Boxing News – July 25, 2019

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RESULTS

Noely Murphy (145

3/4lbs), 14-1-1 (2),

w pts 8 Adam Mate

(149 1/4lbs), 28-15

(21); Eddie Treacy

(156 1/4lbs), 3-0 (2),

w rsf 2 Owen Duffy

(156 1/4lbs), 4-2 (2);

Staz Tomasevski (195

3/4lbs), 1-0, w pts 4

Oisín O’Donovan (198

1/2lbs), 0-1; Graham

McCormack (158lbs),

5-0 (1), w rsf 2 Reyhan

Todorov (157lbs), 4-5

(2); Craig O’Brien

(158lbs), 11-1 (1),

w pts 6 Radoslav Mitev

(156lbs), 13-52-2 (4);

Vladimir Belujsky

(170lbs), 8-2-1 (6), w

pts 4 Norbert Szekeres

(172lbs), 18-75-4 (9);

Chris Blaney (164lbs),

12-2-1 (3), w pts 6

Michal Gazdik (166lbs),

4-5 (3); Siobhan

O’Leary (132 1/4lbs),

3-0 (2), w rsf 3 Denisa

Cicoova (130lbs), 1-2

(1); Dominic Donegan

(157lbs), 2-0 (1),

w rsf 1 Adrian Aleksiev

(157lbs), 0-3-1; Craig

McCarthy (170 1/2lbs),

7-0 (2), w rsf 3 Lajos

Szilagyi (169lbs), 6-5

(6); Sam Carroll

(125 1/2lbs), 2-0,

w pts 4 Georgi Andonov

(124lbs), 5-14 (1);

Katelynn Phelan

(149lbs), 2-0, w pts

4 Galina Gyumliyska

(149lbs), 11-41-1 (1).

MURPHY DELIGHT

PRO boxing returned to Cork for the
first time in a decade with the ‘Leeside
Revolution’.
It was actually a promoter from a
Muay Thai background, Martin Horgan,
who took the plunge to bring the sweet
science back to the Rebel County, putting
on a bumper cross-promotion at the
atmospheric Neptune Basketball Stadium
on the north side of the Ireland’s third
city.
Based in Woodlawn, New York,
Macroom’s Noely Murphy had the
opportunity to box in his home county of
Cork for the first time as a professional.
An Irish title fight had been planned
but two separate opponents pulled out,
leaving headliner Murphy frustratingly
reduced to an eight-round international
contest.
Faced with tricky Hungarian Adam
Mate, Murphy patiently went about his
business versus a reluctant-to-engage
opponent, eventually winning out
79-74 on referee David Irving’s card and
delighting his loud and large following.
The main event was followed by a
six-round domestic which was the most
anticipated clash on the card among Irish
boxing hardcores and saw Bray super-
welter Eddie Treacy obliterate Shercock’s
Owen Duffy.
Following an aggressive start, Treacy
dropped Duffy heavily with a perfect left
hook in the second and then forced the
stoppage seconds later, with referee Emile
Tiedt waving the bout off after 1-15 of
the round with the towel coming in at the
same time.
In a clash between two local
debutants, Cork-based Pole Staz
Tomasevski edged past Dunmanway’s
Oisin O’Donovan in a messy, bloody,
and thrilling four-rounder. O’Donovan
showed plenty of grit and seemed to
be the more skilled but the better-
conditioned Tomasevski battled through
to claim a 39-38 win on Mr Irving’s
scorecard following a chip shop brawl.
Killarney super-feather Siobhán
O’Leary continued to enhance her
reputation as a knockout puncher,
dropping Slovak Denisa Cicoova twice

• first to the head and then to the body


• before referee Padraig Ó Reachtagáin

halted the contest after 1-59 of the third

of four two-minute rounds.

Heavy-handed Mitchelstown super-

middle Vladimir Belujsky saw a WBO

Youth title fight fall through last month

so kept busy here with a dominant win

over Hungarian Norbert Szekeres,

Mr Ó Reachtagáin scoring the four-

rounder 40-36 in his favour.

Powerful Drumgoon super-welter

Dominic Donegan impressed again,

needing two minutes exactly to drop

Bulgarian Adrian Aleksiev twice and

lead Mr Irving to stop the four-rounder.

Likeable Garryowen super-welter

Graham McCormack was being

given all sorts of problems by Reyhan

Todorov in their four-rounder but pulled

out a stunning stoppage win.

Dropping and hurting the Bulgarian

near the end of the second – an incident

which was ruled a slip by Mr Irving –

McCormack then put the visitor on the

flat of his back with a short hook. The bell

to end the round would go and Todorov

would just about beat the count, but the

bout was waved off.

Popular Waterford super-middleweight

Craig McCarthy had Lajos Szilagyi

down in the opening session of their four

and almost forced Mr Tiedt to stop the

bout in the assault afterwards before the

Hungarian retired after 1-32 of the third

citing an elbow injury.

Returning from a defeat last time

out, Navan super-middle Chris Blaney

was given a good run-out by Michal

Gazdik. Blaney dropped the Slovak in

the fourth following a big body shot but

Gazdik would not lie down, with the Ricky

Hatton-trained home fighter eventually

taking a 59-55 points win for Mr Tiedt.

Irish super-welter champion Craig

O’Brien was another keeping busy. The

slick Inner-City Dubliner cruised past

Bulgarian Radoslav Mitev, boxing in

first gear and claiming a 60-54 win with

Mr Ó Reachtagáin. “The Iron” will now

focus his attentions on fighting on the US

East Coast, specifically the Boston area.

Young Bray super-bantam Sam

Carroll showed quick hands against

Bulgarian Georgi Andonov and did

damage with hooks in the third and

fourth as he ran out a 40-36 winner on

Mr Tiedt’s scorecard.

Opening the boxing portion of the

show, following a WBC Muay Thai super-

lightweight world title win for local Sean

Clancy, teenage Kildare super-lightweight

Katelynn Phelan showed plenty

of improvements as she outpointed

Bulgarian veteran Galina Gyumliyska

40-36 on Mr Ó Reachtagáin’s card.

THE VERDICTLet’s hope Cork doesn’t

have to wait 10 years for the next

pro show.

Photo: RICARDO GUGLIELMINOT TI/THEFIGHTINGIRISH.IE

PATIENT:

Murphy gets the

win against Mate

Noely’s fans are happy with

win over negative Mate

CORK, IRELAND

JULY 20

★★ MAIN EVENT

★★★ UNDERCARD

★★★ ATMOSPHERE

win over negative Mate

Joe O’Neill

RINGSIDE