Frankie Chubby Quinn
Frankie started boxing at the age of 10
FRANKIE Quinn s love of boxing began in 1950, when he first pulled on a pair of gloves aged 10 years old.
Over the career that followed he would have 380 bouts, of which he won 350.
On his father s advice he turned down an offer to turn professional.
When Frankie retired from boxing aged 29, he had won Ulster and Irish championships, been an Irish international, and been British army champion for three years running during a brief period as a soldier.
His passion for the sport never faded and he qualified as a referee and coach, training young fighters in the Loup, Moneymore, Cookstown, Ardboe, Donaghmore and Dungannon as well as in Germany.