Irish Boxing

The story of a fighting man

Galway Advertiser, March 13, 2014.
JOHNNY KILBANE, the Irish-American boxer who remains the longest reigning World Featherweight Champion of all time, is the subject of a film to be shown on TG4.
Croí Trodach - A Fighting Heart, directed by Des Kilbane, a relative of Johnny, will be screened on TG4 on March 19 at 9.30pm. The documentary has also been shortlisted for Best Sports Documentary at the Celtic Media Festival in Cornwall in April.
Johnny was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but his people were originally from Achill Island. The film traces his discovery as a boxer; his elevation to World Boxing Champion in 1912; his role in the US army during World War I; and his impressive boxing career of 142 fights before finally losing the crown in 1923.
Croí Trodach includes rare archive footage of some of Johnny’s fights, particularly the Kilbane v Atell 1913 World Title Fight, which was in a fragile state and had to be painstakingly restored.
The soundtrack was composed by the Willy Vlautin, leader of the acclaimed country-rock Richmond Fontaine.







tis should b worth a watch:good

 

Havnt watched the fight yet but on Paddys twitter account he just said he started so and didnt fight his best but it was a close fight. He didnt feel too hard done by and you know Barnes would let you know if he did feel hard done by

 

atsch:blood:think

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How you make that out hahahaha

 

Are you all right there, bud? :blood

 

Friday 4 April 2014

Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Ireland
commission: British Boxing Board of Controlpromoter: Barry McGuigan MBE (Cyclone Promotions)tickets: 028 90739074

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Carl Frampton

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Hugo Fidel Cazares

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10x3lightweightStephen Ormond

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SCKarim El Ouazghari

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WBO European lightweight title

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10x3super flyweightJamie Conlan

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10x3featherweightMarco McCullough

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SCAndrei Isaeu

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vacant WBO European featherweight title

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6x3middleweightConrad Cummings

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6x3bantamweightRyan Burnett

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are ye ****ing mad , im an o neil fan and he was destroyed in 1 and 2 and was lucky if he got a split the last

 

happy saint paddys day...half canned heregood

 

exactly
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Happy st paddies day saul alvarez barragan and andre ward and matty macklin

 

The main event sells itself.
Its a guaranteed full house.
Lets face it - you'd be there even if there was no undercard at all, right?
It the old story about boxing being a business.
The organisers want to maximise profit.
Less wages=more profit. :thumbsup

 

and carl framps

 

Nevin fights tonight:bbb

 

Kavanagh won by ud

 

Nevin won also by UD, but he lost a round on all three judges card. I wonder was he gassing:think