Professional Career
Following the Commonwealth Games Magee then turned professional in March 1999 and fought Dean Ashton at the Bowler's Arena, Manchester in England on the undercard of a bill that included Damaen Kelly, Michael Brodie and Clinton Woods. Magee won his opener knocking out the Stoke man inside two rounds.
He won the vacant IBO Intercontinental super middleweight title in January, 2001 by defeating Neil Linford from England. He then captured the IBO world super middleweight title and had 8 successful defences. He was defeated in his attempt for the European title now. In December 2008, he beat undefeated Scottish Stevie Maguire to win the British super middleweight title, and after a 13-month break, returned to defeat Mads Larsen in a seven-round knockout in Aarhus to be crowned European champion for the first time.
On September 11, 2010 Brian Magee defended his European Title against Armenia's Roman Aramian with the Armenian not starting the 9th Round. Magee challenged IBF Super-Middleweight champion Lucian Bute in Canada on March 19, 2011. He lost the fight to Lucian Bute by TKO in the tenth round.
On July 30, Magee captured the interim WBA super-middleweight title with a unanimous points win over Jaime Barboza in San Jose, Costa Rica. The vacant WBA super-middleweight title is due to be decided on August 26, 2011 and subject to a successful voluntary defence of his interim title in November, Magee is poised to face the winner in a reunification bout.
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