Irish Boxing

is it gonna happen in 5 wks... wheres that.. kings hall:think... think corbett could make the cruiser limit ok... hes a fat **** but hed probabley b 2 strong 4 sweeney whose suspect around the whiskers:good

 

really??

 

really?

 

wasnt sweeney koed in mexico by a jorneyman

how did toland look last nite... tommys a good man:good

wasnt the last prizefighter cruiser:good

 

it was but corbett was ****ed at the weight he looked red raw at the weigh in and looked bout 16 stone on the night then

 

fair enough ... i was busy that nite... so sky+ it... only watched the boxing next day...hadnt time 2 sit through the whole show..:good

 

seen the fight did ya?

thought you might know him alright. We had a few chats over the course of the two days. :hey

it was - he wasnt!

 

Lee dominates Thiam on way to Limerick victory

Saturday, 15 May 2010 23:27
By Tadhg Peavoy
Andy Lee has defeated former European champion Mamadou Thiam in the Yanjing Fight Night at the University Sports Arena in Limerick.
The lithe figure of Lee approached the ring with confidence, striding through the ropes with intent. He carried this menace into the fight, knocking Thiam to the ground with a strong left in the first three minute round.

Thiam returned to the ring for another go at Lee, but was virtually powerless as Lee bullied him around the canvas - using his superior size and reach to land several more combination lefts. At the end of that round Thiam retired due to an injured back and the victory was awarded to Limerick man Lee.
Both fighters had started the first round tentatively initially; however, a strong right-hand from Lee knocked Thiam to the ground after only 40 seconds, signalling the Irishman's intent for the night. Thiam was on the canvas again shortly afterwards - that instance was ruled by the referee to be a slip by the Frenchman.
Thiam managed to see out the round, only suffering one more major hit - a left hook to the body. The result seemed on the cards already at this stage and Lee must have taken huge confidence from the opening stint.
A flurry of left-hand jabs in the early stages of the second set the tone for the following round. Thiam was sent scurrying around the ring an attempt to avoid Lee's attentions; the Frenchman himself was looking decidedly void of ideas.
Thiam was attempting to lash out counter-punches on the back of Lee's combinations, but the The Fighting Pride of Limerick's defence was watertight at this point.
After what were two incredibly one-sided rounds, the Senegalese-born Thiam realised he simply did not have the fight in him and his team threw the towel into the ring. The fight doctor was called to Thiam's attention as the Parisian-based pugilist claimed a back-injury was the reason he could not continue.
Indeed Thiam had been clutching his back since he went down in the first round and looked uncomfortable from then on.
Lee's hand was raised in victory as Thiam shook his head in the corner, while his team removed the wraps from his knuckles.
A delighted looking Lee commented: 'I was happy to get the stoppage. I would have liked to see a few more rounds. He was looking dangerous, but I think I was a bit too fast - that was the difference.
'I want the European title. I want to fight for it here in Limerick. Brian Peters - organise it.
'I'm in that [European] class. I just need to get the fights.'
Thiam told RTE Sport's Marty Morrissey: 'What happened was when I dropped in the first round I hurt my back. The second round I was more hurt and I couldn't punch.
'Anything can happen in boxing. I just did my back.
'I'm sorry for you [the crowd], because I wanted to give you a big fight.'
In Lee's last outing he controlled Affif Belghecham with ease for eight rounds before fading fast and almost losing the bout. Questions over Lee's durability have hung around the fighter since then. Unfortunately due to Thiam's injury Lee didn't have the chance to quell suspicions his engine is not what it needs to be for title victories.
What Lee did prove was that his height and long reach can trouble even the most dogged of fighters, such as knock-out specialist Thiam.

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Ireland secure four medals in Lithuania

Saturday, 15 May 2010 20:21
Ireland will be taking home one gold, one silver and two bronze medals from the 10-nation Lithuanian Multi-Nations.

Philip Sutcliffe, Eamon O'Kane, Ryan Lindberg and Willie McLaughlin all finished in podium positions at a tournament which Irish coaches Jimmy Halpin and Conor Quigley described as very competitive.

Crumlin light welterweight Sutcliffe - with his third win in three days - claimed gold this afternoon following a 4-2 win over home boxer Marius Palionis of Lithuania.

However, 2008 European Senior Championships bronze medalist Eamon O'Kane had to be content with silver after his middleweight clash with Citalij Bondarenko of Belarus was stopped in the second round after the Belfast man was hit with a body shot.

Neither boxer had registered a score up to that point and Irish team-manager Joe Lovelle questioned the decision to stop the contest.

Lindberg and McLaughlin both lost their semi-finals on Friday, McLaughlin losing out by a solitary point to Dmitry Atrohov of Belarus.

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Just out of interest.

Does anyone else feel that Thiam should of got a count after the second knockdown?
The one where he fell in the middle of the ring.Looked like Lee connected with a punch to me.

 

nope. I did at first but I have a video of the fight and all three were "slips"

 

I have to say RTEs web coverage was great while I was waiting for the TV to go live RTEs website showed all of the undercard fights live. I would love to see Sky doing the same on the fights they show. Show the undercard fights on skysports website gives all the fighters some sort of coverage during the build up to when Sky go live. The camaras are there recording so why not put it on air.

 

http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1072819

:good

 

Any footage of Bryne and Kavanagh wins :thumbsup

 

thanks for that slap missed the perez fights last night in my eagerness to get drunk and the yank soldiers eagerness to buy myself nd d cousin pints