Irish Boxing

Big fights are brewing Sergio Mora was offered a fight with him

Winky Wright aswell..... I think its just about getting him into an eliminator at this point

 

Thankfully you have a good sense of humour Paddy:good

Google images is great - so many funny captions:yep

 

Its all a bit of fun at the end of the day!

Prunty will prove the doubters wrong

 

Was there any news from the duddy camp on how training is going?

 

no Maher will! :deal

 

Yeah its going very well by all accounts

 

What do people think of Prizefighter with people being able to nominate a fighter to take there last place in the competition. Is there any Super Middleweights from Ireland that we could nominate that would go into a Prizefighter. Fair enough Brian Magee wont want anything to do with it but what about someone like Anthony Fitzgerald this could be his platform to go for or is it too much of a risk?

 

Fitz aint a SMW

Ive got one for you..... Michael Sweeney

 

sweeney wont make smw in my opinion, but if he did it wud be a good one, another prize fighter champ, be class for mayo,

 

I think with training and diet he can make it, he was saying it himself hes still a bit soft at 175.

I think they are going to try and see if he can make and if he can Fantastic!:deal

 

..puca, I do know Phil personally, Phil and I were the coaches at the '01 European c'ships in Liverpool and he would tell you its a lot easier win a Pro Irish title than an Am Senior title and he would also tell you that there's not a lot wrong with the way the Southhill coaches train their boxers, look up the name Tony DeLoughrey from the Southill club..bit before your time..take it easy son..:hi:

 

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Posted by: Lem Satterfield on 06-03-2010.

By Lem Satterfield
For the first time in recent memory, Pawel Wolak found himself somewhat on the defensive.
The 28-year-old, Mount Arlington, N.J., resident was facing an aging warrior in Baltimore's Ishmail Arvin, a wily veteran whose chicanery forced the younger man to fight in retreat.
"It was a little bit of a different fight than I was used to, because, usually, I'm the one who is putting the pressure on," said the Polish-born Wolak, referring to January's eight-round, junior middleweight match up at The WaMu Theatre in New York's Madison Square Garden.
"Usually, I'm the one dictating the fight. But this time, I had to take a step back a little bit," said Wolak. "Ishmail was in good shape, and he was able to put some pressure on me. So I had to use my jab, and box a little bit more."
Wolak made the adjustments and did just that, earning an eight-round, unanimous decision that improved his overall record to 26-1, with 17 knockouts and dropped the 34-year-old Arvin to 15-2-4, with seven knockouts.
It was Wolak's fifth straight victory during a run that has included three knockouts since losing to Ishe Smith in August of 2008 by 10-round, unanimous decision.
Arvin had ended a 17-month layoff to take this fight against Wolak, an in-the-trenches, in-your-face brawler who attacks the head and body while also being able to absorb punishment.
"I was trying to box more and to not be predictable, but the guy was really tough," said Wolak, who won, 80-72, on one card, and, 79-73, on the other two judges' cards. "I was really looking to do more counter-punches, move to the side, and go body-head, body-head and box well."
Wolak will enter the ring, yet again, on Saturday night, this time, at The new Yankees Stadium on the undercard of a main event featuring WBA junior middleweight champion, Yuri Foreman (28-0, eight KOs) against former three-time titlist, Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KOs).
Wolak is being match opposite Irish-born, James Moore (17-2, 10 KOs), a New York resident with a massive local following.
Moore is coming off of May's six-round, unanimous decision victory over Joseph De los Santos, which helped him to rebound from a 10-round unanimous decision loss to Foreman in December of 2008.
"I'm a Polish-American, obviously, and I was born there and moved to America when I was 10. The whole thing about being Polish is that our men are very, very proud. Being Polish, it's all about fighting and there's a lot of pride there," said Wolak.
"On Saturday night, it's going to be the culmination of a fight that's been in the works for a long time. It's sort of a clash of cultures between the Polish and the Irish. We both like to work hard, and you can see that with the Irish. They value their fighters who go at it. There will definitely be that cultural significance," said Wolak.
"I expect there to be a roudy crowd for him, and there should be a roudy crowd for me," said Wolak. "But, you know, my style is more like a Mano-A-Mano mentality. I like to engage and to fight to the best of my ability and to fight my heart out at all times."
Arvin's style was to be a potent puncher. But amazingly, there were times during the fight when Wolak used upper body movement that caused the older man to miss.
"I watched the fight afterward and had a little different impression of how I performed on the night of the fight," said Wolak, who caused swelling beneath each of Arvin's eyes. "I was happy that I was letting my hands go a lot, throwing three-, and, four-punch combinations, up and down and slipping very well and not getting hit back."
From the fifth round on, Wolak's steady pressure punching began to wear on Arvin, whose head was often driven backward from combinations.
"I'm still working on attacking the head, attacking the body, and not getting hit back," said Wolak. "I'm still improving, and I'm far from done getting better, and, I'm looking forwawrd to demonstrating that to everyone on Saturday."

 

Thanks for that Pat but when Willie boxed senior he wasnt with the Southill club ,and i do know its much tougher to win a senior title but Phil has had boxers do that aswell, so not being a Sutcliffe nuthugger or anything i am saying he must have a way of getting the best out of each boxer he has.Fair play to him.
Hows your own lad coming on what weight is he at?I remember seeing him as an amateur he's a good lad wicked hooks and counters the night i saw him in the Stadium in the intermediates if its the same lad im thinking of.boxed for St Aidans:thumbsup

 

..haha..just "old manning" you there puca, Williie has improved under Phil and Paddys tutelage..making the best of his abilities, which is going forward throwing non-stop punches, he will never be a world beater but he will trouble the best..Trevor Kinsella is coming along well..he will be Lightweight..sparring with Fergal Redmond from James Moore's club in Arklow at the moment..

 

Well if Sweeney or Fitzer wants the chance to be on a prizefighter there is no better time than now. With Facebook , Twitter and other social websites this is a platform for them to get votes and a chance to get onto Prizefighter. Then if they do well like Roggie you are then pushed up a couple of levels. I expect the same thing with Willie after winning it and I can see him fighting between Ireland and the UK after that. If the lads want as much as Willie did they will do everything to get a place on it.