Career
As an amateur, McBride competed for Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics. McBride debuted in December 1992, with a victory against Gary Charlton. McBride currently resides in the heavily Irish neighbourhood of Dorchester in Boston and trains in nearby Brockton, Massachusetts.
The aged Tyson explained in a post fight interview that his heart wasn"t into the sport any more.
Tyson announced his retirement after the bout, saying "I"m not going to disrespect the sport anymore by losing to this caliber of fighter". McBride has suffered six losses by knockout—including twice against fighters with losing records.
Since his fight with Mike Tyson, McBride beat Byron Polley, then suffered three upset losses. The first loss was against Mike Mollo, a second-round knockout loss.
The second loss was against Andrew Golota, a sixth round technical knockout loss after Golota skilfully worked a cut he had opened up over McBride"s eye.
After three years inactivity, McBride, the "Clones Colossus", attempted a comeback in an eight rounder on 10 July 2010 at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, but lost every round-and the bout-in an upset to cruiserweight veteran Zack Page, a journeyman with a losing record as a professional. Despite standing 6 ft 6 in and weighing 282 pounds to Page"s 6 ft 0 in and 205 pounds, McBride was outworked and out punched by his smaller, faster, more aggressive opponent. His most recent defeat was on 29 July 2011 against Polish boxer Mariusz Wach, during a boxing gala held at Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut.
lieutenant was Mcbride"s third consecutive defeat against a Polish boxer, having lost earlier to Andrzej Gołota and Tomasz Adamek.
lieutenant is speculated that McBride will announce the end of his boxing career. McBride"s nickname, "The Clones Colossus", recalls Barry McGuigan"s sobriquet "The Clones Cyclone".
