Gabriel Dossen
Gabriel Dossen is an Irish boxer who won gold at the 2022 European Championships in the men's middleweight division. 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.
Boxing career
Dossen boxes out of Olympic Boxing Club Galway and fights from a southpaw stance.Youth and underage career
In 2016, Dossen won bronze at the 2016 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships. In 2017, he won bronze at the EUBC European Youth Championships in Antalya.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. Reporting at the time noted it was his first senior international tournament.Personal life
Dossen was born in Ivory Coast and is associated with Knocknacarra, Galway. He studied business at the Technological University of the Shannon.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.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.
Boxing career
Dossen fights out of the southpaw stance. He currently fights under the Olympic Boxing Club in Galway having formerly fought with the Furbo Boxing Club in Spiddal.Dossen won bronze in the 2016 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships as a light welterweight and bronze at the 2017 EUBC European Youth Championships. On 30 May 2022, he won middleweight gold at the 2022 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia.