title: James McGivern
text: # James McGivern
  
  James McGivern (born 6 January 1998) is a boxer from Belfast Northern Ireland. He trains at St. George's ABC, Belfast.
  
  In 2015, he won gold at bantamweight at the Commonwealth Youth Games. A few months later, competing above his natural class, McGivern claimed silver at the European Youth Championships. Both medals came when McGivern was in his first year at Youth level.
  
  In 2016, he was controversially beaten in the opening round of the European Youths. At lightweight, he won bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
  
  