Why are there no Irish American boxers today?

Joined the military or went to college.

 

There's an Irish MMA fighter...Conor McGregor.

Boxing could use an Irish boxer of that caliber.

 

Well yeah, for a number of years actually,but I wouldn't consider him "Irish American"

 

Most irish have moved out of the ghettos that produce tough fighters and into the suburbs where you won't find any boxing gyms

 

All of the future good Irish fighters will be real Irish im glad to say, as in born and raised. Give us 3 or 4 years or so and I wont be surprised if we have 4 or 5 world champions. We have a lot of talent in the amateurs and quite a few really good pro prospects. We taking this **** over, believe that:deal

Keep an eye out on the names of Jason Quigley, Luke Keeler, Conrad Cummings, Ryan Burnett, Tommy McCarthy, Stephen Ormond, John Joe Nevin, Philip Sutlciffe, and a lot more

 

The future Undisputed Middleweight Champion of the world

http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Jason+Quigley+Shawn+Porter+v+Kell+Brook+yLU286SLUbLl.jpg

 

They're all in the MLB and NFL

 

They're hanging out in church basements....

 

The irony of it all is if he had let the world known of his Irish roots back in the 60's, he wouldn't have been hated on as much. But I believe it was just recently he had found out about his ancestry.

Ward's father was an Irish American, tho Ward considers himself African American.

 

Shouldn't Jerry Quarry, Gerry ****ey, Sean O'Grady and Tommy Morrison be on the list too? I'm not sure about their ethnic origins but their names seem Irish.

It just doesn't seem like the USA is producing notable fighters of any sort of particular ethnicity these days except for Hispanic surnames. What's even weirder is Puerto Rico isn't producing high quality professional boxers like it used to.:think

I suppose Trey Lippe Morrison and Kenzie Witt Morrison could fall into the current "Irish American" boxer category.

 

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How is he English? Wasn't he born in Dublin to two Irish parents??:deal