Early Life
Barnes began boxing aged eleven. He had initially taken up soccer but did not feel suited to the sport saying he "wasn't really very good at it." He initially joined the Belfast Kronk Club and within a week he had his first fight which he lost. He later joined the East Coast Boxing club as he spent his weekends staying with his cousins in Ardglass. Barnes lost his first 15 fights but says he loved the training and friends he had made through boxing. Aged 16 he joined Holy Family ABC in Belfast.
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