Irish Boxing

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  1. Shamrock

    Shamrock Active Member Full Member

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    Yep McBride (the pride of the south) made Tyson quit on his stool! :happy

    Go Duddy go........ (the south as well) :hi:


    HAPPY NEW YEAR ARDY, AND ALL
    YOU
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  2. ardy

    ardy UP THE IRISH Full Member

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    why dont you go back to your auto-car or motor bike racing, as you know f..k all about boxing. I bet you dont even know who Collins, Eubank, McAuley or McKensie are. Boxing fan my ballocks.
     
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  3. ardy

    ardy UP THE IRISH Full Member

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    Happy new Year Shamrock, I'm looking forward to a successful year for some of our fighters professional or amateur [ with the Olympics coming up].

    Slan Ardy
     
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  4. Shamrock

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    I would like to bring a team of fighters over there from here. Phil Connor from Ringsport Belfast has put the idea there, airfares are a hassle though. Getting the fighters to go would be easy.
     
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  5. Big Ears

    Big Ears Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No it wasn't as it was contested in America ,and RTE would only show a fight outside Ireland if it were Dunne , or possibly Duddy or Lee now .

    ***an has fought on RTE before though against Jeff Thomas(who is a regular on the British forum) and highlights of his fight with Chill John were shown aswell .
     
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  6. ardy

    ardy UP THE IRISH Full Member

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    That would be a great idea. Belfast and the greater Belfast area has around 30 clubs, some have big membership numbers some haven,t. The Dockers, Holy Trinity and Holy Family Club travel extensively. They travel mostly to America and Britain, there's also a club from Cyprus comes to Belfast on a regular basis or vice a versa.It would be a great idea to bring a Belfast team to New Zealand.
    But funding for such a trip as you have mentioned is the main problem.There's various grants available to fund projects like this[ all part of the peace process], but they can be difficult to obtain.
    But if your anyway serious about this Shamrock,I could look into this more closely.
     
    ardy, Jan 1, 2008
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  7. ardy

    ardy UP THE IRISH Full Member

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    I was a big fan of Cooney also. Being from Belfast we took great pride in an Irishman [ all be it an Irish-American] fighting for the heavyweight championship of the world.
    If Jerry Quarry have had fought in any other era of heavyweight boxing,he would have been world champ. His destruction of Shavers is testament to that.
     
    ardy, Jan 1, 2008
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  8. pipe wrenched

    pipe wrenched ESB ELITE SQUAD Full Member

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    Happy New Year Ardy!! Yup, you're the first person to call me on it too. I own a small Plumbing business and do new construction. I don't like (and won't do) service or maintenance plumbing because that can be some nasty ****!!! Those new pipes are never nasty!

    I agree with ya that my boy Pavlik had better show up with his A++ game or it could be trouble as Taylor will be looking for revenge. My worst fear is that Taylor pull it off, then how's everybody gonna view Pavlik as still the Champ??

    GO IRISH BOXING!!!!
     
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  9. Shamrock

    Shamrock Active Member Full Member

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    We have access to funding in NZ ardy, we intend to do a couple of trips to Australia this year as a team. Funding home tho would be immense, we not only work a Club tho, we have the Shamrock Association which might have more clout with the funding organisations. We just need the brains and time to get it in the process. We are so far away, but its imperative for NZ boxers to go further than Aust if we are to be able to compete at world standards. Basically we need Ireland and UK.
     
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  10. ardy

    ardy UP THE IRISH Full Member

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    Hello Pipe wrenched, happy new year to yourself and family.I used to work at the plumbing myself. I travelled the world, me and my trusty toolbox.:yep I worked in Sydney Australia, London England, Cologne Germany, Tash Kent Uzbekistan [a break away republic from the old Soviet Union] and I even worked in Icemans home town of Cushendall [ strange people, they all walk around carrying hurls all the time].:roll:

    I know what you mean, when you talk about old instalations. I've experienced some stressful days at that end of the job myself.:yikes
     
    ardy, Jan 1, 2008
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  11. ardy

    ardy UP THE IRISH Full Member

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    I think the first step is to open a dialogue with a boxing club or number of clubs here in the north. As I said before clubs from various amount of countries fight here all the time. I dont see any reason why a team from N Zealand cant tour here either or vice a versa.:happy
     
    ardy, Jan 1, 2008
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  12. ardy

    ardy UP THE IRISH Full Member

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    Hello shamrock I can maybe grease the wheels of dialogue by helplng to approach a few friends i know who train the kids in some clubs. We need to talk more privately about this if your interested.:hi:
     
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  13. Shamrock

    Shamrock Active Member Full Member

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    Ardy, I certainly am interested in our young fighters getting a chance to travel and fight in Ireland. My real focus is to get the experience for these ones to liven their attraction to the sport and give them something to look forward to. Yes mate, I am into it.

    We get fighters to NZ from my sons gym in Aust, I mean to return the favor this year as well. These kids would be blown away by a trip to Ireland. Kids?> 15 to 18yrs! Couple older! Seniors.
     
    Shamrock, Jan 1, 2008
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  14. ardy

    ardy UP THE IRISH Full Member

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    LEE TO FIGHT AT UNIVERSITY SPORTS ARENA

    Andy Lee has his homecoming fight in Limerick ot the 2nd Febuary at the University Sports Arena. It,s the fist professional boxing promotion ever to occur in the city. MAtt Macklin, Paul McCloskey, Jason McKay fight on the undercard.

    Slan Ardy
     
    ardy, Jan 3, 2008
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  15. mickrick1

    mickrick1 Member Full Member

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    Ardy - have you any idea where tickets can be got for this - I'm based in Galway (originally from Derry) so Limerick is only an hour away - grateful for any help.
     
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