Joe Egan (born 1965), nicknamed Big Joe, is an Irish retired professional boxer.
Egan was a participant in Dublin's Phoenix Club as an amateur boxer. Egan has won the Irish Heavyweight Boxing championship seven times.
Egan appeared in the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes. Egan was dubbed âÂÂtoughest white man on the planetâ by boxing legend Mike Tyson.
In 2009, Egan published his autobiography Big Joe Egan: The Toughest White Man on the Planet.