Dean “Irish Lightning” Byrne makes NYC debut in “Erin Go Brawl II”
St. Patrick’s Day Eve, Monday Night, Mar. 16, WaMu Theater in MSG: Sean Mannion to be honored for 25th anniversary of world title fight at MSG. NEW YORK (February 24, 2009) – The latest boxing sensation in a long, growing line of Irish boxers who’ve emigrated to the United States is unbeaten light welterweight Dean […]
Battles in the ring the easier ones for Duddy
IRISHTIMES.COM Thursday, February 12, 2009 AMERICA AT LARGE: Since falling out with Irish Ropes, the Derry fighter has become the object of an ugly lawsuit, writes GEORGE KIMBALL WHEN EDDIE McLoughlin hired Patrick Burns to be John Duddy’s new trainer last summer he didn’t anticipate he might be inviting the fox into the henhouse, but […]
Lee & McCullough lead Irish boxers into “Erin Go Brawl II”
St. Patrick’s Day Eve, Monday Night, Mar. 16, WaMu Theater in MSG NEW YORK (February 11, 2009) – Many of the leading Irish and Irish-American boxers in the world will gather St. Patrick’s Day Eve (Monday, March 16), including 2004 Olympian Andy Lee and former WBC bantamweight champion Wayne “Pocket Rocket” McCulough, to fight on […]