Irish Boxing

I would love to see Michael Kelly fight next week, but Peters has cut him loose it appears:verysad

 

Murray ready to step up
14 September 2009 - By Cormac Campbell Cavan lightweight Andrew Murray has told irish-boxing.com that the time has come for him to ‘put up or shut up’.
The unbeaten stylist was speaking ahead of his September 26 EU title clash with Italian Pasquale Di Silvio at Dublin’s O2 Arena. The bout will see the former amateur star promoted to chief support for Dunne vs Poonsawat – a role he is relishing.
"It’s a big fight for me in a big venue and it's up to me to perform on the night, to put on a show for the fans," Murray told irish-boxing.com.
"It is a good learning fight that will bring me on for the future. I’ve been around for a while now and people have talked about me. So now I have to put up or shut up as they say."
Preparation at John Breen’s Belfast gym has gone well for Murray, who two weeks out from fight night is already within touching distance of the lightweight limit.
"You get loads of knocks in sparring but no problems. The weight is fine. I’m just a pound over a couple of weeks out so it is going well."
In front of Murray, 16-0 (8KO), is the 30-year-old Di Silvio, 10-1 (4KO), an opponent Murray feels will be a tough nut to crack.
"I’ve seen clips of him on youtube and he is a bit of a clever boxer so I am learning from different opponents and their different styles. In our gym he is probably most like Kevin O’Hara, in terms of movement and staying out of the way. This Italian tucks up well and rolls and dips and slips and Kevin is quite similar to him in height as well.”
Murray’s fan base has grown with his reputation and he is confident there will be a large contingent from his hometown in Dublin.
"I would have had to been deaf not to hear the support the last time and this time I have another load coming to support me. It is one sport that is well supported in Cavan and hopefully I can do them proud."
Another man who has done the people of Cavan proud is John Joe Nevin, with the amateur bantamweight picking up world bronze in Milan last week. This came as no surprise to former clubmate Murray.
"He has taken the limelight and fair play to him. I said to him before he went to the World Championships that he would come back with a medal and I am delighted for him. He always puts the effort in and he has gotten what he deserves."











How far do you think Murray can go:think

 

lads dunne is getting some attention in mexico, I just heard a mexican station telemundo talk about dunnes next fight and a possible showdown with vaquez thats all I understood .

 

ha ha....the word is out dunne has arrived:good

 

They'd love to see Vasquez - Dunne go the same way as the Cordoba fight. Personally I'd rather not see Dunne head into the trenches anytime soon! Hopefully he'll box clever against Poonswat and pick his moments in future fights. I'd like to think he learned a hell of a lot from the Cordoba fight that he can take forward

 

If dunne was to go to war with vazquez he would be brutally KO'd, even worse than the kiko disaster

 

Left Hook ?

Edit: just checked boxrec and seen that I was right

 

yup

 

His left hook to the body really is sweet, quick and powerful.
Alexei seems to live up to his nickname(The Hurricane) most times I've seen him.
Once he has guys backing up he swarms them with punches to body and head and although he wasn't regarded as a puncher as an amateur he's got to have a decent dig to be putting these guys away so quick.

He's been pro a year now and I think it's time to step up the opposition a bit.
I know he's fighting again in October on the Dublin card and I wouldn't expect an amazing opponent on that but hopefully he'll get a good test soon after.

Bismarck Alfaro who he was meant to be fighting in Spain when he pulled out would be perfect.

 

does anyone know why luis garcia is off the dolphil show?

 

he was never on it

 

someone said he was

 

HE was listed on boxrec as being on it:deal

 

Hes fighting in the UK before that !:hey