Gabriel Dossen
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Nickname | Black Assassin | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 November 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | Middleweight | ||||||||||||||
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| Stance | Southpaw | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gabriel Dossen (born 29 November 1999)[1] is an Irish boxer who won gold at the 2022 European Championships in the men's middleweight (75 kg) division.[2][3] In November 2025, he was sentenced to five and a half years' imprisonment for offences including possession of cocaine for sale or supply, following guilty pleas in Galway Circuit Court.[4]
Boxing career
Dossen boxes out of Olympic Boxing Club Galway and fights from a southpaw stance.[3][5]
Youth and underage career
In 2016, Dossen won bronze at the 2016 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships.[6] In 2017, he won bronze at the EUBC European Youth Championships in Antalya.[7]
Senior international career
In May 2022, Dossen won gold at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Yerevan, defeating England's Lewis Richardson by unanimous decision in the 75 kg final.[2][3] Reporting at the time noted it was his first senior international tournament.[8]
Personal life
Dossen was born in Ivory Coast and is associated with Knocknacarra, Galway. He studied business at the Technological University of the Shannon (Athlone).[8]
Legal issues
In October 2022, Dossen pleaded guilty at Galway District Court to possession of cannabis valued at €1,072 and possession of that cannabis for sale or supply, relating to an incident at Cartur Mór, Knocknacarra. The court also heard evidence of a separate stop and search in July 2021 in which he was found with a small quantity of cannabis herb; the report stated that the drugs were ordered destroyed and the cash seized was forfeited to the State (pending appeal).[9]
In February 2024, Dossen was arrested in Galway as part of a Garda drugs investigation. In November 2025, Galway Circuit Court heard he had intended to use a city hotel to process and distribute cocaine; Gardaí seized drugs and other items associated with drug supply. He pleaded guilty to multiple offences including possession of cocaine for sale or supply, a money laundering offence, and assaulting a garda with intent to resist lawful apprehension. Judge Brian O’Callaghan imposed a five-and-a-half-year prison sentence for the cocaine sale-or-supply offence, with concurrent sentences reported for other offences.[4]
References
- ^ "AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships 2016" (PDF). iba.sport. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Gold for Galway's Gabriel Dossen in European Championships". Irish Examiner. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ a b c "Galway's Gabriel Dossen wins gold at European Championships". The42.ie. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Boxing champ jailed after drugs swoop". Connacht Tribune / Galway City Tribune. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ "Gabriel Dossen". BoxRec. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ "IRISH DUO EDGED OUT AT WORLD YOUTHS IN RUSSIA". Irish Athletic Boxing Association. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ "DOSSEN AND MYERS WIN BRONZE AT EURO YOUTHS". Irish Athletic Boxing Association. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ a b "TUS Midlands student wins European gold medal". Westmeath Independent. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ "Galway gold medallist boxer avoids jail sentence for drug dealing". Connacht Tribune / Galway City Tribune. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
External links
- "Gabriel Dossen". BoxRec. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
Boxing career
Dossen fights out of the southpaw stance.[1] He currently fights under the Olympic Boxing Club in Galway having formerly fought with the Furbo Boxing Club in Spiddal.[2]
Dossen won bronze in the 2016 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships as a light welterweight and bronze at the 2017 EUBC European Youth Championships.[3] On 30 May 2022, he won middleweight gold at the 2022 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia.[4][5]
Personal life
Dossen was born in Ivory Coast and moved to Ireland at a young age.[6][7][8][4] He currently lives in the Knocknacarra area of Galway where he works at Tesco and is a business studies student at Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest.
References
- ^ Leahy, Ed (23 May 2022). "Dossen opens Ireland account with European win" – via www.rte.ie.
- ^ "Gold for new European champion Gabriel Dossen". The Irish Times.
- ^ "AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships 2016. Medallist by Weight Category" (PDF). iba.sport. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ a b Wright, Rob (30 May 2022). "Dossen grabs gold at European Championships" – via www.rte.ie.
- ^ Galvin, T. J. (30 May 2022). "Gold for Galway's Gabriel Dossen in European Championships". Irish Examiner.
- ^ "BoxRec: Login". Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ Casey, Gavan (30 May 2022). "Galway's Gabriel Dossen wins gold at European Championships". The42.
- ^ Glennon, Stephen. "Galway fighter floors the odds in lifting Irish crown". connachttribune.ie.