What is Rinty Monaghan's record?

Rinty Monaghan's professional record is 52-9-8 with 20 knockouts.

Which world titles has Rinty Monaghan held?

Rinty Monaghan has held 1 world title reign: WBA flyweight (1947–1950).

Flyweight · United Kingdom

Rinty Monaghan

52-9-8 20 KO · 1932–1949

Rinty Monaghan was a flyweight boxer from United Kingdom, born Aug 21, 1920. Record 52-9-8 with 20 knockouts over 1932–1949. World titles: WBA flyweight (1947–1950). Rinty Monaghan last fought Terry Allen on Sep 30, 1949 and the bout was a draw.

Also: Ринти Монаган · رينتي موناغان · John Joseph Monaghan

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John Monaghan · Джон-Джозеф Монаган · Монаган Джон-Джозеф · Монаган, Джон-Джозеф · Монаган, Ринти

BornAug 21, 1920

DiedMar 3, 1984

Country🇬🇧 United Kingdom

StanceOrthodox

Reach162.5 cm

NicknameRinty

DebutApr 13, 1932

Career1932–1949

Rounds boxed471

KO share38%

Born inBelfast, Ireland

TitlesWBA flyweight · 1947–1950

Boxerbook rating1674 ± 332 · inactive since Sep 1949Why here ›

Confirmed bouts8 of 69

Career record

Record

52-9-8, 20 KOs · 1932–1949

Last result

Terry Allen 🇬🇧

For NBA, European, Lonsdale, and The Ring flyweight titles

PTS 15/15 · Kings Hall, Belfast, 🇬🇧

1949-09-30 ›
✓✓ two sources

The record

69 bouts, 1932–1949, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.

Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 69, Wikipedia (ru) · 3

Terry Allen 🇬🇧

For NBA, European, Lonsdale, and The Ring flyweight titles

PTS 15/15 · Kings Hall, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 52-9-7 · Allen 54-4-0

1949-09-30 ›
✓✓ two sources

Otello Belardinelli

PTS 10/10 · Hippodrome, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 51-9-7 · Belardinelli —

1949-08-19 ›
✓ one source

Maurice Sandeyron 🇫🇷

Retained NBA, Lonsdale, and The Ring flyweight titles

PTS 15/15 · Kings Hall, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 50-9-7 · Sandeyron —

1949-04-05 ›
✓ one source

Terry Allen 🇬🇧

PTS 8/8 · Harringay Arena, Harringay, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 50-8-7 · Allen 50-3-0

1949-02-07 ›
✓✓ two sources

Charlie Squire

TKO 7/10 · Villa Park, Birmingham, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 49-8-7 · Squire —

1948-06-28 ›
✓ one source

Jackie Paterson 🇬🇧

Won Lonsdale and The Ring flyweight titles

KO 7/15 · Kings Hall, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 48-8-7 · Paterson 60-15-3

1948-03-23 ›
✓✓ two sources

Dado Marino 🇺🇸

For vacant NBA flyweight title

PTS 15/15 · King's Hall, Belle Vue, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 47-8-7 · Marino 36-6-1

1947-10-20 ›
✓✓ two sources

Dado Marino 🇺🇸

DQ 9/10 · Hampden Park, Glasgow, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 47-7-7 · Marino 35-5-1

1947-07-16 ›
✓✓ two sources

Emile Famechon

PTS 8/8 · Olympia, London, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 46-7-7 · Famechon —

1947-07-01 ›
✓ one source

Terry Allen 🇬🇧

TKO 1/10 · Seymour Hall, Marylebone, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 45-7-7 · Allen 36-1-0

1947-03-11 ›
✓✓ two sources

Sammy Reynolds

DQ 8/10 · Kings Hall, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 44-7-7 · Reynolds —

1946-09-24 ›
✓ one source

Alex Murphy

PTS 8/8 · Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 43-7-7 · Murphy —

1946-09-11 ›
✓ one source

Jackie Paterson 🇬🇧

RTD 7/10 · Kings Hall, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 42-7-7 · Paterson 54-11-3

1946-06-07 ›
✓✓ two sources

Tommy Burney

PTS 8/8 · The Stadium, Liverpool, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 41-7-7 · Burney —

1946-04-04 ›
✓ one source

Bunty Doran

Won BBBofC Northern Ireland Area flyweight title

KO 4/15 · Kings Hall, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 40-7-7 · Doran —

1945-11-06 ›
✓ one source

Joe Curran

PTS 10/10 · The Stadium, Liverpool, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 40-6-7 · Curran —

1945-10-18 ›
✓ one source

Tommy Burney

PTS 10/10 · The Stadium, Liverpool, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 39-6-7 · Burney —

1945-09-13 ›
✓ one source

Joe 'Boy' Collins

PTS 10/10 · Theatre Royal, Dublin, 🇮🇪

Monaghan 38-6-7 · Collins —

1945-02-09 ›
✓ one source

Joe Meikle

KO 2/8 · Ulster Hall, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 37-6-7 · Meikle —

1943-10-14 ›
✓ one source

Ike Weir

PTS 10/10 · Ulster Hall, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 37-5-7 · Weir —

1943-07-13 ›
✓ one source

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Harry Rogers

PTS 8/8 · Ulster Hall, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 37-5-6 · Rogers —

1943-02-06 ›
✓ one source

Joe Meikle

PTS 8/8 · Rialto, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 36-5-6 · Meikle —

1942-12-26 ›
✓ one source

Jimmy Gill

PTS 10/10 · New St James Hall, Newcastle, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 36-4-6 · Gill —

1940-03-20 ›
✓ one source

Tommy Stewart

PTS 8/8 · Ulster Hall, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 35-4-6 · Stewart —

1940-03-04 ›
✓ one source

Paddy Ryan

PTS 10/10 · New St James Hall, Newcastle, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 35-3-6 · Ryan —

1940-01-10 ›
✓ one source

Seaman Chetty

PTS 10/10 · New St James Hall, Newcastle, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 34-3-6 · Chetty —

1939-11-08 ›
✓ one source

Billy Ashton

PTS 8/8 · The Stadium, Liverpool, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 33-3-6 · Ashton —

1939-07-20 ›
✓ one source

Tommy Stewart

PTS 8/8 · Kings Hall, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 32-3-6 · Stewart —

1939-06-28 ›
✓ one source

Sammy Reynolds

PTS 10/10 · New St James Hall, Newcastle, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 31-3-6 · Reynolds —

1939-03-20 ›
✓ one source

Joe Curran

KO 5/10 · New St James Hall, Newcastle, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 30-3-6 · Curran —

1939-02-27 ›
✓ one source

Tommy Stewart

PTS 10/10 · Belfast Sports Stadium, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 30-2-6 · Stewart —

1938-09-02 ›
✓ one source

Joe Curran

PTS 8/8 · The Stadium, Liverpool, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 29-2-6 · Curran —

1938-08-11 ›
✓ one source

Jackie Paterson 🇬🇧

KO 5/8 · The Oval (Glentoran FC), Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 29-1-6 · Paterson 1-0-0

1938-07-23 ›
✓✓ two sources

Joe Kiely

KO 2/10 · The Oval (Glentoran FC), Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 28-1-6 · Kiely —

1938-07-02 ›
✓ one source

Ivor Neil

KO 2/8 · The Oval (Glentoran FC), Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 27-1-6 · Neil —

1938-06-18 ›
✓ one source

Peter Peters

KO 1/10 · Belfast Sports Stadium, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 26-1-6 · Peters —

1938-05-27 ›
✓ one source

Battling Joe McCluskey

PTS 10/10 · Belfast Sports Stadium, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 25-1-6 · McCluskey —

1938-05-06 ›
✓ one source

Cyclone Kelly

PTS 10/10 · Belfast Sports Stadium, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 24-1-6 · Kelly —

1938-04-15 ›
✓ one source

Cyclone Kelly

PTS 10/10 · The Stadium, Liverpool, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 23-1-6 · Kelly —

1938-03-31 ›
✓ one source

Spider Allen

KO 2/10 · Cuba Street Sports Stadium, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 22-1-6 · Allen —

1938-03-01 ›
✓ one source

Pat Murphy

TKO 4/10 · Belfast Sports Stadium, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 21-1-6 · Murphy —

1938-02-04 ›
✓ one source

Alf Hughes

KO 9/10 · Belfast Sports Stadium, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 20-1-6 · Hughes —

1938-01-21 ›
✓ one source

Tommy Allen

KO 5/8 · Kings Hall, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 19-1-6 · Allen —

1937-12-02 ›
✓ one source

George Lang

KO 1/10 · Chapel Fields Arena, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 18-1-6 · Lang —

1937-11-17 ›
✓ one source

Paddy O'Toole

TKO 4/8 · Belfast Sports Stadium, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 17-1-6 · O'Toole —

1937-10-01 ›
✓ one source

Ted Meikle

PTS 8/8 · Belfast Sports Stadium, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 16-1-6 · Meikle —

1937-09-17 ›
✓ one source

Frank Benson

TKO 6/6 · Chapel Fields Arena, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 15-1-6 · Benson —

1937-08-18 ›
✓ one source

Ted Meikle

TKO 4/6 · Chapel Fields Arena, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 14-1-6 · Meikle —

1937-08-09 ›
✓ one source

Ted Meikle

PTS 6/6 · Chapel Fields Arena, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 13-1-6 · Meikle —

1937-07-13 ›
✓ one source

Sam Ramsey

PTS 6/6 · Chapel Fields Arena, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 12-1-6 · Ramsey —

1937-07-07 ›
✓ one source

Mick Gibbons

PTS 6/6 · Chapel Fields Arena, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 11-1-6 · Gibbons —

1937-06-21 ›
✓ one source

Mick Gibbons

PTS 6/6 · Chapel Fields Arena, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 10-1-6 · Gibbons —

1937-05-10 ›
✓ one source

Jim Keery

PTS 6/6 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 10-0-6 · Keery —

1937-05-01 ›
✓ one source

Joe Duffy

PTS 6/6 · Factory Arena, Larne, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 9-0-6 · Duffy —

1936-09-18 ›
✓ one source

Young Josephs

PTS 6/6 · Market Yard, Larne, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 9-0-5 · Josephs —

1936-07-24 ›
✓ one source

Jack McKenzie

PTS 8/8 · Chapel Fields Arena, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 9-0-4 · McKenzie —

1936-05-20 ›
✓ one source

Young Josephs

TKO 3/6 · Chapel Fields Arena, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 8-0-4 · Josephs —

1936-05-16 ›
✓ one source

Young Kelly

PTS 6/6 · Chapel Fields Arena, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 7-0-4 · Kelly —

1936-04-08 ›
✓ one source

Sam Ramsey

PTS 6/6 · Chapel Fields Arena, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 6-0-4 · Ramsey —

1936-03-28 ›
✓ one source

Sam Ramsey

PTS 6/6 · Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 6-0-3 · Ramsey —

1936-03-20 ›
✓ one source

Young Josephs

PTS 6/6 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 5-0-3 · Josephs —

1936-02-22 ›
✓ one source

Sam Ramsey

PTS 6/6 · Chapel Fields Arena, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 4-0-3 · Ramsey —

1936-01-13 ›
✓ one source

Young Finnegan

PTS 6/6 · The Ring, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 3-0-3 · Finnegan —

1935-03-29 ›
✓ one source

Vic Large

KO 4/4 · The Ring, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 2-0-3 · Large —

1935-02-17 ›
✓ one source

Jim Pedlow

PTS 4/4 · The Ring, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 1-0-3 · Pedlow —

1934-12-19 ›
✓ one source

Boy Ramsey

PTS 4/4 · The Ring, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 1-0-2 · Ramsey —

1934-12-05 ›
✓ one source

Boy Ramsey

PTS 4/4 · The Ring, Belfast, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 1-0-1 · Ramsey —

1934-09-28 ›
✓ one source

Jim Norney

PTS 4/4 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 0-0-1 · Norney —

1932-04-27 ›
✓ one source

Sam Ramsey

PTS 4/4 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, 🇬🇧

Monaghan 0-0-0 · Ramsey —

1932-04-13 ›
✓ one source

Ratings now

Not in any current ranking.

World titles

WBAFlyweight

1947-10-20 – 1950-03-30

Facts

What is Rinty Monaghan's record?: Rinty Monaghan's professional record is 52-9-8 with 20 knockouts.
Who did Rinty Monaghan fight last?: Rinty Monaghan last fought Terry Allen on Sep 30, 1949 and the bout was a draw.
Which world titles has Rinty Monaghan held?: Rinty Monaghan has held 1 world title reign: WBA flyweight (1947–1950).

Sources

Boxerbook ID 17802 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/17802. Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.

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