Irish Boxing

True my friend. In all fairness to Vitaly though it must be impossible for a man 6ft.7" and weighing 250lbs. to look graceful in the ring. He sure is effective though. Dunne was terrific. A rematch is enivitable after such a close and enciting encounter.

 

my ringwalk vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx7TWjlxZHs&feature=channel_page

 

****ing ferice noise from that crowd...nice 1 slap...

 

Are ITV going to show a repeat of this one at any stage? I know they showed the Faccio fight. I'd like to see the fight with some decent commentary. Sorry but Jimmys day has long been and gone.

Maybe we could have Duke screaming 'his legs have gone Jim' about 300 times!

 

OK lads I dont post on here anywhere near as much as i should but i read intently ALWAYS, im more of a boardsie but im posting on here first coz i know that you guys are REAL boxing supporters. Words can not describe how fcuking PROUD I am of our Ben, he is my hero, he was before this fight but what he has dont last night just brings many many more of the disbelievers to the table and there have been many.

I have been cheering him on from the sidelines from his very first fight on the 19th of December 2001 (wow is it that long ago), this was of course back in the days when any sort of coverage of irish boxing was well pretty much non existent and many a night i spent going to bed with the mobile tucked under the pillow waiting for the all important text at some ungodly hour of the morning and then saying a little prayer before actually mustering up the nerve to go and read it. I can vividly remember the day (probably about 5 fights into his career) when he made teletext and actually having a little smirk to myself, sounds really silly but this was irish boxing in 2002, a minority sport in all its hidden glory. From there it was a gradual build up and when he signed with Sugar Ray Leonard Promotions the media started to take a passing interest from there really the rest is pretty much well documented. I always hoped and prayed that he would fulfill his destiny, the path from a very early stage pointed in one direction and I dearly hoped & believed that he would see it through to the bitter end, sometimes when you reflected on where things were going you might doubt for a split second what your heart was telling you but I always held belief for without belief you have nothing.

I was gutted with what happened in the Martinez encounter and it took a long time to accept what happened but I never stopped believeing for a second that the journey was nearing an end but merely taking a different direction and held firm on the mantra that "if it doesnt kill you it will make you stronger". What really disappointed me was how so many people turned their backs on him and how some people dragged his name into the gutter (and there were many!!!) but all this served to do was to copper fasten his determination to achieve what many people taught was an impossible task, they simply stopped believeing.

Last night was a night that will stay with me to my grave, I went through every emotion know to man, from initial hope to extreme trepidation then in a matter of minutes you taste this hope crystalising into confidence that he will actually deliver on his destiny only to have it ripped from your very taughts as quickly as you could visualising his had being raised in victory. A rollercoaster of emotions and far too much for me personally to comprehend in the highs and lows of what was a fascinating contest. It was nerve wracking in the extreme and I am still trying to understand if I actually enjoyed it as I still havent come down from the euphoria. To a man there were 9,000 people who stood shoulder to shoulder in that arena and regardless of what was said and spoken of before hand, after the first few exchanges there was a tangible auora within those hollowed walls which took hold of everybody. He said he would go to the gates of hell to deliver on his destiny and he left absolutely nothing behind. Last night was one of those moments in life which you park in the memory bank, in a lifetime you might have a small handful of moments in your life which you truly regard as special. I was so caught up with emotion that I actually unashamedly burst out crying, I dont know why but I know I wasnt alone. I am a proud irishman at the best of times but last night I was especially proud to be born of this land and i was so proud of our kid, nobody deserved it more than him. More than anything else I am so happy for him, he has etched his name in the history of our spoting greats. Thanks for the journey it has been truly something special.

PS Reference my previous post for those who chose to "keep the faith" congrats as my belief managed to coax a couple of grand out of the bookies (mabey thats what brought a tear to my eye):thumbsup

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another one for the collection boys ...

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Doug il get to that post tomorrow i hope....

 

nice one FI.

Delighted for ya! :good

 

fantastic post fightingirish...long may they continue...what a month irish boxing has had ...rogie..mccloskey...macklin...and now to top it off dunne all winning championships fights...it doesnt get much better than this:good

 

Would ya believe it, my comp broke down the day of the fight!
Has anyone got a link to the fight...and Lees if possible???

 

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harry hawkins interview is on the grind now check the main page and click play

 

Heres the link guys briggs will be on after hawkins

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=19046&more=1

 

Jaysus boys I hate to pass judgement but Bernard still looks better than the pair of you in that pic and he's just gone 11 hard rounds :yep

great picture, one for the ages. you regale future generations of your families with the story of the night.

Honestly it will end up being worse than the GPO for people claiming they were there.