Patrick Hyland - IBA Intercontinental SFW Champion

adamburke83

Patrick Hyland Won the IBA International superfeatherweight title in Boston Mas last night 14th March in epic style when he took on the teak tough "Carlos Guevara" from Nicaragua. He will arrive into Dublin Airport on Wed 18th of March @ 7am with the belt.

Patrick entered and left the Ring in His beloved SHAMROCK ROVERS Jersey. The two fighters went head to head in a non stop battle from the first bell. Patrick took the fight to Rugged Nicaraguan from the word go. The Boston crowd were on their feet to the Tallaght Warrior and his battling style. The fighters were evenly matched and the Boston crowd went wild with every exchange in the epic battle. The Tallaght man stuck to the game plan his trainers Tracey Patterson {ex world Champion & Irish coaching legend Pat Ryan } worked out for him. The war lasted the full 10 rounds and Patrick's hand was raised in Victory and was a worthy winner. The 3 judges scored the fight 98 - 91. 99 - 90. & 98 - 91 to give Patrick the unanimous verdict. Both fighters received a standing ovation from the sell out Boston Crowd.

Twice world champion ...... Tracey Patterson said " this fight was something special. Patrick was technically brilliant during the fight and he's a fully deserved winner, this kid is going to get better and better, they don't come much tougher than Guevera and Patrick Proved he is a worthy champion"

Pat Ryan Patrick's Irish coach said . .. .Patrick Hyland stepped up to the mark tonight, He never missed a minute of the tough training camp schedule and to come to the States and do what he did tonight, he's proved he can and will fight anyone anywhere... He did it in hard way. This truly puts Patrick on the World Stage

Paddy Hyland Snr who is part of the talented Hyland trio trainers said .... Were so proud of him, tonight he was brilliant, I want to thank the large travelling support who made their way from Tallaght, What a sight we entered to . ..a Chorus of Ole Ole Ole from the sea of Irish & Shamrock Jersey's proved to be the Spur the Irishman needed. It must have very difficulty for these people to travel across especially in the present financial climate, but they were superb. Were eternally grateful to them.

Patrick was naturally overcome with emotion. I cant believe it. . . .I'm coming home to Tallaght Dublin & Ireland with the belt !!!!! I've every reason to be proud, the greats, Oscar Del la Hoya & Roberto Duran won this belt. So I feel honoured to be mentioned in the same company as these great men. It was a hard fought win, but I got a lift from the big Irish crowd here, I also want to thank Paschal Collins for making this possible and for all his support. And I feel this is just the start for me, I will take a short break and then I wasn't to get back in the ring asap. Whats also exciting is my brothers Paul & Eddie are also heading for title fights in the coming months.

Exciting times for the Hyland Brothers... Exciting times for Irish Boxing


Thurs 19th Of March. A press conference in the Spawell Centre Templeogue
We will announce the upcoming fights for the 3 Hyland Brothers ...

Fri 20th March Patrick will be presented to the Shamrock Rovers crowd @ their home game against Derry City In the new stadium.

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MBC

Well done Pajo......delighted for him.

Hangballlouie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVigPeVLtK4

Just found this youtube.

joepenguin

Great stuff.

sligobhoy67

who? never heard of him!

sligobhoy67

sweet ****in jesus - if bein a jackeen wasnt bad enough he is a shams supporter aswell - talk about double whammy

Johner

Well done Pajo.

adamburke83

hangballlouie wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVigPeVLtK4

Just found this youtube.

great,
but www.gofightlive.tv have the full fight aswell as spikes and you can watch the whole card for $4.99 its well worth it

Big Ears

I saw it being listed as for the IBA Intercontinental on FightNews and thought what was up as you had said it was for the IBF Intercontinental.

Anyway it's basically a nothing title, absolute trinket. What was important about this fight was the opposition and performance(which I haven't seen).
Hyland took a step up in class here against a good standard journeyman and from what I've heard acquitted himself very well so that's positive stuff from the young Dubliner and hopefully it continues.

However no need to mention trinkets like that when he's fighting for them in the future, his Irish title means much more than it.

gummy bear

Big Ears wrote: »

I saw it being listed as for the IBA Intercontinental on FightNews and thought what was up as you had said it was for the IBF Intercontinental.

Anyway it's basically a nothing title, absolute trinket. What was important about this fight was the opposition and performance(which I haven't seen).
Hyland took a step up in class here against a good standard journeyman and from what I've heard acquitted himself very well so that's positive stuff from the young Dubliner and hopefully it continues.

However no need to mention trinkets like that when he's fighting for them in the future, his Irish title means much more than it.

your sayin this is a nothing title, how when the likes of roberto durran, nd oscar held this title before movin on to world level....
these belts need to be won to move up the ladder.... so give him credit oh and he won the 130lbs title boxing out of his weigh agaisnt a guy 12 wins 9ko's yeah ok he had 8 lost but the boxer's over in the states are much better and stronger than over here.........
so well done pajo u done ireland proud.:D:D:D;);)

Big Ears

gummy bear wrote: »

your sayin this is a nothing title, how when the likes of roberto durran, nd oscar held this title before movin on to world level....
these belts need to be won to move up the ladder.... so give him credit oh and he won the 130lbs title boxing out of his weigh agaisnt a guy 12 wins 9ko's yeah ok he had 8 lost but the boxer's over in the states are much better and stronger than over here.........
so well done pajo u done ireland proud.:D:D:D;);)

It is a nothing title, the IBA intercontinental title isn't even the full IBA title.
The IBA title is so poor it's not even listed on boxrecs list of titles, Eric Esch(Butterbean) used to be their Super-Heavyweight champion, while defending that 'title' in 4 round bouts against no hopers and mid western club fighter(and not good midwestern club fighters either).

John Duddy has won the IBA Middleweight title, no one made any deal out of it.
Bernard Dunne and Jim Rock's IBC titles were much better than what Patrick won. Martin Lindsay's IBF Youth title was much better than what he won.

If you want to add prestige to a title that means nothing and will not actually progress someone's career at all, nor earn them anymore respect then that's fine by me. I'm happy noting Patrick has won one very prestigious belt in his pro career so far, the Irish Featherweight title.

I'll also take note of a good win against a tough journeyman at the weight above his best one............but there's not a hope in hell of me congratulating him because of that piece of tin he inherited from winning his last fight.

sligobhoy67

Big Ears wrote: »

It is a nothing title, the IBA intercontinental title isn't even the full IBA title.
The IBA title is so poor it's not even listed on boxrecs list of titles, Eric Esch(Butterbean) used to be their Super-Heavyweight champion, while defending that 'title' in 4 round bouts against no hopers and mid western club fighter(and not good midwestern club fighters either).

John Duddy has won the IBA Middleweight title, no one made any deal out of it.
Bernard Dunne and Jim Rock's IBC titles were much better than what Patrick won. Martin Lindsay's IBF Youth title was much better than what he won.

If you want to add prestige to a title that means nothing and will not actually progress someone's career at all, nor earn them anymore respect then that's fine by me. I'm happy noting Patrick has won one very prestigious belt in his pro career so far, the Irish Featherweight title.

I'll also take note of a good win against a tough journeyman at the weight above his best one............but there's not a hope in hell of me congratulating him because of that piece of tin he inherited from winning his last fight.

Correct, its not even a nothing title - its below that.

The IBA SFW title is a nothing title and the IBA International title is nothing in comparison to the IBA title.

In my eyes the only belt he has won is the Irish title.

Maybe it will get him some media attention in Tallaght by fooling those who dont know anything about boxing into thinking that its actually a recognised belt because of its grand name - The International Boxing Association International title - it mean less than nothing to me and frankly I found it cringeworthy in the extreme to hear Patrick speaking about his delight at winning the title. I dont know if he was fooling himself, us or others but he wasnt fooling me, any promoter, any journalist or even any boxing fan that has even the smallist amount of knowledge about the game.

On this forum we have nothing but support for Patrick and all the Hyland brothers and Adams input here is always more than welcome but lets not fool ourselves here, its a trinket and nothing more.

As Big Ears pointed out, Duddy won the IBA middleweight title not the international version the real version and he barely even mentioned it - and he was right not to!

Good luck Pajo!

joepenguin

What does any title mean? He got a decent win over a journeyman which should serve him well. If he can pick up a few nice looking titles in the process then so be it and fair play to him. Wouldnt say no to it on the mantelpiece!!!
Ive no problem with him talking up the title to promote himself a bit as im sure thats exactly what he's doing.
Irish titles need to be fought for more often and a better ranking list in place so we can see who's eligible and where they stand.

gummy bear

listen a belt is a belt in this sport which is very hard and i respect every fighter that gets in the ring..........
fair play to him for winning it is a good thing to win to build up confidence and to get him up the rankings,, everyone who is put what he won dwn and sayin its wort nuttin are just saps that probly sit at a com everyday and dnt know how hard every fighter trains and the balls they have for gettin in the ring
also congrats to dunne he showed balls to win the title after being floored twice in the 5th to cum bk and win well done:D:D
Irish boxing is on the move up again....................

Big Ears

gummy bear wrote: »

listen a belt is a belt in this sport which is very hard and i respect every fighter that gets in the ring..........
fair play to him for winning it is a good thing to win to build up confidence and to get him up the rankings,, everyone who is put what he won dwn and sayin its wort nuttin are just saps that probly sit at a com everyday and dnt know how hard every fighter trains and the balls they have for gettin in the ring
also congrats to dunne he showed balls to win the title after being floored twice in the 5th to cum bk and win well done:D:D
Irish boxing is on the move up again....................

Here's a question for you, what was more important winning that gammy little title or beating a very good journeyman in the process of doing it ?
Because to me it's the second one, the quality of fighter he beat and how he did it.

However you seen to be more concerned with the first, an irrelevant title which means nothing. Patrick did brilliantly winning the Irish title, a title that actually means something and has some prestige.
I'll give fighters credit when they win titles that mean something, I'll give Patrick credit if he can win the EU title and I'll give him huge praise if he can win the EBU(European) title. But if you want to sit there and justify the IBA Intercontinental title as something big, when it clearly means nothing(not anything at all), then that's your prerogative.


Once again, a very good win for the man against a good opponent but forget about that useless belt.

sston

Good win for Paddy and well done but even by the standards of boxing now days an IBA Intercontinental title is worth absolutely nothing and to be honest even parading it is a bit embarrassing. Now if Eddie can win the European belt then that will be something to shout about.

adamburke83

Belt or no belt, patrick went over to the states and out of his weight limit and fought a guy who out of his 12 wins had 9 kos and i know it looks bad that he has 8 losses to his record but they were against guys who were undefeated, so fair play to pajo it show that the hylands i think they are showing they are willing to travel to fight anyone, look at eddie he is fighting for the european title in may and the guy has 27 wins and his only loss was against alex arthur which the fight was stopped on cuts,
so i reckon they have the balls to fight anyone and are willing to travel for them fights too unlike other fighters,
the standard of fighters over in the states is an awful higher better than ones in europe

eagle eye

adamburke83 wrote: »

Belt or no belt, patrick went over to the states and out of his weight limit and fought a guy who out of his 12 wins had 9 kos and i know it looks bad that he has 8 losses to his record but they were against guys who were undefeated, so fair play to pajo it show that the hylands i think they are showing they are willing to travel to fight anyone, look at eddie he is fighting for the european title in may and the guy has 27 wins and his only loss was against alex arthur which the fight was stopped on cuts,
so i reckon they have the balls to fight anyone and are willing to travel for them fights too unlike other fighters,
the standard of fighters over in the states is an awful higher better than ones in europe

I think you will find that everyone agrees that he took a step up in class and proved himself yet again.

The comments regarding the 'title' are what annoy boxing fans. There are too many belts being given out these days and a lot of them are worthless. The belt that was won here is worthless in the eyes of real boxing fans.

We all want to see not only Patrick Hyland but all the Hyland lads become hugely successful. You can be guaranteed that the lads on here wish nothing but good for them all but don't expect us to take comments regarding worthless belts with a pinch of salt. These belts have hurt boxing too much over the years.