BigEars
06-10-2008, 06:43 PM
On the undercard of Andy Lee's comeback fight on the 19th of July in Limerick , Paul McCloskey has been handed his hardest test to date against English Light-Welterweight champion Nigel Wright .
Wright, who gave hotly tipped Nigerian Ajose Olusegun a very close fight for the Commonwealth title until Olusegun managed to take the late rights and with them the fight , is looking at getting another shot at the British title .
His camp had been looking to get this made a British title eliminator but the BBBofC were reluctant seeing as the bout will be held in the Republic of Ireland , outside their jurisdiction . However a British Light-Heavyweight title fight did take place in the Republic less than a year ago so this does seem a bit of a strange decision by the board .
Wright's team then looked for the fight to be made for McCloskey's IBF International title , although Brian Peters doesn't seem to fancy paying the fees but the camps have agreed a 50/50 split of sanctioning fees if it does end up that the bout is for McCloskeys IBF bauble .
This fight with give us a chance to gauge how good McCloskey really is , allowing us to draw comparitives between his performance and those of Olsuegun and Daws against Wright .
For me this is a fantastically exciting contest and one that should make for a great fight . I think it's a fight Paul needs before he is to take on someone like Branco .
I could end up looking foolish here , but I reckon McCloskey will win this easily enough , and if he does I reckon Peters should try and get Branco over here something before the end of the year for the European belt .
I really fancy Paul's chances against the Italian .
His lack of punch and loose(but no necessarily poor) defence may end up letting him down at the very top , but I think Paul McCloskey may , just may be World level .
and when you consider we've had the hopes of Dunne , Duddy and Lee dashed in recent times , it would be about bloody time someones good enough .
Wright, who gave hotly tipped Nigerian Ajose Olusegun a very close fight for the Commonwealth title until Olusegun managed to take the late rights and with them the fight , is looking at getting another shot at the British title .
His camp had been looking to get this made a British title eliminator but the BBBofC were reluctant seeing as the bout will be held in the Republic of Ireland , outside their jurisdiction . However a British Light-Heavyweight title fight did take place in the Republic less than a year ago so this does seem a bit of a strange decision by the board .
Wright's team then looked for the fight to be made for McCloskey's IBF International title , although Brian Peters doesn't seem to fancy paying the fees but the camps have agreed a 50/50 split of sanctioning fees if it does end up that the bout is for McCloskeys IBF bauble .
This fight with give us a chance to gauge how good McCloskey really is , allowing us to draw comparitives between his performance and those of Olsuegun and Daws against Wright .
For me this is a fantastically exciting contest and one that should make for a great fight . I think it's a fight Paul needs before he is to take on someone like Branco .
I could end up looking foolish here , but I reckon McCloskey will win this easily enough , and if he does I reckon Peters should try and get Branco over here something before the end of the year for the European belt .
I really fancy Paul's chances against the Italian .
His lack of punch and loose(but no necessarily poor) defence may end up letting him down at the very top , but I think Paul McCloskey may , just may be World level .
and when you consider we've had the hopes of Dunne , Duddy and Lee dashed in recent times , it would be about bloody time someones good enough .