Irish Boxing

My favourite Hyland!

Eddie is a close second though!

 

Yeah I'd have to agree with that Paddy. I think we'll have some epic domestic dust ups (and maybe a chance at a Euro shot) from Eddie to come but Patrick really needs to maximise his potential now. What is he now 26/27? Not old or anything but hardly a young pup any more. Time to make a move

 

pajo,s just gone 26 a year younger than lindsey paddy snr was saying its cost a lot to get the boy,swhere they are now but recons only for the 14 month lay off getting them back from contract problems the boy,s would be further ahead he,s hoping to push them in 2010 chasing any titles they qualify for:happy

 

Yeah I know money and contracts can be a problem for getting quality opposition over. But the time to strike for Patrick is now. 26 years old, 18 wins on the trot, national title, good punch power, smart boxer. Lets have him go up through the gears and start making some waves in europe. Here's hoping for a good 2010 anyway.

 

any news on the duddy boy:good

 

go cork city :good

 

Hes keeping it Low Key

was a piece in the belfast telegraph yesterday

 

Yeah, took them last night at Kevin Maree's gym - feel free to lift them from here.

 

Well I am sure most are saying - doubt time!!

Do you know what they could get really big if they step up and possibly align themselves with a bigger promoter. Ireland's answer to the Kameda Brothers.

Great news and good luck to them.

I still have the horn for a showdown with the Walsh brothers - it would be a night to remember.

Its certainly a good indicator - I just hope he does well. I am sure he will and it will give him and Pa added confidence that they can comfortably mix it at that level.

 

Maher nudges ahead of Prunty in the race to the Irish welterweight title!

(to make the link work simply swap the 0 for a o in "boxing")
http://www.b0xingscene.com/?m=show&id=24824

 

He has the TV Booked-confirmedby Setanta and a TV Crew- I think there could be trouble with the main event- but i heard James Moore WILL top the bill regardless???

 

a few quotes from Duddy up on irish-boxing.com.
Was in with Brian Magee this morning. He is looking sharp. Interview will be online on Monday.

 

got a bit from him yesterday! Seems in good form and is confident

 

http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/BN08/detail.asp?id=1441





MAYO light-heavyweight Michael Sweeney is eager to place his first career loss firmly in the past as he shapes up for a big 2010. Sweeney’s stoppage defeat to unheralded Felipe Romero in Mexico on December 19 was met with surprise by the Irish boxing fraternity. The 26-year-old, who calls himself “Storm”, has adopted a philosophical attitude to the contest and refuses to let it derail his plans.


“I just won’t say no to a slugfest, fighting is in my DNA,” said the Ballinrobe native who admitted he should have stuck to his boxing skills. “I came in at 176 ½ lbs and my opponent was 183lb but I said nothing and just got on with it.


“The fight was going well and I was a few rounds up on the cards. I’d caught him with a nice left hook in round two which put him down and he was on the canvas again in round six from a big right hand. He got up at the count of ‘eight’ and was unsteady on his legs but fair play to him he was very tough and kept coming. Later in that round I was still going well when he caught me with a left hook and I should have gone down but I didn't and another one-two put me on my knee and the ref waved it off. I should have got a count!”


Sweeney dropped to 8-1-1 (5) and was coming off the back of a career-best knockout win over Jamie Power when his trip to Chiapas turned sour.


“I can’t second-guess what the referee had seen but I was winning and just got caught,” Michael continued. “I expect to be back in action soon and setbacks happen, I'm not the only fighter to lose so it’s all about how you come back from a loss.”


With title shots hard to come by, Sweeney has taken matters into his own hands and plans to headline a domestic show under his new promotional outfit, assisted by trainer Sean Mannion.


“I'm still in the gym and well placed as No. 1 contender for the Irish title but I can’t get any one to fight me so now I'm planning on running my own show in April under my company Storm Promotions,” Sweeney stated. “I'm still happy to be under Banner Promotions and they look after me and Sean Mannion very well.”


Art Pelullo’s Banner organisation holds Sweeney’s signature and the American is continuing the association despite the fighter’s break with manager Tommy Egan. But while Egan has turned his attention elsewhere, Sweeney is open to settling the score with Romero.


“I would take a rematch with Felipe Romero but he’s a cruiserweight and I can’t see him coming down to light-heavy,” Sweeney opined.


“I expect to have Bobby Gunn on my show and the rest of the card will follow. I fought on a lot of Brian Peters shows when I started out and I want to thank Brian for that and Tomas Rohan was also very good with me; I hope that's not gone and I would fight again for them.


“I got a call to go to Germany to spar Arthur Abraham and that was a very good experience. He was very good and you couldn't buy the level of sparring I got. Arthur hits very hard but I think I did well with him. To be honest I think Abraham will win the super six tournament, but the other guys are good as well. We still keep in touch and I intend on going over again for more sessions.


“I’ve also had time training in Belfast and I rate John Breen and Eamonn Magee as top-class trainers. When John got a look at me first he thought I was a super-middleweight and he wanted me to [eventually] slim down [to 12st] so I'm now in at light-heavyweight.”


Short-term plans will see Michael in Dublin on February 13 but not in a fighting capacity, as he handles the spit bucket and water for another Irish title contender.

“I'll be helping out in my good friend Lee Murtagh’s corner,” he revealed. “He’s fighting Anthony Fitzgerald for the Irish super-middleweight title. The Irish title is on my mind and coming my way soon.”