Irish Boxing

Where did you read that jonny:thumbsup

 

calzagle reid wdf

 

Calzaghe Reid 2 would have been a decent fight in the early 2000's. He won't come back, loves his 0 too much

 

I agree with this:deal

 

is that trouble in the pro,s or the amatuers

 

I think this year will be higher quality becuase of lower quantity down south. Our northern brethren are on the crest of a wave and will have a good few shows to look forward to. I think we'll have 5 good quality shows down this neck of the woods.

 

There's the difference between proper boxing knowledge and these boxrec/google 'experts' :yep:good

 

From what i am hearing no one is making money in the pro game bar the big boys for the last 8 months?? dnt know how true that is but i have heard it from a good few within the game. Sponsorship is gone(i heard hatton didnt even have sponsorship on his last sky card and only a crowd of 600 turned up?)

But then you see the amount of shows, and quailty ones at that, that are planned for Ireland this year and things couldnt look better. Granted the majority of those are sky cards which might paper over the cracks. Sky pay 40k plus for a card,i think., so that helps and i presume Peters gets RTE cash.

Interestingly enough, i know it seems mad the way the IABA overlooked Walsh, and I would have considered him a cert for the job, but i heard the IABA followed all proper proceedures and went about the appointment properly.

 

That oul jackal dosent look to intimidating there paddy but trust me it would rip ye apart!!! It's bark is defenitley NOT bigger than it's bite

 

ya know yer stuff ardy

 

The good Steve has been chatting to Paddy Hyland Sr about Patrick Jrs EU title shot. Its up on irish-boxing now.

 

Hyland keen on EU crack
21 April 2010 - By Steve Wellings Unbeaten Tallaght prospect Patrick Hyland has been nominated for a crack at the EU featherweight title.
Veteran campaigner Esham Pickering’s name has also been thrown into the hat and it is hoped the two will do battle in early summer, at a Dublin venue.
“When we got the call Patrick accepted straight away and the EU title is a good stepping-stone for us,” said father/trainer Paddy Hyland.
“People say that Pickering is past his sell-by-date and even though he got stopped last time by [European champion] Oleg Yefimovich, Eddie has sparred with Yefimovich and I think the boy’s a bit special.”
Pickering’s best days are undoubtedly behind him, but the 33-year-old was a smooth operator in his heyday, holding British, Commonwealth and European honours at various points of his career. He has lost three of his last four contests but all in good company and extended puncher Paul Appleby the full 12 rounds in 2008.
“We’ll be hoping to bring the fight to Dublin and purse bids are on April 26 so we’ll wait and see,” confirmed Paddy.
“There are still a few things to be discussed but we think it’s a very winnable fight for Patrick.”
Paddy also ran the rule on his other sons, Eddie and Paul, with exciting times lying ahead for the Hyland clan.
“There was a possibility of Eddie fighting the European super-featherweight champion Leva Kirakosyan at short notice,” he said.
“Eddie accepted the fight but the champion himself refused because of lack of notice which is understandable. It would have been a career-defining fight for Eddie but the amount of time to prepare wasn’t ideal for a title of that stature.
“Eddie will fight anybody; it wouldn’t have been a walk in the park for Kirakosyan. That’s the second time Eddie has accepted a crack at that belt the last time was about a year ago [a proposed bout with then-champion Sergei Gulyakevich]. Kirakosyan knocked out Scott Lawton recently and we would have taken the same approach against a strong, hard hitting opponent.”
Paul, meanwhile, has a trickier assignment on his hands in the form of ex-WBC title challenger Simone Maludrottu. The rugged Italian has been mandated as Paul’s next challenger for the EU super-bantamweight belt. Irish fans will recall Maludrottu ending the illustrious career of Damaen Kelly, firstly with a highly-controversial points win in Andersonstown, and then with a resounding stoppage in Italy.
Paul knows he can hold his own against the best in Europe after sparring former French Euro champ Malik Bouziane as the Parisian prepared for a world title crack.
“Paulie was fantastic against Bouziane in Paris,” lauded Hyland.
“Bouziane was stripping himself down in weight to challenge for the super-flyweight world title, which ended in a draw [on April 9 against Simphiwe Nongqayi].
“The height of the guy was immense, he should be fighting at super-bantamweight or higher still. After watching Paulie sparring him I told Pat Ryan I’d love that fight, at any weight. Young Jamie Conlan was over sparring Bouziane as well – Conlan is clever enough and it was a good experience for him. Bouziane’s work rate is non-stop and Paulie dealt with him. The French coaches were impressed with Paul’s ability.”
The plan they are working to right is on schedule and the big fights are now starting to come as the Hylands’ talent shines through: “We’re getting the fights now and doing things the hard way. At European level and beyond there are no easy fights and we’ve stuck it through for the last 3 ½ years since I brought the lads back [from London] and we’re knocking on the door now.”

 

I saw a documentary on them the other day :deal

 

A documentary about Jackals? I bet it was 4 in the morning on the discovery channel and you had about 25 empty cans of Carlsberg lying around you :good

Those Jackals are vicious wee ****ers. I saw once attack a lion once. On tv of course.

Any word on an opponent for next time out yet?