Irish Boxing

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You are off your head if you think that Willie Casey v Bernard Dunne has been added to the McCloskey undercard ah, sure!

Delete that nonsense!

 

Haha Happy St Patrick's Day to you too!

 

Hope he was nice and polite to you Slappy

 

Sturm vs Macklin?

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Looks like WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (35-2-1, 15 KOs) will defend his belt against Matthew Macklin (28-2, 19 KOs) on either June 25 or July 2 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany. Macklin pulled out of a WBA eliminator against Khoren Gevor on April 16 because of a contractual dispute. Looks to be a good move as he will now go directly to the title shot
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Time to brush up on my German.....

 

Lads a was jus reading on boxing news online about quigg an it says Carlos is due 2 fight for the EU title? Against a spainish opponent?

 

Big Bang' not cowed by first defeat, writes Steve Wellings

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INCREDIBLE: Casey has nothing but praise for his conqueror WILLIE CASEY’S dressing room was a pretty solemn place to be in on Saturday, March 19. As the Southill southpaw got his handwraps cut, by an equally disappointed corner team, the 29-year-old lamented his loss to quality Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux. Just as candid and honest in defeat as he had been during an amazing journey to the fringes of world class, Casey picked the bones of his first-round mauling at the hands of a fighter of the highest calibre.
“Sometimes it’s about whoever gets caught first and I was the one who got caught tonight,” said Willie. “Rigondeaux has everything, he’s a world-class operator and I didn’t realise just how strong he is. I got in there and he caught me with a couple of shots and then I quickly realised what I was up against.”
Many pre-fight predictions had reached the conclusion that Casey would lose, most likely by stoppage, but few thought it would occur in such a brutal fashion. The Limerick man enjoyed huge vocal support from over 4,000 fans packed inside Dublin’s CityWest venue, but he was unable to get into the fight. Is there a chance that the bout came too soon for a man with only 11 professional fights?
“I don’t think that this fight was too soon for me,” Casey countered. “I trained extremely hard for it and you can’t sum it up in one single round because I’ve spent the last 10 weeks preparing for this moment.”
He admitted that a savage body shot early in the opening round hurt him and took a good minute to come back from. “I didn’t think I was going to recover from that but I did and then I got hit with a hook to the head straight away,” stated DolPhil Promotions’ golden goose. “You tense up after taking a good body shot and find it hard to breathe. Some guys go down from those shots and never get back up again. I thought I could see it through, by getting on the bike and moving around the ring but he got to me again shortly after.”
Casey was a complete unknown to many boxing fans this time last year, until he answered a short-notice call to replace Wayne McCullough in the Prizefighter tournament. He has been on board a rollercoaster ever since.
“To walk into a packed stadium with such an amazing crowd made it all worthwhile,” Casey said. “They were roaring my name and I hope in the next fight I can get that sort of support again. I suppose the longer it went on, the better chance I would have had but it’s hard to predict things, you have to just get on with it.
“Rigondeaux landed the ‘big bangs’, he came on strong and I immediately realised that he was at a higher level than my previous opponents. He wasn’t moving on to the back foot and threw his shots from all directions. He brought all of his amateur experience with him and he’s a worthy winner.”
Vastly experienced referee Stanley Christodoulou gave Casey every opportunity to recover but the speed and accuracy of the Cuban master was just too much.
“If the ref had let me go on then I would have continued but he did his job well and played by the rules,” Casey mused. “I’m not frustrated; I didn’t get a 12-round battering anyway.
“I’m fighting for a ‘world’ title after only 11 fights and I still feel it was the right time. I’d take another big fight without a doubt. I was 110 per cent positive that I would win tonight but I never came into boxing thinking that I would remain unbeaten. The real test is what I do next.”
Quite what that is will be open to speculation. Casey may yet try and force his way back into European title contention, but his route could be blocked if Spaniard Kiko Martinez defeats Jason Booth when the pair clash for the EBU title in May. Martinez and his team are still seething that Casey reneged on an agreement to defend the European crown against him earlier this year. Kiko was due to defend against Casey in 2010 but suffered an injury and vacated the title to allow Willie and Paul Hyland to contest it in Limerick last November. Casey won, agreed to defend against Martinez and then dropped the belt to face Rigondeaux instead. The rest, of course, is history.
Willie remains unperturbed by the whole situation and is instead seeking inspiration from the fortunes of another former Irish boxing legend: “Bernard Dunne came back from a big defeat and won a world title,” Casey recalled. “I’m not afraid of being beaten and yes I got knocked out, but this happens to the best of them. It’s not the end of Willie Casey.
“I just have to pick myself up and see where I go from here.”

 

Scott Quigg buoyed by Guillermo Rigondeaux sparring at Freddie Roach's gym

Bury contender tells Craig Birch why he feels world-class

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FORMIDABLE: Champion Rigondeaux did not find Quigg an easy target GIVING up his WBA Inter-Continental super-bantamweight title will not hold Scott Quigg back. Quigg has relinquished his belt and his fight against Andrei Isaeu at the Manchester Evening News Arena a week on Saturday, letting former world title challenger Rendall Munroe take his place on the bill.
It’s a quick return to action for new Hatton Promotions signing Munroe but tough on Quigg, who had aspirations of proving to the WBA selectors that he is worthy of a proper shot at their title.
The 22-year-old is already ranked eighth by the WBA but has seen the double standards that exist when the powers-that-be make the fights. Last month Willie Casey, seven years his senior but with 10 less fights on the board, challenged for the organisation's interim belt and was blown away inside a round by Guillermo Rigondeaux.
Now Quigg has seen his opportunity to impress pass him by as he prepares for a watching brief at the big bill in Manchester, as the eyes of the boxing world settle on the MEN. The who’s who of the WBA will be there, as well, for their light-welterweight king Amir Khan’s Battle of Britain with Northern Ireland’s Paul McCloskey.
In his own division, Quigg isn’t fazed by the big guns at super-bantam despite the demolition job by Rigondeaux, who put Casey down three times in two minutes and 38 seconds, on his fellow Brit. In fact, the young man from Bury actually credits the Cuban, a two-time Olympic gold medallist, for convincing him he too is a world-class fighter, after the two sparred together during a trip to Freddie Roach's Wild gym in Hollywood in August 2009.
“El Chacal” had been racking up bodies like an undertaker in training before a young upstart with a broad Mancuinan accent dared to jump into the ring.
Quigg recalled: “Before I got in with him, he had just knocked his other sparring partner out, so they needed someone to finish the rounds.
“Freddie Roach asked me to get in there and I did well, he didn’t make me look a mug and I didn’t look out of my depth with him.
“If I had gone over there and got battered I would have thought ‘I am way off here,’ but he didn't get the better of me. I know sparring is totally different but, confidence-wise, it cemented what I believed.”
Noting current trends, it appears Quigg's career is taking a path that could see him bypass the domestic and European scene completely, with a foot already on the ladder of the world rankings.
That’s mainly because the domestic powers at super-bantam are not exactly falling over each other to fight him. The British Boxing Board of Control tried, putting him up to fight Commonwealth champion Jamie Arthur in an eliminator for Jason Booth's British title. But, then Booth granted Arthur a straight shot.
Booth beat Arthur on points and goes on to fight for the European crown in Spain against Kiko Martinez, the night before the big MEN bill. The European Union title is also tied up, due to be contested between Northern Ireland’s Carl Frampton and Spain’s Joaquin Cespedes.
Now Quigg has been pegged back by stepping aside for Munroe but, as a former European champion and WBC world hopeful, “Two Tone” is undoubtedly a bit further ahead.
But Quigg has warned he will be snapping at the heels of his illustrious counterpart in the not-too-distant future.
He said: “I think I can go to the top but I have got to prove it, especially to the people who haven't seen me perform. There could be some who think I am an over-hyped prospect, but I think I am two or three fights away from being in contention for the WBA title.
“I look at Jason Booth and Rendall Munroe, I think I am better than them and they gave a good account of themselves against world champions.
“I won’t dream of being a world champion, because dreams don’t come true, I will get there by working hard.”

 

What is it with that pic always being used for Rigo-related articles?

 

If Quigg is going to be slabberin' like that he might find himself across the ring from Rigo!

 

Is there anything to this? I don't believe half the bollocks the EBU put on their site. Just because Carlos is down as the challenger and the deadline is Thursday doesn't mean diddly squat in my book! The EBU are some serious spoofers. It has Carlos as a challenger in one section then Shaun Doherty as the other challenger challenger in the 'EU ratings'. It seems they aren't sure themselves!!!

 

Fury lands Rahman showdown

Unbeaten Brit signs up to face Lewis's conqueror

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Rahman: coming to England

Tyson Fury is facing the toughest test of his career after being pitted against former world champion Hasim Rahman.
The 22-year-old heavyweight had been hoping to face Dereck Chisora for the British belt, but he has now agreed to fight Rahman on the undercard of the Amir Khan-Paul McCloskey clash on 16 April, live on Sky Box Office HD.
Rahman is best known for his dramatic upset win over Lennox Lewis

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back in 2001 when he dethroned the British champion with a huge right hand in the fifth round of their title fight in South Africa.

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The American would later reclaim the WBC belt in 2005, but his most recent step up to world title level ended in failure when he was halted by Wladimir Klitschko

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in 2008.
Rahman has since racked up four wins by knockout and he has only lost to world class opponents during a career which has spanned 59 fights.
Lewis crushed 'The Rock' in a rematch and the 38-year-old was also beaten by world champions John Ruiz

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and Oleg Maskaev, while David Tua is the only man to have beaten him who did not claim a top title.
Fury

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is yet to suffer defeat in his fledgling career and will be keen to send out a message to his rivals with a dominant win over the big-hitting Baltimore man.
Respected trainer Emanuel Steward has worked with Fury this year and he impressed while halting Brazilian Marcelo Luiz Nascimento in his most recent outing.

 

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Is that true mate:deal