Danny O'Connor

During this fight O'Connor put aside his normal Clan O'Connor boxing outfit and wore a custom-made outfit honoring the Boston Marathon bombing victims. "For this one, I'm putting the Clan O'Connor gear aside and doing something for the city. I sat down with Rival Boxing, who makes all my gear, and I hit it home about what I wanted to represent with this." O'Connor is quoted as saying, "The uniform included a jacket, shoes and trunks. It sports the Boston Marathon colors with the names of all the victims stitched into it, 'Boston Strong' and Boston sports patches." "Being from Boston, I was directly affected by the bombings — the whole community was," O'Connor said. "I was on [the Internet], sitting on my sofa for hours following the whole thing on the police scanner. I know so many people who could have been down there, it could have been anyone. I was trying to remember who told me they were going down to the finish line."

Danny O returned to the ring at Plymouth Memorial Hall in Plymouth, Ma with the Monster Brawl on Thursday October 30, 2014 Live on Fox Sports 1 presented by Murphys Boxing. Danny improved to 24-2 (8ko's) with a 4th round stoppage of Virginia's Andrew Farmer, 18-3 (7). Farmer looked relaxed and confident entering the ring, despite the strong O'Connor crowd led by bagpipes and drums, but O'Connor's southpaw style, sharp accurate jab, and thumping body shots seemed to have Farmer perplexed from the first round on. A right hook counter opened a stubborn cut over Farmer's left eye in the third round, and the continued pressure by O'Connor, kept it open throughout the fight. A sharp uppercut to the body put Farmer down to one knee in the fourth, where he remained for the count. Since September 2017 Danny has been Sponsored by Michigan Aerospace Manufacturing company "Next Level Manufacturing" and light arms company " Next Level Armament" Both John Means and David Warner of Next Level believe in Danny and his quest for a World Championship! In May 2017 Danny approached John Means about taking over as his Manager and John with Danny and Trainer AJ Thomas put together DO BOXING and when asked about his duties John said " If I get an offer...or Danny and AJ bring something to the table we manage as we train As A Team....So there are three voices and three ideas..... I do the Business,Danny handles the wining and boxing and AJ traines and Teaches....we tap Dave Warner from Next level and Ken Casey from Murphys Boxing For outside input to make the right choices"

On January 26, 2013, Danny O'Connor headlined "Night at the Fights". Originally, scheduled for December 14, 2012 but due to a sparring injury the fight was postponed. O'Connor and his team did as promised by bringing the sport of boxing back to the Boston masses. This time the venue was the famed TD Garden, home to the Boston Bruins hockey team and the Boston Celtics basketball team. This was the first fight held at the TD Garden since 2007 and more than 4,500 fans packed the stands.

On June 29, 2013, O'Connor beat Hector Munoz by unanimous decision in an eight-round bout fought at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut. All three Judges scored the fight 79-73 in O'Connors' favor.

In May 2012 O'Connor headlined the first ever professional boxing card at the Boston House of Blues directly across from Bostons' Famed Fenway Park. It was the boxers first home town fight in three years. The Old Brigade open for the Dropkick Murphys, who played few songs before O'Connor took the ring. Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys returned to the ring as one of Dannys' corner men for the fight.

O'Connor followed up that win by headlining the first-ever boxing card at Gillette Stadium on August 12, 2012. The New England Revolution played on the field first then all eyes were on the Boxing ring set up inside the Stadium. O'Connor is quoted, "There is no better feeling that fighting at home in front of family and friends. And for this fight I also have the support of The New England Revolution and its great fans. My goal is to bring the passion of soccer fans to boxing. A year ago nobody knew who I was and on Sunday night I'm fighting at Gillette Stadium." Danny won that fight with a fourth-round technical knockout.

O'Connor has boxed 104 rounds with a knock out percentage of 33.33% in his current professional career. He is ranked 15 in the world and 19th in the USA

Danny O'Connor was the 2007 US Olympic Trials Bronze Medalist and the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team alternate, Danny ended his amateur career with a record of 110 wins and 11 losses. O'Connor a 4-time New England Golden Gloves champion, won the 2008 national golden gloves as a light welterweight. O'Connor also won the US Nationals in 2008 and was voted outstanding boxer of the tournament. Winning these two national tournaments in the same year back to back has rarely been done and puts O'Connor in an elite list of Boxers who have accomplished this which includes Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns. Danny's most notable victory as an amateur was a dominating win 23-3, against the eventual 2008 Olympic Gold medalist Manuel Félix Díaz, of the Dominican Republic. O'Connor was featured in the May 5, 2008 Issue of Sports Illustrated faces in the crowd for his boxing skills.

Upon returning from the Beijing Olympics, O'Connor turned pro on September 17, 2008. Danny signed under Warriors Boxing and Dibella entertainment.

Daniel Thomas O'Connor (born March 30, 1985, in Framingham, Massachusetts) is an American professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division. |title=Archived copy |accessdate=June 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609121934/http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=23890&more=1 |archivedate=June 9, 2010 }}</ref> O'Connor currently fights for the boxing promotion Murphys Boxing, which was founded by Ken Casey of the Boston punk band, Dropkick Murphys.