Irish Boxing

i think his chin was always in question so he thought the lowest he could get down in weight the better it would suit his glass chin

 

Couple of things there.
1 - I wouldn't say he has a glass chin, the one time he got stopped it was on his feet, its not like he gets sparked everytime he takes a punch and
2 - Lowering weight doesn't strengthen chins, in fact, a lot of the time it does just the opposite. DLH had serious chin problems for a while and he sorted it out by going up.

Anyway, I'd wager that the current crop of SBW's punch harder than most of their FW counterparts. There are some vicious punchers knocking about in that division

 

i heard dunne came back the states because he got hurt in sparring.

happy new year to all the boxing fans out there

 

I know he got sparked in sparring once. Roche was quoted as saying after the Martinez fight that Dunne was always a prime candidate for a first round KO. He said it's just in Dunne's nature to take a couple of rounds to get up to speed. I would seriously doubt his whole decision was based on a sparring KO

 

Happy new year guys

just found some video of dean byrne sparring

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The plot thickens. If true its a great new year present.

 

anyone thought brian peters came across as a cabbage in that docu on dunne? he seemed to be tryin to create this persona of the main man with f this and f that, seems maloney may have been right after all about him being an amateur, cant imagine him sitin down with lou di bella or bob arum for example for world title fights? dunne came across very well as a person and a boxer and harry hawkins seems like a good coach, no bull**** tell it like it is style.........as for the comments of the irish public not being interested in boxing as a whole i think are wrong when in fact its often simply honest ignorance of the casual fan.irish sport has no professional legacy in any sport so the notion of professional sport still doesnt stick with the people esp if semi-pro and the one area people have taken to it is the whole tribal thing like with munster rugby, however this creates a vacuum and a unique oppurtunity that properly planned professional boxing could take adavantage of with faces siting ringside, fireworks and lights etc to draw the casual fan. running too many promotions creates overkill and if one thing puts the irish public off anything like the plague is being told how good a fight will be when plainly it isnt. having international quality bouts with non-irish fighters on the card is a must in order to put it on the map as a place to travel to. with so many fighters all over the country coming through at the moment with a reasonable amount of parochial support means proper combinations of fighters would sell out good(geographically spread) venues.one thing that is worrying is the hayemaker promotions, warren and maloney all interested in doing shows over here. one or two big shows a year from them otherwise people will simply feel they are being conned. i honestly believe that the right marketing planning boxing can become firmly established as a professional sport in ireland in the public consciousness and a greater more dedicated media interest.
lee, duddy, macklin,sutherland, moore, martin rogan, dunne, muray, magee, mccloskey, hylands,haughian, coyle, sweeeney, lindsay, dean bynre, spike o sullivan, cuban fellas, jim moore etc mean that 6 big shows three smaller ones a yr would be ideal. as a final aside, for the furtherment of the sport being seen as professional and taken more seriously than somthing people flick on for the lack of anything else, sadly jimmy magee (nice guy tho he is) needs to go

 

also forgot to mention tommy egan and the deal with banner for epsn fight nights which is excellent, send young fighters to america for first 10/15 of their career then bring them home for fights that matter...teddy atlas was bitching about favouritism toward banner promoted guys on the show, he seems a fan of irish fighters so wonder if he still moans now

 

I agree with most of what your saying. I think there was around 13 professional shows last year, and this year so far looks to be even busier, so the more the merrier. Its nice having non-Irish quality boxers sometimes fight here, but they wont sell tickets and can be pricey to employ. Peters is doing a fine job but he did come across as a bit of an eejit in that documentary with the swearing and all.Would not like to work for him.:bart

 

"I would not like to work for him.".....true lol marty did u see those old birds being worked like crazy selling those tickets? thought peters was gona pull out a whip! few questions.....whats the tax situation like with north/south of the border? mad keen for a few big shows in befast (people take to things if its exciting but dont really know much about it -Belfast giants anyone!? about 10 time 10,000 people packed into it before they even knew the rules) and the odysesy is a fully world class venue and could be filled by rogan for euro title, mccloskey steppin up, lindsay knockin people into oxygen masks and duddy whatever hes doin onthe same show. create a crowd that comes back again such as the example of bute in montreal? and what exactly will this tommy egan deal mean in practice?i thought it was espn's shows but the first one is in paris?!

 

things in belfast should be hot with rogie, lindsay and magee leading the way

 

I read an article in Irish boxing .com by regular poster on here Cormac. Well Cormac reckons the tax on shows in the north is much higher than here in the south, and that is why Peters is reluctant to run shows there. I should be going to Belfast for the Lindsay show. I will feel like a rich man up there with the strength of the euro.:hey

 

McCloskeys latest plans
http://www.irish-boxing.com/stories/december08/december08_mccloskey_interview.html

 

Was working for the Setanta website full time back then before moving home. Didnt know the doc was been filmed. Thought it was just someone from RTE getting some background footage for a report.
I've no doubt my cheque will be in the post!