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In May 1998, Feeney was due to defend his British southern area bantamweight title against Aldershot based super bantamweight John Matthews, however, he suffered a cut during training and had to postpone a fight. The bout was rescheduled to August 1998 and took place at the Town Hall, Acton, London on the bill dubbed "Double trouble". Feeney defeated Matthews on points over ten rounds to retain his southern area title and this led to Feeney getting a shot at a world title belt.

His next shot at a title came in April 1997 against Francis Ampofo at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London for the vacant British southern area bantamweight title. Feeney defeated the London-based Ghana-born boxer on points over ten rounds.

In 1997, Feeney was voted Sligo Sports Person of the Year in the Boxing category. Since Feeney's retirement he has trained local youths at various Sligo boxing gyms and is employed as a Corner Inspector for the Boxing Union of Ireland during professional bouts.

Feeney then won three fights in quick succession and earned a rematch with Perdomo in November 1996. Feeney featured on top of the bill again at the York Hall with a card that also featured Nikolai Valuev, John Ruiz and David Starie.

Feeney's first title fight came in December 1995 against Willy Perdomo of the Dominican Republic at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London for the WBC International bantamweight title. Feeney come out to much fanfare with Irish dancers leading him, bedecked in tricolor poncho, headband and shorts, to the ring. However, after six furious rounds of boxing Perdomo overwhelmed Feeney and stop the Sligonian.

Feeney had his first professional fight in October 1992, which took place at the Bayswater Arena, London, England. In this fight Feeney drew with Bradford bantamweight Adey Benton over six rounds the undercard of a bill that included Cornelius Carr.

Vincent Feeney (born 12 May 1973, Sligo), is a retired Irish professional boxer, nicknamed "the Sligo Kid", hailing from the Maugheraboy area of Sligo Town. For the majority of his professional career, Feeney fought in the bantamweight division but also competed at divisions either side.