Irish Boxing

. Dont be surprised if its sergio martinez...

 

Thats what i thought andi believe Andy could win this although it mightnt be the most exciting fight two counter punching southpaws but Andy is ahell of a lot bigger,

 

Andy definately has the best chance out of the Irish lads when it comes to Martinez


He looked like he had his swagger back on saturday which is something ive been hoping would happen for a while

 

well well well where do we start, wat a night in limerick, people who predicted power must be stupid, from rd 1 to rd 10 waldron destroyed him, my bro stuck to his game plan and power shud have stayed at home, at the weigh in waldron ask cud he just take the belt with him there and then, and if i was power id have gave it, also power is a dirty fighter, against waldron and sweeney he uses his head, he cudnt win wit his hands and still cudnt even throw a right headbut, scumbag, the only boxin power shud do is on the playstation, or else get afew more 19-20 yr olds fromn latvia or where ever that will lie down for him and get him a win, but for waldron/sweeney poor power is not in there league.... well done sweeney and waldron,

 

The WBC just confirmed the winner of Duddy Chavez will be WBC Mandatory challenger(more in tomorrows Mirror)..

does that mean Duddy could face Lee, if martinez does take Lee as a voluntary??

 

Go handy will ya, nearly blew my load at the thought of it!

Seriously though, I don't think he will take Lee. Duddy brings way more to the table and way less in terms of risk. Martinez deserves an easy fight now, Duddy could be a joint-PPV with two other big names. Lee isn't popular enough yet.

I don't mind if Lee doesn't get a world title shot this year, fact is, he hasn't really stepped up yet. I hope the Barker fight is made and he makes one or two defenses against close-to-world-level opposition to test the waters so to speak.

 

tell your bro nice one i had a score on him at 2-1 and all my mates had a few quid on him as well as i told them it would be easy money, im sick i didnt get the 5-1 odds that were there on thursday , i fancyed waldron after seeing him neary take the head of some poor fella in the stadium a few months back it was the night of long-fitzty rematch , it was a quality ko

hopefully sweeney - waldron gets made i can see sweeney winning it fairly easy though he is a quality operater on his day

 

its been confirmed that im boxing ian bailey on the mccloskey bill... looking forward to it and he comes to win so should be a good little scrap!
got my tickets aswell yesterday

 

thats a really good match up. Bailey aint bad at all - durable wee fúcker! If you can stop him you really do deserve that months Maximum Banjo Award.

 

Stupid???? did you see Johns last few fights??

Phil did wonders with the boy I said it to him myself afterwards and John agreed he was saying previously he hadnt been using in the ring what he was being showed in the gym and he wasnt listening to instructions in previous fights. He turned that all around on Saturday and deserves ALOT of credit for it.

But to say the people who picked Power are stupid is just a ridiculasly biased statement... And takes alot away from the hard work John has done over the last few months

Im sure his father is looking down on him and is exceptionally proud of the performance his son put on in Limerick on Saturday

 

I would imagine so

but i dont see Lee taking a fight with Martinez this year.

He needs more experiance in my opinion

 

Nice one. Looking forward to it. Would love to head up but I'm a peasant for the forseeable future. Hopefully we'll get to see The Jackal doing his thing on the box.

You'll have to keep a close eye on Acosta, possible opponent down the line. :hey

 

McCullough plans Prizefighter punch assaultFormer World Champion throwing 200 punches a round in trainingWayne McCullough says he will show that he is far from finished when he lines up for the Prizefighter Super Bantamweights on May 29.The former WBC World Champion makes his return to the ring in the latest of Barry Hearn’s Prizefighter series at Bethnal Green’s York Hall after a two year absence from competitive action. The 39 year-old is the stand out name in the line-up, and insists that he will show that he can still compete at the highest level.“In the last couple of years the media has said "McCullough is done" and that's what I want the young kids to think,” said McCullough. “I've never shown in the ring that I am done, so how can they say that? If I'd shown that I am done in past fights it would be different but they can't say that when I've fought at the elite level against guys like Oscar Larios?“The time I've had off has not been my fault, and it's not been for the lack of trying or training. It's been a disappointment of course but I've kept going and I haven't shown any signs of depreciation or anything - age is just a number really, if I'd shown that I was old or I looked old it would be different but I haven't, I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't do drugs, I've always lived clean and everyone who knows me in boxing knows that I've always kept training since I was a little boy. I'm like a Bernard Hopkins, he's kept himself in shape and he's 45 years-old, so if he can do it I know I have plenty of years before I hit that.”Prizefighter’s fast-paced three-round format may not sound like it would suit a fighter just shy of their forties and making a return after a lengthy absence, but McCullough has no doubts that his style suits the format.“I can throw 200 punches every round without any problems and I do that in training every day - if a guy tries to keep up with that pace when he's not used to it he's going to be dead after two rounds. I do at least 20 rounds of punching on bag work and pad work at full-throttle and for Prizefighter I've stepped up to a faster pace, instead of looking forward to fighting ten or twelve rounds I've been looking at fighting three rounds at a time so I've stepped up my pace to make myself a little bit faster.”McCullough is the latest big name to attempt to resurrect their career by winning Prizefighter, and the Belfast-born US citizen who lives close to Audley Harrison in America said that A-Force’s win at Prizefighter Heavyweights III will help him claim victory in London.“I've got a place in California as well as Las Vegas and Audley Harrison lives just down the road from me and I've talked to him about what to expect at Prizefighter and it was good to talk from someone who has won it. Big Martin Rogan won the first ever Prizefighter too and I hope he'll be there on the night – and I also hope that I've got something left in me that night too.”While the attention is on McCullough, seven other fighters will be hoping the live Sky Sports event is their springboard to success. Nottinghamshire-based Esham Pickering has previously held the European, British and Commonwealth belts, while Liverpool’s Mark Moran fought for the British title.There are two undefeated fighters among the eight. Welshman Ricky Owen has fought 11 times, while St Helens’ Craig Lyon had boxed ten times as a professional. Aberdeen-born Gavin Reid has fought for the Scottish title, Josh Wale of Barnsley has challenged for the English crown and Middlesbrough’s Chris Riley is a former England junior international.“I only really know Esham Pickering out of the other seven fighters, I haven't seen the other guys fight because I've been over here in America,” said McCullough. “It's just like going back to the amateur days when you don't know the guys you are going to fight until you get into the ring that night, so I'm going to go out there, throw punches and get my name on that trophy.”Tickets for Prizefighter Super-Bantamweights are available now at £35 (unreserved), £60 (ringside) and £100 (VIP) – call Matchroom Sport on 01277 359900.

 

New James Moore story up on irish-boxing.com now. he seems pretty confident