BIG TIME boxing hits Waterford on Saturday, December 7, as Tyrone McKenna and Dylan Moran headline a bumper 16-fight card. That quantity would possibly gently diminish because the week rolls on, however hopefully, many of the essential protagonists get a runout. It’s been some time since a present of this magnitude has rolled into the unconventional combat areas of the island.
Backed by state broadcaster RTE, Brian Peters beforehand ventured out of the principle hubs of Belfast and Dublin, delivering fights in Magherafelt and Letterkenny for Paul McCloskey, Limerick for Andy Lee and Willie Casey and a mini countrywide tour of Bernard Dunne as he rehabilitated post-Kiko.
Since then, due largely to non-boxing concert events, highlighted by the reluctance of the Boxing Union of Eire to play ball for a interval whereas issues had been sorted out, exhibits south of the border have been at a premium.
Again in Waterford’s SETU Area, persistently teetering on the sting of retirement, Tyrone McKenna retains getting dragged again for “one final job”. Dylan Moran is a pleasant man who has bounced again from onerous losses to Denis Okoth and Florian Marku. Trudging the rings of Austria, Germany, the US and the UK, Moran’s final outing was a confidence-building smashing of Owen O’Neill. The final time Waterford hosted a stable boxing occasion, Moran beat Argentinian Mauro Godoy by stoppage.
Now he faces McKenna, who has misplaced three of his final 4, two by stoppage, together with a latest rematch with Mohamed Mimoune. Conlan Boxing has teamed up with Florida-based outfit Professional Field TV to ship these Irish exhibits.
Tyrone McKenna
The primary befell in Belfast on November 1 and included a sterling essential occasion slugfest between Padraig McCrory and Colombia’s Leonard Castillo. If McKenna and Moran can recreate one thing comparable it is going to be an evening to recollect.
“With the occasion it’s going to be I used to be pondering me versus Tyrone McKenna is the one combat worthy of it. The followers are going to be the true winners right here,” buzzed Moran, who as soon as travelled the world as a kickboxer.
“I’ve the utmost respect for Tyrone McKenna, he’s an Irish boxing legend and it will be an honour to share the ring with him. What higher place to do it than Waterford? I’ve all the time mentioned I wish to carry large fights and there’s no greater one than me and Tyrone. We all know what Tyrone brings, I do know what I carry, and the followers are going to be the true winners.”
