Irish Boxing

Lads, The Sports Show on Setanta Ireland tomorrow (Wed): Andy Lee and Bernard Dunne will feature on the show. Its live at 5pm, 7pm, and 10pm.

 

Barry is it live three times? Are Dunne and Lee just sitting in the studio waiting to see the same things over and over?

Sounds good.

 

Who is this Barry bloke, I am Cantona!! Its 3 live shows but the lads wont be in studio. We have filmed a feature piece with Lee in Limerick today, and we caught up with Bernard last weekend.

 

Bradley Pryce is on the undercard of the McCloskey bill - no opponent confirmed yet.

Sinky v Pryce??

 

Sounds terrific, thanks:thumbsup

 

:rofl



Tims vs Sweeney is off
11 May 2010 - By Leonard Gunning One of the most highly anticipated Irish title fights of recent years has unexpectedly been called off only a matter of days before it was due to take place.
The domestic dust up between Dublin’s Ian Tims and Mayo's Michael Sweeney was set to provide the main support to Andy Lee's return to Limerick this Saturday but due to an injury which Tims sustained while sparring in training, the University of Limerick Arena bout is off.
Tims outlined that he had injured his arm in training with another source indicating that he has damaged ligaments and won’t be able to recover in time. As a result the scheduled bout with Sweeney for the vacant Irish cruiserweight title has been scrapped, leaving Sweeney in the lurch and without an opponent.
The irony is that a war of words had broken out between the two fighters last month after Tims implied that Sweeney would pull out of the fight claiming he had an injury. This twist left a furious Sweeney to lash out today at Tims, "I got a call from Tomás (Rohan, Brain Peters Promotions matchmaker) this afternoon and I knew straight away from the tone of his voice that there was something wrong. Then he said Tims was injured and was out of the fight. Tomás is looking for a replacement but I don’t know, it just all very late now" blasted Sweeney, known as ‘the Storm'.
"The thing is I am in the best shape of my career, I have been training so hard and haven’t felt tired once in the gym. I'm flying and was so up for it and now I am gutted. To me he has just bottled it, we all have injuries but you carry on, you don’t let an opportunity like this go down the drain, it meant a lot to me" explained the Ballinrobe banger.
Sweeney then commented in reference to Tims earlier claims that he would not show for the fight, "to think that he thought I wouldn’t turn up for the fight, he is a clown and has just bottled it. Maybe that was in his mind all along but this is for sure he has let his fans down. I won’t take him serious now and couldn’t trust him after that".
Tims replied, "Unfortunately, I picked up an injury in sparring Gary Hyde's Georgian heavyweight (Vladimir Chanturia), I’m gutted, I am hoping to have the fight refixed for a later date. As for not wanting to fight "light breeze" Sweeney I'll put him in his place when I do fight him, I’ll wipe the floor with him that’s a promise”.
This potentially leaves the door open for Belfast's Darren Corbett to win back the title which he was so aggrieved at being stripped of. Corbett recently competed in the Prizefighter and should still be relatively fighting fit also in contention for late call up is Staffordshire based Jonjo Finnegan.

 

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From Lee's open training session in Limerick today. The whole crew were there, Brian Peters, Jimmy Magee. Lee was keeping his head well tucked in when doing the pads which was good to see. Looked very sharp. Roll on Saturday!

 

Sinky told me he isnt on card. bit of a shame was a good opportunity for a rubber match

 

Cheers :good

 

Heard a whisper that Corbett is on the McCloskey bill. Supposedly fighting that guy who beat him in prizefighter the other week. nothing confirmed, just a whisper

 

That's a pity.

 

In today's 'Seconds Out' section of The Irish News it is reported that Brian Magee has turned down offers to fight Bute for the IBF Title in Romania in July. He apparently has left the door open for a Bute match up later this year in Canada.

Also, an excellent piece in the Irish News on Billy 'Spider' Kelly.

 

who else do you think will be on the card:think

any news on lindsays next fight:thumbsup

 

Any news on Setanta showing any more boxing. Remember not too long ago there were rumours they would be showing some boxing from Ireland but as of yet nothing has happen.

 

Guys im hearing a few people telling me Paddy Mc Donagh may well steal the show saturday against Healy anyone know a lot about him.
Will Sweeny box? he will find it hard to get up for an opponent type fight.