Irish Boxing

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  1. mosseylennon

    mosseylennon Active Member Full Member

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    Ah ok I thought you were Paul sorry for the mix up .seen as your a sweeney you might know me grandad Arthur Mills Iam pretty sure he was friends with sweeneys who had stalls in the libertie markets.
     
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  2. carlos_jackal

    carlos_jackal Active Member Full Member

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    Hopefully I can get on bills with the 2boys. That last one in magherafelt was amazing. Great atmosphere and great experience for me. He's got me, troy James a featherweight who's won five drew 1. A guy called chris keane, I think he's cruiser and he's 1-0 1ko and big kenny Anderson at super middle weight. I think kennys 10-0 7kos something like that anyway. He won the commonwealth games for Scotland and knocked out are own coco mccauley on the way. Good we stable of fighters so far ;)
     
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  3. Paddy

    Paddy ESB Founders Club Full Member

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    Kenny is a top bloke

    I was delighted to see him sign with Barry he wanted to head over to germany for a while.

    Hopefully he can get a few wins under his belt this year
     
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  4. BigEars

    BigEars Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Kenny's fighting Paul David in a British title eliminator in 2 weeks time.

    I remember seeing him in those Commonwealth games and he looked fantastic, extremely powerful, strong and looked destined for the pros. He scored two hard knockdowns against the young Irish lad before that fight was stopped, it really seemed man against boy in there.

    However his pro career hasn't all been plain sailing, he struggled to a close decision win in his last fight over decent journeyman Nathan King(who Degale just beat) and has only managed to get 10 fights in over 3 years as a pro. He's been moved very slowly and if he doesn't get the victory over Paul David his career could be in trouble.

    David is a real tricky customer too and that's a 50/50 fight.
    On home soil I think Kenny will come through in a very close one.
     
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  5. liberties

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    i knew the mills from st teresa,s gardens are they the same people i never was involved in the markets painting @ decorating was my game
     
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  6. ardy

    ardy UP THE IRISH Full Member

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    BOXER TO GET PLAQUE IN HIS MEMORY
    http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/b...xer-to-get-plaque-in-his-memory-14620814.html

    THE SAD FATE OF "IRISH" JERRY QUARRY [scroll down]
    http://www.ringsidereport.com/rsr/news.php#2513



    It's maybe easier if I paste the Jerry Quarry story




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    The Sad Fate of “Irish” Jerry Quarry
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    The Sad Fate of “Irish” Jerry Quarry
    By Mike “Rubber Warrior” Plunkett – January 2, 2010

    Not all that long ago one of my RSR message board buddies sent me a personal message telling me they enjoyed the career look-back I penned on all-time light heavyweight great Bob Foster. Over the course of that exchange, it was suggested that I might delve into the careers of the Quarry brothers, the thinking behind that triggered no doubt from the fact that Mike Quarry had at one time challenged Foster for the light heavyweight world title. It was a great idea on its own right, but along with that suggestion came up the question of how did the Quarry brothers fare after the merry go-round wound down and the hoopla and paydays dried-up. So this is the reasoning behind this submission, and over the course of researching the fate of these former fan favorites, I came away the very sobering notion that our sport and the trappings of success that often come with it, if not properly channeled, can literally take away the better part of a man and his soul.

    Jerry Quarry began his professional career in May 1965 with a four round decision over one Gene Hamilton. Known affectionately by fans as “The Bellflower Belter”, he stood six-feet tall with a modest reach of 72-inches and at his very best he typically weighed around 195lbs. He was a durable and intelligent counter-puncher with fast hands and a particularly notable left hook. He also had a solid chin, an attribute demonstrated more than a few times over the course of his days fighting for pay. If he had any weak points in his physical make-up, it would have to be his propensity to bleed when faced with sharp-punching opposition. Beyond that, the fact that Jerry competed in the strongest heavyweight era to date, a period that spawned some of the most gifted and greatest big men ever, added to the incredibly difficult mountain he had to climb in order to make his mark in the division and on a greater scale, heavyweight history.

    Jerry fought often and paid his dues, learning his craft while developing a following with fans. He suffered his first loss in July 1966, coming up short on the scorecards after ten brisk rounds with the 48-8-3 Eddie Machen, a wily and talented veteran who held wins over former world light heavyweight champion Joey Maxim and Charles “Sonny” Liston, a fearsome man who would one day go on to win the world heavyweight championship and ultimately become recognized as an all-time great. With less than two years of professional experience under his belt, the loss was little more than a speed bump in the learning curve for Quarry, who less than a year later would fight to a disputed draw with former world heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson in a bout that saw both men hit the canvas. Five months after that, Quarry won a controversial twelve-round majority decision over Patterson in a WBA title eliminator tournament, a tourney where he would ultimately come up short after losing a fifteen-round majority decision to Jimmy Ellis for the vacant title in April 1968.

    His next big bout of note came in June 1969, a brutal seven-round TKO loss on cuts to then-smoking “Smokin’ Joe Frazier for the NYSAC Heavyweight Title in an encounter that saw him take an early lead. The crowd-pleasing nature of the bout induced Ring Magazine to rate it as Fight of the Year. In early 1970 he re-established himself as a top contender in the division by knocking out the 24-0, 24 KO’s Mac Foster, setting him up to face Muhammad Ali in a high profile encounter that highlighted the return of the undefeated former heavyweight champion after a three-year exile from the sport. Badly outclassed and cut, Quarry succumbed to the force that was Ali in the third round. He spent the better part of the next two years regaining his momentum, winning six in a row before a return match with Ali for the NABF title that saw him badly beaten over seven rounds.
     
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  7. marty

    marty Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Thats a fitting gesture for the dazzler:thumbsup
     
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  8. Big J

    Big J Well-Known Member Full Member

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    So will you be fighting here mostly now? What did barry make of dudey & mac man then?
     
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  9. irishhitman

    irishhitman Well-Known Member Full Member

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    if mcguigan signs lindsay..it could quite a few shows in belfast this year
     
    irishhitman, Jan 4, 2010
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  10. mosseylennon

    mosseylennon Active Member Full Member

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  11. Jonny The Hips

    Jonny The Hips Boxing Addict Full Member

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    As far as i know- Setanta will be showing a few Irish shows(delayed most likely) this year and are talking about taking a few American shows!!!
     
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  12. Jonny The Hips

    Jonny The Hips Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A article that was in the Mirror last week!

    Jonny Stapleton

    Derry puncher John Duddy has poured cold water on a potential Irish light middleweight title bout with Belfast’s Neil Sinclair in 2010.



    The New York based former Irish national amateur champion admitted talks between both camps, but was adamant he won’t be moving down a weight to meet Sinclair at light middle.



    The mouthwatering clash could still go ahead at an agreed weight but if that was the case the Irish title would not be on the line.



    Either way The Derry Destroyer, whose hopes of a St Patrick’s Day World Title eliminator with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr were dashed after the Mexican tested positive for a banned diuretic, is just focused on his January 23 Garden party with Juan Astorga.



    “As far as I'm concerned I've a fight on January 23. That fight is the only thing I care about at the moment. I believe Neil's people contacted my advisor and he listened to what they thought. I haven't heard anything back since.



    “I know for a fact that I will be fighting at middleweight from here on in. I tried to go lower earlier in year and I wasn't at my best. I'm too long in this game to try and loss weight that's not there,” he added before commenting on the Chavez situation.


    “The Chavez fight I don't think will happen. It could be a possibility later in the year. I am just looking forward to fighting back in Madison Square Garden. Everything is going well for it. I'll have a wee Christmas party after my fight but until then business as usual.
     
    Jonny The Hips, Jan 4, 2010
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  13. Steve Wellings

    Steve Wellings Active Member Full Member

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  14. marty

    marty Boxing Addict Full Member

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  15. marty

    marty Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If theres no chance of Chavez, and Sinclair is looking unlikely. What do you think Duddys plans will be this year.:huh
     
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