Irish Boxing

Coyle fought in Cicero(chicago suburb) a few weeks and won by KO in the 1st.
He has a local contractor sponsoring him so he plans to fight a lot more often

 

Good idear this thread a like it:thumbsup a think andy lee is the best boxer ireland has, and will be a future world champion, been very impressed with him:good

 

I couldn't make his last fight but my mate went and wasn't overly impressed with Coyle - too much flailing and wild swinging

He's a hell of a nice lad who has lots of confidence in his ability but i can't see him competing on the world level

 

Couldnt pull that article on the two Darrens Ardy.Good thread this anyway people are talking about this as the final but they could meet in the earlier rounds as Sutherland and David Joyce will be seeded to be kept apart purely because they have both won senior crowns in the past.This means that the two guys could meet in the semis or even in the quaters like Sutherland did when Andy Lee whupped him a few years ago.
Also is just me or more and more people coming around to the idea that ONeill will win this one.Just what ive been hearing in the past two months.

 

Everything depends on the Castillejo - Sturm situation.

There is a purse bid coming up for Sylvester vs. Castillejo. Castillejo's team said they want to try hard to win it but if they would still lose to Sauerland, Castillejo would give up his EBU mandatory position and wait for his fight vs. Sturm this summer.

Sylvester on the other hand absolutely wants to fight Sturm but would have to go trough Castillejo in Spain to get this WBA mandatory position to fight Sturm in summer.

So the question is: Will Sylvester take the risk for getting his dream fight vs Sturm and fighting Castillejo in Spain?

The only oppertunity for Duddy to get the fight vs. Sylvester is to lure him with a big purse...though, I don't know if the Irish promotion have that kind of money/is willing to give the German...

 

Thanks for that Tom , I think Brian Peters could probably get the money together for Sylvester to come to Ireland if he really wanted to but with Duddy virtually guarenteed a shot at Pavlik(should he beat Taylor) once he doesn't lose , he most likely won't see that as worthwhile .

 

I quite enjoyed the Irish fans of Bernard Dunne that supported him when he fought on the undercard of Abraham v. Ikeke back in 2005. There were like 500 of them, cheering for a whole 6 rounds of Bernard's fight - I hope he comes back in fashion, maybe fighting the Spaniard in a rematch...