities of the 19th century in Nova Scotia. He wrote a column called "Looking Back" about the evolution of Halifax’s south end for the