Martin Rogan (born 1 May 1977) is an Irish former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2014. At regional level, he held the Commonwealth heavyweight title in 2009; and won the inaugural Prizefighter series in 2008.
On 11 April 2008, Rogan won the Prizefighter series heavyweight competition on Sky Sports, beating David Dolan in the final by a unanimous decision after knocking his opponent down twice. He beat Alex Ibbs in the quarter-final by TKO and Dave Ferguson on points in the semi-final. On 15 May 2009 he lost to Sam Sexton.
Rogan was due to face Audley Harrison at Aston Villa Events Centre, Birmingham on 19 July 2008.[1] However, the fight was delayed due to television schedules. The fight eventually took place on 6 December 2008, with Rogan defeating Harrison over ten rounds. The referee Ian John-Lewis scored the encounter 96–95.[2]
On 28 February 2009, Rogan became the Commonwealth heavyweight champion in a fight of the year contender which could have gone either way against reigning champion Matt Skelton. During the fight the momentum see-sawed from one man to the other however Rogan prevailed in the brawl by beating Skelton with an 11th round stoppage by TKO.[3]
Rogan's first defence of his Commonwealth heavyweight title against Sam Sexton, at the Odyssey, Belfast on 15 May 2009. Sexton defeated Rogan, handing him his first professional loss, after the doctor ruled that Rogan was unfit to continue in the 8th round due to a closed eye.[4]
Rogan's rematch with Sam Sexton on 6 November 2009, once again at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, ended in Rogan's corner pulling him out after the end of the sixth round due to a neck and arm injury.[5]
Since the defeats to Sexton, Rogan took exactly a year before making a return to the ring after undergoing career-saving neck and spinal operations.[6] He won two fights within two weeks against Yavor Marinchev and Werner Kreiskott in Ireland. Rogan was scheduled to fight Bulgarian boxer Kubrat Pulev for the European Heavyweight title but pulled out citing lack of preparation.[7] The Pulev fight was originally rescheduled for November in Germany although Rogan was instead scheduled to fight former cruiserweight world title challenger Lewis Andreas Pineda for the vacant WBU World Heavyweight title on 27 October at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast.,[8] The fight with Pineda was cancelled after the British Boxing Board of Control refused to sanction it because of doubts over ownership of the WBU belt; two organizations were claiming jurisdiction over the title.[9]
On 14 April 2012 Rogan fought Tyson Fury for the vacant Irish heavyweight title at the Odyssey Area in Belfast and lost via fifth-round TKO [10]
On 9 February 2013 Rogan returned to the ring, and winning ways, by outpointing the Czech Republic's Ladislav Kovarik over four rounds in at fight on the undercard of Carl Frampton's EBU (European) super bantamweight title challenge against Kiko Martinez.[11]
| 22 fights | 16 wins | 6 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 8 | 4 |
| By decision | 8 | 2 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Loss | 16–6 | Michael Sprott | MD | 3 | 4 Jun 2014 | The Trusts Arena, Auckland, New Zealand | Super 8 Heavyweight Tournament - quarter-final |
| 21 | Loss | 16–5 | Erkan Teper | KO | 1 (10), 1:25 | 16 Nov 2013 | MHPArena, Ludwigsburg, Germany | |
| 20 | Loss | 16–4 | Audley Harrison | UD | 3 | 23 Feb 2013 | York Hall, London, England | Prizefighter: The International Heavyweights III - quarter-final |
| 19 | Win | 16–3 | Albert Sosnowski | TKO | 3 (3), 1:56 | 23 Feb 2013 | York Hall, London, England | Prizefighter: The International Heavyweights III - quarter-final |
| 18 | Win | 15–3 | Ladislav Kovarik | PTS | 4 | 9 Feb 2013 | Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 17 | Loss | 14–3 | Tyson Fury | TKO | 5 (12), 3:00 | 14 Apr 2012 | Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | For vacant Irish heavyweight title |
| 16 | Win | 14–2 | Werner Kreiskott | PTS | 6 | 20 Nov 2010 | Breaffy House Resort, Castlebar, Ireland | |
| 15 | Win | 13–2 | Yavor Marinchev | TKO | 1 (6) | 6 Nov 2010 | UL Arena, Limerick, Ireland | |
| 14 | Loss | 12–2 | Sam Sexton | RTD | 6 (12), 3:00 | 7 Nov 2009 | Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | For Commonwealth heavyweight title |
| 13 | Loss | 12–1 | Sam Sexton | TKO | 8 (12), 2:37 | 15 May 2009 | Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Lost Commonwealth heavyweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Matt Skelton | TKO | 11 (12), 1:21 | 28 Feb 2009 | National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England | Won Commonwealth heavyweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Audley Harrison | PTS | 10 | 6 Dec 2008 | ExCeL, London, England | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | David Dolan | UD | 3 | 11 Apr 2008 | York Hall, London, England | Prizefighter: The Heavyweights - final |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Dave Ferguson | UD | 3 | 11 Apr 2008 | York Hall, London, England | Prizefighter: The Heavyweights - semi-final |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Alex Ibbs | TKO | 2 (3), 0:47 | 11 Apr 2008 | York Hall, London, England | Prizefighter: The Heavyweights - quarter-final |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Radcliffe Green | TKO | 2 (6), 0:55 | 13 Oct 2007 | Park Avenue Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Jevgēņijs Stamburskis | TKO | 3 (6), 1:38 | 26 Oct 2006 | Andersonstown Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Paul King | PTS | 6 | 7 Oct 2006 | Holiday Inn, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Darren Morgan | PTS | 4 | 20 May 2006 | King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Tony Booth | TKO | 2 (4), 2:27 | 4 Jun 2005 | M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Billy Bessey | PTS | 4 | 18 Mar 2005 | King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Lee Mountford | TKO | 1 (4), 0:40 | 28 Oct 2004 | Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
The fight was shrouded in controversy. In the 8th round Sexton appeared to have given up after spitting out his mouth guard while out on his feet. The Belfastman had mercy on his startled opponent when he could have hit him such a punch and sent him tumbling to the canvas.
