Irish Boxing

Dormans or marys would be your best bet, i cant see them serving drink at the venue

 

Cheers Sugar.

 

I agree, its pathetic. Hope he gets banned.

 

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Rogan ready for latest battle
05 November 2009 - By Alex McGreevy All his life Martin Rogan has been fighting. Fighting for recognition. Fighting for his place at the table. Fighting for a moment of praise that was hard to come by in a working class six-boy family of eight children being raised on West Belfast’s troubled streets.
Martin Rogan, in his 38 years, could claim to have seen it all.
He has witnessed mayhem, heartbreak and grief. He has experienced stress, depression and anxiety. He was always fighting for a way out and an inner peace.
Life isn’t easy when your born punching into the wind.
And for all his battling, Martin Rogan never thought he would find his peace by fighting - literally. It wasn’t until the former taxi driver hit a punch-bag for the first time at 29 years of age that Rogan felt his frustration leave him and his hope embrace him.
‘Rogie’ was once in a dark place. He doesn’t claim to be unique nor seek sympathy for his "difficult youth" but wants to sing and dance about how rewarding life can be "when you put your mind to something".
It is 10 years since Rogan conditioned his mind to learn the noble art from which he now draws a living. Riches are within reach if he can overcome Sam Sexton at the Odyssey Arena on Friday and take back from the Englishman the Commonwealth Heavyweight title he controversially lost in May.
His story is real-life Rocky.
"I’m no different to many men of my age who grew up in Belfast," he said. "Life was tough, very tough. You don’t get much down time when there are seven other siblings in the house and the streets are packed with kids battling for a step on the ladder.
"I am so in touch with other guys my age; guys from the Shankill Road, the Falls Road, wherever. We have an understanding, a bond we would never have dreamed possible at one time in our youth. At 29 I was a troubled sod. I wanted something that I was unable to describe. Today, I know what it was I was looking for, it was peace. Today, I am at peace with myself and I owe it all to the day I hit a punch bag for the first time.
"I felt a lift, I felt something new. I knew then this dormant thing inside me had been burning to get it. I knew then boxing was my way out."
Rogan was a renowned name on GAA pitches around Antrim. Martin’s bustling figure and fearless force in a hurling tackle made him of the least-desirable-to-mark in caman clashes.
Though he was also just another name back then. A Rogan. One of the ‘sporting Rogans’. Ger’s wee brother.
Ger is a hurling legend. Martin’s big brother was a member of the Antrim hurling team that caused one of the greatest sporting upsets in Irish history - the shock 1989 All-Ireland semi-final victory over Offaly at Croke Park. Ger was an All-Ireland finalist and regardless of the heavy defeat to the gloriously talented Tipperary, Ger remains a modern day GAA hero. But Ger is Martin Rogan’s brother now.
"A part of me was always looking for recognition I think," said Rogan. "Coming off the pitch from a football or hurling game I didn’t feel that I had achieved enough for me alone. Boxing gave me the satisfaction I had been looking for. I wasn’t seeking fame or fortune - it was satisfaction and the knowledge that I could achieve with a talent I was born with but took a hell of long time to discover. I feel so lucky that I hit that punch bag. Had I been a good amateur that would have been great. It turned out I was a good amateur and it turns out I am a good boxer. I am a boxer. I remind myself of that sometimes because some of this is like living a dream."
Martin was child number six behind Ger, Gloria, Paddy, Siobhan and Alex and came before Anthony and Cormac. Another brother, Robert, named after his father Bobby, died just nine months old. Bobby passed away with Martin caught between that delicate period of youth and manhood, aged just 22.
"I wish my dad could be at my fights," he said. "I know he’s with me and I know he’d say 'go you on out there Martin and sort it out.' I think he recognised the fighter in me long before I did."
Very much his own man, Rogan does his level best to practices life’s £positive" principals. Boxing has taught him more about manners, respect and responsibility more than any other occupation he might have chosen.
He recently made a choice to quit Belfast’s famous Breen Gym in favour the John Bosco club in the haunted Conway Mill at the foot of the Falls Road. It was a choice, he says, that has improved his preparation for Friday’s re-match with Sexton.
"I am better for having moved on," he said. "That’s in the past. I made my decision. I am happy with my decision. I am bouncing into training early and leaving late. I am travelling home for dinner with the kids, watching TV and playing with them. My wife says she has never known me to be so happy while in training.
"I am on top of things, working so, so hard for this fight. This my opportunity and I will take it."
If he beats Sexton, Rogan will land himself a shot at taking the British heavyweight title from Danny Williams - the champion whose last outing in the Prizefighter tournament suggested that the Brixton Bomber has little more to give to the fight game.
Williams is there for the taking and Rogan knows it. But, for now, he has only Sexton to contemplate.
"Ask me on Saturday what I’m thinking of next and all I will say is a holiday. I am taking the wife and kids away and I’m taking the Commonwealth belt with me.

 

No advertisement on rte about andy lees bout on november 14th yet!? are they going to leave it until the last minute again like bernards last bout.....

 

Sorry carl.....It wasnt meant to you, It was aimed at that other guy....

After speaking with the Hylands they said yous were friends and good sparring partners....This forum can do without GOBSHITES like that and i wish you all the best for tomorrow night pal......

 

They guy who the EBU matched paulie up with for the title David Chilla or something to that effact is looking for well too much money considering its only the EBU-EU Title and not the full EBU Title.
And i dont know what the ins and outs are on the Maloney front.....

 

Both Lees and Macklins fights are on RTE, so happy days:happy:happy:happy

 

I think Martin Lindsay has a handy night tomorrow...
The guy he is fighting has only had 2 fights in 6 years....1 against a guy making his debut and another against a guy who lost his only 2 fights....

Ill be expecting Lindsay to knock this fella out in round 1, round 2 at the most.....He has well too much experience for this guy

 

It would be great exposure for both fighters if they put on good performances on rte two knockouts would reignite their careers and gain both new fans on terrestrial tv especially! then they might fill out the o2.....

 

hey carl great hearing from you, did,nt think that was you going on with that shite talk especially the way paddy snr spoke about you after spanish camp, theres great respect in the hyland camp for you and i know from talking to pajo you have the same respect for them, all the best to you in your career from all the hyland fans of the liberties :happy

 

I firmly believe by tomorrow night we will have new european champion.Go Paul :bbbI really can only see one winner here is anyone else as confident?

 

I think Paul will do it, but I will be in Belfast cheering on Rogan:happy:happy:happy:happy

 

I can only see one winner also - this is a much easier fight than MBaye

 

Martin Rogan: "See The New Me!" - Rogan vs Sexton Tomorrow

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Martin Rogan has promised that he will be a "new" fighter in Belfast tomorrow night. The Irishman will challenge Sam Sexton for the Commonwealth heavyweight title at the Odyssey Arena. In May this year Rogan lost the belt to Sexton on a controversial eighth round stoppage. But the 38-year-old insists that he has learned vital lessons from the defeat. In the aftermath, Rogan split with trainer John Breen, teaming up instead with Paul McCullagh.

And Rogan says he has made a number of improvements in the gym. "I'm stronger and faster than I have ever been," said the man who beat Audley Harrison and Matt Skelton.

"I have to thank Sam for bringing the belt back over, because that is where it is staying.

"I'm going to do it - I have trained very hard and I have a lot more to offer..

"I intend to go out and take the title back off him."

Sexton, 25, admitted that he would be facing a fired up Rogan - but dismissed his chances of victory.

"Of course he is out for revenge but his best chance came in the first fight," said the Norwich fighter.

"He couldn't beat me the last time and he is not going to do it this time.

"He is a lot older than me - I'm still pretty fresh for a heavyweight at 25.

"He's had a few tough fights and he was marked up a bit in the last one.

"So it's out with the old and in with the new. I'm definitely going to be holding on to my belt."

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