Irish Boxing

Agreed was it me or did Barkers stamina seen quite poor in the 2nd half of the fight? and it had been discovered b4 that his chin is questionable! I think andy would beat him quite easier than ppl will expect! a much easier way to get a euro belt then goin through macklin ill assure u!

 

I know someone said that Deans fight was off earlier - cant remember who - but he has just confirmed it.

"BAD NEWS, IV JUST BEEN INFORMED THAT MY OPPONENT HAS PULLED OUT IM NOT HAPPY, BUT ON AN OTHER NOTE SPARRED 4 ROUNDS WITH AMIR KAHN N SPARRED THE BEST IV EVER, SORRY TO ALL MY FANS BUT YA DONT NO WATS GOIN TO HAPPEN IN DIS BOXING INDUSRTY"

On a brighter note - Kieran Maher is fighting tomorrow :good

 

I buy the newsletter now and again for a wee change and sometimes notice a wee stare from one or two customers on the way out. :nut :yep

But I will be getting it every Friday from now on as that boxing spread is top notch. All irish articles - no filler. The column is a great idea, Sinky talking boxing every week is great. They had McCloskey, Magee, Carlos and Sinky - excellent stuff.

I would love to see the Irish News get in an Irish boxer Columnist - my choice would be Rogie. His last two assessments on the Ruiz-haye and Sprott-Harrison were spot-on - much better than what I have read anywhere else.

 

ha id say even maher could chin khan
and d nunan yeah barker has no stamina atall

 

Dean Byrne's fight is off - his opponent pulled out.

 

Macklin leaves a wee dig in on Barker - "is hopin that darren barkers gettin exposed tonight wont take the shine off a future fight"

Maybe Boxing News can now crawl out of his arse and give Duddy, Lee et al a bit more credit in future.

The other good thing about the fight was that making fights with Barker will now be easier because opponents wont have as much to fear from him now the bubble is burst.

Brick Fists was at the fight last night - what did it look like in the flesh?

 

Barker didn't deal with Belghecham especially impressively and that 118-110 scorecard was a plain joke. He was pot-shotting and flicking backhanders from the sixth onwards, just stealing rounds. If Affif could punch...

Still would like to see him scrap it out with Lee or Macklin though for the sake of domestic boxing, we always need our best to fight one another.

I think Barker looks class when he's allowed to stand in front of someone and tee-off (although doesn't everyone?) but when he's pushed back and pressured he doesn't fancy it as much.

Great to see big Mick Hennessy back and sporting a homeless beard as well.

 

We went early mate so I didn't even see it we were all starving so left half way through the audrey fight and missed his KO aswell... On a brighter note nandos was grrrrreat!!!
Got a good little write up in the daily mirror today boyos

 

Piri-piri - ya cant beat it!

The English or Irish Mirror - take a photo of it on yer i-phone and upload it to facebook.

 

I thought he was going to get Belgacham out of there after 3 rounds and was preparing to eat a bit of craw if he did - but as the fight went on Barker faded badly - on that performance Macklin would destroy him and Duddy (who they have made an approach to) and Lee would have more than a sporting chance against.

 

RTE regurgitate IABA press releases and refuse to report ANY Irish professional boxing!

WTF is their problem?

 

Steve 'the shiit stirrer' Welling gets his big stick out again!

http://irish-boxing.com/stories/april10/apr10_wilton_responds.html

There may be trouble ahead! The Farrell's are raging!