Irish Boxing

No it's on a low key sort of card, but I'm sure he'll start getting televised on US cards soon enough if he keeps racking up the wins and looking good.

Khan v McCloskey would be interesting, but I don't even want to comment on it till we see M'Baye v McCloskey.

 

much thanks for having a look mate.

p.s. your record continues!

 

bad result for healy...degales power seems to be improving

thats a mouth watering proposition

good...they should move murray on to bigger things now

 

ormond won on pts....but it looks as if he does not have a lot of power...although dean byrne seemed to lack power until he got proper tuition at the wild card gym....i hope ormond can find a freddie roach type coach to help him find similar power

 

It would be a decent fight to get on. A nice title defence for Khan. McCloskey has the shots but I am not too sure about the power and his counter punches are top class. It could make for a decent close fight unlike the one last night McCloskey has the legs to do that type of fight.

 

DeGale Crushes Healy, Looks Slow

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By Jim Dower: 2008 middleweight Olympic Gold Medalist for Britain James DeGale (3-0, 3 KO’s) destroyed Irish journeyman Ciaran Healy (10-11-1, 2 KO’s) in the 1st round on Saturday night at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England. DeGale, 23, staggered Healy, 34, with a big left hook sending him retreating backwards again the ropes.

DeGale then quickly closed the distance and hammered Healy with a big left hook to the head followed by a lift-right to the midsection and then a left to the head that caused Healy to bend forward as if trying to duck DeGale’s shots. Next, DeGale fired off a left to the midsection and then a big right to the kidneys that sent Healy down on the canvas. Healy rose slowly at the count of eight. However, just as Healy got to his feet, his corner threw in the towel. Referee Phil Edwards officially stopped the bout at 2:59 of the 3rd round.
DeGale looked slightly better then his last fight, also a 1st round knockout against a mediocre fighter. Although DeGale slapped a lot with his punches and looked slow and beatable, he found success by loading up with his shots in the ropes second of the fight. Healy, who came into the fight having lost three out of his last five fights, landed a series of weak hooks to the head of DeGale, taking advantage of DeGale’s aggressiveness.
DeGale, a southpaw, switched back and forth between the southpaw and orthodox fighting stance. The move was hardly needed because Healy stood absolutely no chance in this fight and would have had problems regardless of what fighting stance DeGale used in the fight.
Showing a little too much eagerness to impress, DeGale missed with a number of big shots in the first two minutes of action, swinging and missing repeatedly as he went for a knockout. Healy connected well as DeGale sought to slug it out with him at close range.
At one point, DeGale landed a big right hand that sent Healy flying backwards again the ropes. DeGale then moved quickly towards him and tagged him with several big left hooks and right hands to the head. Healy tried answering back but DeGale kept firing away with big right hands and left hooks to the head getting the better of Healy.
Finally, DeGale landed a big left hook that staggered Healy and causing him to move backwards against the ropes. It wasn’t the right move for Healy to take, however, as DeGale blasted away at him with huge body shots as Healy stood trapped again the ropes, finally sending him down on the canvas after landing a hard right hand kidney punch. The bout was then stopped by the referee at the exact same moment that Healy’s corner threw in the towel.
All in all, it was a good win for DeGale. He showed good power and combinations in putting Healy away. However, he still has a long ways to go to develop more power. He looked sloppy and weak at times, and slapped with a lot of his punches. I’d hate to see what one of the good middleweight contenders might have done to DeGale had they been in Healy’s place.

 

lads i thought frankie gavin was top class last night , looks the best prospect of all the olympians !!

 

is this guy for real...the writer is comparing degale a three fight novice, to an established contender...what a moron

 

good to hear two prospects winning and murray in style, id love to see a report on the one.
healy was outgunned from the start
fury didnt really get a test and was being held alot

 

I'm not sure Byrne actually does have power, but I'd need to see more of him to find out.

I really wish some of our boxers would be more active, but I suppose without enough domestic cards there just isn't the work going. The Dublin card next week is the first in Ireland for 2 months and will probably be the only card till September, when we'll most likely be getting the Dunne and Rogan cards in the same month.

 

Not Irish boxing related but I just saw on boxrec that Kiko Martinez will fight in an IBF featherweight title eliminator in August against South African Takalani Ndlovu.
This scraps any hopes of Lyndsay or Hyland fighting Cruz for the title in the near future.

 

No it doesn't, Lindsay would be a voluntary defense not a mandatory anyway and while I doubt Lindsay's camp will take the fight as Cruz's next fight(which will probably be a voluntary as he has plenty of time to make one), they could have it if they really wanted.

Hyland would only be able to fight Cruz in a non title fight anyway so it makes no difference to him.




Edit: btw boxrec most likely has a mistake and that should be a Super-Bantamweight eliminator. Both are ranked by the IBF at Super-Bantamweight(6th and 7th) and although Ndlovu has recently fought at Feather I'm sure he could still make 122. Beltran v Salido would be the most likely eliminator for the IBF to make at Featherweight.

 

I see, I was thinking he wouldn't have enough time for a voluntary. Why was there talk of Hyland fighting Cruz if it he wasn't eligible to fight for the title? What would the point of that be? :think

 

Now it makes sense, damn boxrec!:twisted:

 

lads just wanted to ask do any of you bet on boxing and if so which bookies cover the most fights ? ie would any of the be covering the low key fights