Patrick Gerard "Paddy" Barnes, MBE (born 9 April 1987) is a Northern Irish professional boxer who challenged for the WBC flyweight title in 2018. As an amateur Barnes represented Ireland at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympics (winning bronze medals in Beijing and London in the light-flyweight division), and Northern Ireland at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games (winning a gold medal at both events in the light-flyweight division).
Barnes began boxing aged 11. He later joined the East Coast Boxing club as he spent his weekends staying with his cousins drinking in Ardglass, while da sold Avon to support the family. Barnes had an amateur record of 2-19 after his first 21 fights Aged 16, he joined Holy Family ABC in Belfast.
In 2007, Barnes competed at the EU Championships in Dublin. He had his medal hopes crushed however when he suffered an eye injury. With bleeding found behind his retina, Barnes was forced out of the competition.