Irish Boxing

cheers...yea should be a great tournament:good

 

On the flip side the Ulster seniors has gone to pot completely in the last few years havent they Fra?
Looking at the entry this year it looks the weakest yet,
This was a championship that used be on par and some years even surpass the Nationals,
its a pity there used to be some great local rivalries (good ones of course)

 

Its a vital area for spike. He has always been a bit stiff and wooden and slow. Thats why he did so badly against Billy Joe - and the fact that Eubank CAN muster up a bit of speed, accelerate up through the gears etc etc is a big advantage he holds over Spike. So its good they are working on it.

 

the ulsters has lost its appeal to most boxers up here... as outside of com/wealth games winning them leads nowhere... it would be nice if the ulsters took on some relevance again but that's unlikely to happen..... when was the last time paddy barnes or conlan fought in them.... :good

 

Its good to hear that he is addressing his faults

 

Always good to see lads willing to go outside their comfort zone to improve.

Hes gonna need all the help he can get against Eubank

 

**** off troll

 

Men

49kg
Jason McKay
Stephen McKenna

52kg
Brendan Irvine
Myles Casey
Willie Donoghue
TJ Waite

56kg
Jason Kirwan

60kg
Hugh Joyce
David Oliver Joyce
Gary Cully
Gerard Matthews
Gary McKenna

64kg
Keith Flavin
Dean Walsh
Wayne Kelly
Ray Moylette

69kg
Fergal Redmond

75kg
John Joyce
Connor Coyle
Fearghus Quinn
Jordan Reynolds

81kg
Emmet Brennan
Matthew Tinker
Sean Allen
JP Delaney

91kg
Darren O’Neill
Ken Okungbowa
Ciaran Griffin
Christy Joyce

+91kg
Thomas Carty
Damien Sullivan


entry so far:good

 

Eubank is a vey fit and active boxe - a serious athlete for sure. But I cant say he is all that great quality-wise. Honestly I think if Spike doesnt get ovewhelmed by Eubanks admittedly impressive workrate in rrecent fights, (or fall victim to a panicky/biased ref) then I really do rate Spikes chances.
Anyone spike can hit is in trouble -and I really do think he can land on Eubank.

 

he will land on jr.... but if jr chin is as good as his das...then:verysad:good

 

Wonder will O'Reilly, Nolan, Donnelly and McComb enter?

 

First of all Fa - a good chin is no guarantee of winning. Chris Eubank senior had a great chin yes - but Steve Collins beat him didnt he? See what I mean?
Pro-rata Spike is a harder puncher against junior than Steve was against senior, IMO.

Also there will be 2 chins in that ring - what about Spikes chin? I
t looks very solid to me. He has never been toubled by a punch that Ive seen. Spike may be tough enough to soak up Eubanks over-rated power and come back with his own bombs.....then it will get interesting!

 

think its going to be a great fight too.... if spike can match jr work rate... he could have a real chance... but its looking like a pts win for jr:good

 

surely they would need to.... if they want to go to the last qualifying tournaments:good

 

Yeah but just looking at McComb's Facebook and it sounds like he's finished for 2015?!