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
Barry (name) of the personal name "Henry". In such cases, the name is partly derived from the Welsh "ap", as is the case of the similar surname "Parry", which is in turn derived from the Welsh "ap Harry". In other cases, the surname "Barry" is derived from a place name, sometimes seemingly of Continental origin, and sometimes derived from a British place name, such as Barry, Angus in Scotland. The surname "Barry", when borne in Ireland, is chiefly derived from the name borne by the Anglo-Norman de Barry family. In Irish, this family's name is rendered "de Barra". In Ireland, the surname