Irish Boxing

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=237304

Guys this makes me sick.considering the hoops our three middleweights have had to jump through to get anywhere near a title shot, and these guys get a shot without any meaningfull fight whatsoever.politics will always be in boxing

 

Thats pure shite about a Dudey- Lauri rematch. He will have to finish him in 4 or 5 rounds this time. Was actually chatting to Dudey on sunday night before any of this talk started. At that stage he said he should be out again in Belfast in Sept- his right knuckles are still badly skinned & he still has a bad eye though. He was still trying to get Mbaye before the Lauri fight but Mbaye wouldnt fight him- Paul didnt seem too happy with it either! But of course Mbaye then moved up to Welter. Asked him about potential next fight- would take on anyone is all he said. Rees would be an option but he might be fighting at 135 from now on. And someone like brit champ Lenny Daws would be a step back. John o'donnell could be an option though. He seemed quite keen about that one. He does reckon Andy Murray will get John- and is confident Andy will beat him... I didnt agree but he says Andy is hitting a lot harder now. So hopefully it happens

 

Carlos, was talking to a guy last week who knows you. Hes a barman in Robinsons... Think he was or still is in your amateur club. Cant mind his name though. He just said you will "make it" and should move upto FW in a year or so. Dont mind much else as it was day 2 of a 3 day bender. Do you know this character?

 

Wat about fury v perez for an Irish title would perez qualify since now a cork native

 

to be fair golovkin deserves a shot but nunez atsch we have anthony mundine to blame for this. he was signed to fight golovkin,then he saw a video and pulled out. njikam was supposed to step in then but he only fought the other week.
golovkin has a good amateur pedigree and hes got some big financial backers as well as ties with top rank.thats why hes geeting a shot.they paid something crazy like 2.5 million for the purse bids with mundine.if your willing to give mundine 1.25 million you must be crazy rich

 

I heard Fury is mad to fight for an Irish title but he cant prove his Irish roots?

 

his he not andy lees second cousin

 

The person you are talking about is a boyo called sandy. To be honest he is a bit of a balloon. He did train in the club but dosent have a baldy about boxing. But what's he talking about moving to featherweight? I'm making super bantam comfortabley and in the next year or two I can't see myself growing much more. next time you see him and he says such things tell him to knock the oul bull**** on the head!

 

It was the same old story when he tried to enter the Irish seniors in Olympic qualifying year but couldn't prove his Irish roots.

 

http://blog.thesweetscience.com/2010/07/02/tyson-conqueror-kevin-mcbride-returns-to-ring

Plus this dude says he is sparring McBride.
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=24319&more=1

 

Duddy in limbo as world falls apart





By Pat Myler

Saturday July 03 2010

AS IN politics, a week is a long time in boxing. Just seven days ago, John Duddy stood on the threshold of earning a shot at the world middleweight title. All he had to do was beat Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Unfortunately for the New York-based Derryman, Chavez nursed the very same ambition, and it was the Mexican who came through with a hard-earned, but fully deserved, win to dash Duddy's hopes.
So while the victor will get the chance to emulate his famous father, the great Julio Cesar Chavez, as a world champion, Duddy is left pondering where he goes from here.
It has to be said that the 31-year-old Irishman's options are limited. His popularity and crowd-pleasing style will continue to make him marketable, but any further talk of world title bouts seems pointless.
Bob Arum, promoter of last weekend's bout in San Antonio, Texas, is keen to feature Duddy again and has mooted a match with former WBC light-middleweight champion Yuri Foreman.
A return home to focus on a shot at the European or British titles might be advantageous, but Duddy fears he will be quickly forgotten if he departs the US scene for an extended spell.
"When I've fought back in Ireland, the fights have been successes for me personally, but no one in the States knew they had happened, they thought I had fallen off the planet," he said.
"If you get beaten in America, the whole world knows you've been beaten, and if you win in America, the whole world knows you've won."
Showdown
There's no doubt the Irish would love to see Duddy topping a bill here, and a showdown with either of the other two world-rated Irishmen, Matthew Macklin and Andy Lee, would have massive appeal.
But such a dream match is unlikely to happen. None of the trio wants to risk losing to one of his Irish rivals, and the only way such a bout would be agreed is if a major title was at stake.
Macklin had been wrestling with the dilemma of either challenging Darren Barker for the European title, or taking part in an official eliminator for the International Boxing Federation belt.
The IBF made it clear that he couldn't do both. If he took the European route, he would have to forego his agreed world title eliminator against Giovanni Lorenzo for the right to challenge champion Sebastian Sylvester.
Brian Peters, Macklin's manager, said Matthew had opted to try and regain the European title, which he won with a first round stoppage of Amin Asikainen last September, but subsequently relinquished.
UK promoter Frank Warren won the purse bids to stage the bout and it is scheduled to take place in Birmingham, Macklin's hometown, on September 11.
Limerick's Lee has also been seeking a European title challenge to Barker, whom he beat as an amateur, but now he'll have to wait and see how Macklin gets on.
Lee is scheduled to box in the US during the summer, and Peters plans to have him back on an Irish bill, probably in Limerick, later in the year.

 

Thats probably because he's not Irish. Theres just an assumption that he has to be Irish somewhere along the way. Its probably too many generations back to prove.

 

Apparently his Grandparents or Grandfather maybe is irish they just dont hav birth certs to prove it! (i think??)

 

£47 quid for flights to Birmingham from Belfast City for the Frank Warren card in September.:think

 

thats what the Furys are saying alright. Firstly his ould fella, John, said that he was from Galway and when this was contested he then said his mother was from Galway. When requested to provide documentary evidence to that effect they were unable - I understand that Team Fury indicated that there was a fire some years ago at the document storage facility thus destroying any potential evidence.

I think I will go down and see what they have to say for themselves.