Irish Boxing

nobody likes rats:nono

 

I wish Spike would move back down to 154. Seems to be set at 160 for now though :-( Can see ****** pushing him ino a fight with B.J. Saunders eventually. Much as I like Spike, he would get sparked there

EDIT: W A R R E N

 

Coyle vs Spike= war:bbb

 

id say spike wikl go to light middle when he gets closer to the bigger fights
bjs looks like hell be growin into a middle

 

McCloskey: Judah has a good chance of beating Khan

June 7th, 2011

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By William Mackay: Recently beaten light welterweight contender Paul McCloskey is giving IBF light welterweight champ Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) an excellent chance of beating WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 Ko’s) when they meet up next month on July 23 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Speaking on his twitter site, McCloskey said this about Khan and Judah: “Amir queen Khan, don’t you think you should be concentrating on your next opponent – you fool – instead of b**ching about me? I believe Zab has a new lease on life under Pernell Whitaker and do believe he has a very good chance of winning.” McCloskey is responding back to Khan because of some comments Khan recently said about McCloskey where Khan described McCloskey as the “easiest” and “slowest” fighter he’s been up against. However, those statements reflect more on Khan than McCloskey, because it was already apparent that McCloskey had little hand speed before Khan ever fought him. It makes you wonder why Khan chose to fight someone that he didn’t have a lot of respect for. Khan could have faced Breidis Prescott last April or Marcos Maidana instead of McCloskey. Few fans outside of Ireland wanted to see Khan face the little known McCloskey, because they saw it as a mismatch. And that’s exactly what it turned out to be, except that it wasn’t only a mismatch but a boring one that made Khan look bad because of all the missing he was doing with his shots. McCloskey was Khan’s opponent, and he’s partly to blame for agreeing to fight this guy instead of someone more entertaining like Prescott or Maidana.
McCloskey lost a fight with Khan last month after suffering a small cut over his left eye in the 6th. McCloskey feels he would have won the fight, as Khan looked to be tiring out at missing so often with his shots. Since then, McCoskey has asked for a rematch but with no luck. Khan said that if McCloskey wants a rematch, he should fight and beat all the guys that Khan has beaten during his six year pro career.

 

Box-offs announced

http://www.greenjab.ie/amateur/open-elite-competition/

 

Whats the full lineup for the box-offs?

 

Unseeded. Maybe those who win medals at the Europeans deserve a bye though, but with the Worlds as an Olympic qualifier the box offs will be heaving.

 

Lindsay off the Liverpool bill?

:verysad

 

Below are the ratings of Michael Smith. A colossal task and he displays a great wealth of knowledge but surely he has a pro-British or an anti-Irish bias?
Khan over Phelan, Burnett, Gereghty etc at Fly?
Luke Campbell, a great boxer but over JJ Nevin who hammered him 2 years ago in the EU's and McCullough just beat McGolderick clearly in Germany!
Lightweight might be the worst, no 9 McDonagh beat no one DO Joyce and number three Donovan TWICE in recent top class competition while Joyce hammered number two Ward also recently on neutral ground. He should be behind all three Irishmen.
The worst is at welter weight, number three McLoughlin recently beat JJ Joyce and hammered number one Evans. Gallagher ig the Commonwealth champ where Evans didn't even medal. Nolan is the Irish champ who lost on judges after a double-countback draw with Cardle, crazy stuff,
Quigley recently dominated Ogogo and Joyce is surely next to Ward and Egan.
The one anomonly is Sheehan over Price who recently edged out Con in Germany.

 

Found this old video tucked in a hidden corner! Buncey meets Dudey

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXVuY6M2Kwg[/ame]

 

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND JUNE 2011
49KGS/108LBS
1 Paddy Barnes Northern Ireland
2 Charlie Edwards England
3 Iain Butcher Scotland
4 Ben Fowl England
5 Shane Hussein England
6 Sammy Smith England
7 James Moore Ireland
8 Kibria Subhan England
9 Ben Baker England
10 Luqman Patel England

52KGS/114LBS

1 Khalid Yafai England
2 Michael Conlon Northern Ireland
3 Tommy Stubbs England
4 Andrew Selby Wales
5 Haroon Khan England
6 Chris Phelan Ireland
7 Declan Geraghty Ireland
8 Gary Molloy Ireland
9 Conor Ahern Ireland
10 Ryan Burnett Ireland

56KGS/123LBS

1 Luke Campbell England
2 John Joe Nevin Ireland
3 Gamal Yafai England
4 Sean Mcgoldrick Wales
5 Tyrone Mccullough Northern Ireland
6 Derek Thorpe Ireland
7 Ryan Lindberg Northern Ireland
8 Shane Cox Ireland
9 Sean Mccomb Ireland
10 Daniel Coughlan Ireland


60kgs/132lbs

1 David Oliver Joyce Ireland
2 Martin Ward England
3 Eric Donovan Ireland
4 Ian Weaver England
5 Josh Taylor Scotland
6 Gary Reay England
7 Danny Phillips England
8 Ryan Smith Scotland
9 Michael McDonagh Ireland
10 James Fryers Ireland


64kgs/141lbs

1 Tom Stalker England
2 Bradley Saunders England
3 Ross Hickey Ireland
4 Philip Sutcliffe Ireland
5 James McDonagh Ireland
6 Ray Moylette Ireland
7 Anthony Upton Ireland
8 Tyrone Mckenna Ireland
9 Chris Jenkins Wales
10 Martin Stead England

69KGS/152LBS
1 Fred Evans Wales
2 John Joe Joyce Ireland
3 William Mclaughlin Nortern Ireland
4 Scott Cardle England
5 Anthony Fowler England
6 Adam Nolan Ireland
7 Karl Brabazon Ireland
8 Daniel Quinn Ireland
9 Patrick Gallagher Northern Ireland
10 Shane Murtagh Ireland

 

And more of Smith's ratings.

75KGS/165LBS
1 Darren O Neill Ireland
2 Eamon O Kane Northern Ireland
3 Anthony Ogogo England
4 Jason Quigley Ireland
5 David Walsh Northern Ireland
6 Callum Smith England
7 Kieron Harding Wales
8 Frank Buglioni England
9 Conrad Cummings Ireland
10 Neil Jenkins England
81KGS/178LBS

1 Joe Ward Ireland
2 Kenneth Egan Ireland
3 Obed Mbwakongo England
4 Lawrence Osueke England
5 Michael Fielding England
6 Jermaine Asare Wales
7 Jimmy McCann England
8 Kirk Garvey England
9 Hosea Burton England
10 David Joe Joyce Ireland

91kgs/201lbs

1 Con Sheehan Ireland
2 Tommy Mccarthy Northern Ireland
3 Simon Vallily England
4 Danny Price England
5 ****** Baister England
6 Steven Ward Northern Ireland
7 Alan Reynolds Ireland
8 Jimmy Sweeney Ireland
9 Conan Carmichael Ireland
10 Patrick Corcoran Ireland

+91kgs/+201lbs

1 Cathal Mcdonagle Northern Ireland
2 Anthony Joshua England
3 Kenneth Okungbowa Ireland
4 Tommy Sheehan Ireland
5 Gareth Smith Ireland
6 Sean Turner Ireland
7 Amin Isa England
8 David Joyce Ireland
9 Chris Devaney Ireland
10 Frazer Clarke England

 

Oh and Northern Ireland...what is that about, especially Willie McLoughlin!

 

Has Stalker always been at 64? Thought he was at 60. Has Tommy Mccarthy done anything at 91 to warrant number 2? How did that Hosea Burton get on in the ABAs this year? Think hes got a bit of Irish in him