Mark Riggs

yomchi

Guys some of you who were boxing back in the early 1990's may have heard of a guy called Mark Riggs, he trained in Phibsboro boxing club while I was there. Leo Capper trained him, then there was a big move as he went pro and moved to Canada, his brother also boxed.

If any of you know of the guy, is this him?
http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3282459


It's been 13 years at least since I've seen him

yomchi

EDIT: Got a better look at him, yep it's him. Anyone remember him on the amateur scene?

walshb

I remember Mark alright. Good solid fighter, I think he was welter/LM as a Senior

He used to train a fair bit in Saviours BC

That is him in the clip BTW!

Big Ears

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=21482&cat=boxer

Can't remember ever seeing Riggs, but Irwin was a pretty good fighter.
With a bit more luck Irwin could of picked up a World title.

The other guy he lost to is a Romanian by the of Victor Puiu who I've heard is an alright fighter if nothing special.

cowzerp

Riggs was a good boxer, yeah i think he was lightwelter alright..

yomchi

Has he become a journey man?
He left Ireland with big ambitions, well I suppose they all do. Nice to see him again mind. (even if he was KO'd by a meagre left)

Big Ears

Jon wrote: »

Has he become a journey man?
He left Ireland with big ambitions, well I suppose they all do. Nice to see him again mind. (even if he was KO'd by a meagre left)

It seems he retired a few years ago, I certainly haven't heard anything about Riggs coming back.

T-K-O

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MBC

I seen that fight he had against marty o'donnell in winnipeg............mark and a guy in our club were great mates.........so he invited our club over..........at that time he had a canadian girlfriend and a kid.........so id imagine after boxing he just settled down over there.

He was trained by a scottish bloke.........sutherland can't think of his 1st name.........the trainer's son was good aswell........here is his record http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=45716&cat=boxer
............but they had a lovely gym.



BTW a nicer guy you could never meet............a real sound bloke.

I think his brother won the intermediates at super heavy or heavy...........not sure how he got on in the seniors.

yomchi

Yeh he was a genuine fella. Trained like a beast, a buddy of mine was his sparring partner while he was here in Ireland.
Anyone know what Leo Capper is doing now, I heard he ended up in St Saviours but not too sure.