Michael Sweeney v John Waldron for Irish title?

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Is Sweeney right to be "miffed" at being overlooked? Should DolPhil put a fight between two Mayomen on in Dublin? Would its sell? Would you be interested in seeing the fight? Does Sweeney deserve his chance? Is this a case where the BUI needs to be more proactive in enforcing mandatory challenges?

The storm feels frozen out

Ballinrobe boxer Michael Sweeney feels frozen out of a shot at an Irish title which he considers is rightfully his following victories over Jamie Power and Tommy Tolan.
Hungry for baubles, Sweeney saw his first opportunity to accumulate an inaugural title slip through his fingers when one most highly anticipated Irish title fights of recent years, against Dubliner Ian Tims, was cancelled just days before the duo were to square up on the Andy Lee-Mamadou Thiam undercard last month in Limerick.

‘The Storm’ was hoping to breeze into a slot on the Dolphil promotion at the CityWesy Hotel, Dublin on August 7 and as current Irish light-heavyweight champion John Waldron was already listed on the card and without an opponent, Sweeney called Don O’Leary to gauge his appetite for hosting a showdown for the title which Waldron snatched from under Jamie Power’s nose in front of the Limerickman’s home crowd.

“I rang up Don (O’Leary, the Dol in DolPhil) to see if I could get my shot at the Irish title against John Waldron. Don said he couldn’t put me on because the card was full and it wasn’t making sense to have that fight (between two Mayomen) in Dublin. To his credit he said he could fit me on to a card in September or October but that’s not really any good to me because I need to keep the momentum going,” explained Sweeney.

Not to be deterred the businessman in Sweeney emerged. “Then I promised to guarantee ticket sales and fight for half the price of what John got for his title fight. I even said I would agree to a winner takes all arrangement.

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joepenguin

Id love to see it in Mayo and I think October is a reasonable time. Do you reckon it could headline and sell out the breaffy house venue in castlebar or something similar? Either that or on the undercard of a bigger show like Waldron-Power.
Sweeney deserves his shot at the title and it would make a cracking fight.

nacho libre

I'd love to see it too. Hopefully Sweeney gets his shot later this year.

BoxingIrel.com

nacho libre wrote: »

I'd love to see it too. Hopefully Sweeney gets his shot later this year.

well there is still time to get him on this one as Waldron hasnt got an opponent for his fight on the DolPhil card.

BoxingIrel.com

The Storm has been added to the DolPhil card - but unfortunately not against Waldron!

nacho libre

ah damn that's a pity.

hopefully they'll square off later in the year then.