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Tales from the Ring

This is an Irish boxing podcast for all boxing fans. Each episode I will sit down with a former boxer or trainer to talk about the highs and lows of their journey in and out of the ring. There will also be episodes that features modern day boxing and the latest stories.

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01:03:36

Top 10 Favourite Fights

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/07/25

Paul Quinn and I debate our Top 10 favourite fights ever. We cover a range of fighters from different countries, divisions and decades. It's fair to say this list will be one that all boxing fan's will have their own opinion on. Do you agree with our selections? Have a listen and let us know what you think.

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01:19:46

Wayne Alexander

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/07/16

Wayne Alexander is a former British, European and WBU world champion. He grew up in Croydon, England and would go on to have a very successful amateur career. He talks about the highs of those early days, winning national titles including the 1994 Senior ABA title. He also had the disappointment of missing out on the Commonwealth Games in 1994 which still hurts him 30 years on. Wayne turned professional in 1995 and would soon build up an unbeaten record before winning the British title in one of the

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00:43:17

Monthly Boxing Review #5

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/07/10

Paul Quinn and I chat about the main talking points from a packed month of boxing in June. We begin with the Matchroom v Queensbury 5 v 5 at the start of the month which included Deontay Wilders defeat to Zhang, Daniel Dubois beating Hrgovic and Nick Ball winning the world title. We then focus on the recent news of Anto Cacace facing Josh Warrington on the massive AJ v Dubois bill at Wembley stadium. We also review some of the biggest Irish contests during June featuring, Lewis Crocker, Conor Quinn,

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00:42:15

Top 10 Punchers

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/07/09

Paul Quinn and I debate our Top 10 punchers ever in boxing history. We cover a range of fighters from different countries, divisions and decades. It's fair to say this list will be one that all boxing fan's will have their own opinion on. Do you agree with our selections? Have a listen and letus know.

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00:36:21

Ruadhan Farrell

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/07/01

Ruadhan Farrell is the current BUI Celtic Super-Bantamweight champion. He talks about growing up in North Belfast and his journey into boxing. Ruadhan talks about his amateur career and how it came about that he turned professional in 2022. He has boxed in Estonia, Spain and had domestic matchups against Colm Murphy, Gerard Hughes and Conor Kerr in such a short space of time. He is now about to have a rematch with Gerard Hughes on a big stage at the SSE Arena in August after their controversial draw

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00:30:54

Mick Kelleher

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/06/15

Mick Kelleher is a former 4 x Irish amateur champion fromcounty Cork. He chats about his early days as a boxer and how he progressed to represent Ireland. We chat about how his career progressed and the ups and downs along the way. Mick is the son of Tommy Kelleher who has been a very influential coach in Cork and Ireland for many years. Mick talks about his dad’s experiences coaching Irish teams in championships around the world including the World Senior championships in 1989. Mick is a real

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00:52:00

Monthly Boxing Review #4

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/06/10

Paul Quinn and I look back at an action packed month of boxing in May. We focus on the recent heavyweight undisputed contest between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. Will we agree on who we thought won the fight and who do we fancy for the rematch? We also look back at the amazing performance from Anthony Cacace to rip the IBF World title from Joe Cordina. The much anticipated rematch between Josh Tyalor and Jack Catterall did not disappoint also. We also chat about some of the recent performances of

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00:49:04

Padraig McCrory

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/06/03

Padraig McCrory grew up in St. James' in West Belfast. After starting boxing around 15 years of age, he would have success winning various Antrim and Ulster titles before taking a gap in his 20's of 4 years. After deciding one Christmas to give boxing another go at the upcoming Ulster Senior championships, he would go on to win that title a month later. After missing out on the Commonwealth Games later that year, he would decide at 28 years of age to go professional.Padraig took to the pro game

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00:44:22

Owen O'Neill

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/05/27

Owen O’Neill is currently undefeated in 13 professional contests. He had a relatively short amateur career contesting 18 fights in total. Owen talks about the highs of his short amateur career, representing Antrim in various countries and the lows of losing close finals and failing to win an amateur title. He turned professional in 2019 under the radar and soon racked up early wins in front of his big fan base. He would then win his first boxing title in 2022 after a fight of the year contender and

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00:51:38

Modern Day Top 10 Boxers

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/05/21

Paul Quinn and I debate the top 10 boxers of the modern era (1990-present). We cover a range of fighters from different countries, divisions and decades. It's fair to say this list will be one that all boxing fan's will have their own opinion on. Do you agree with our selections? Have a listen and let us know.

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00:26:23

Brandon McCarthy

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/05/15

Brandon McCarthy is a Kilkenny boxer that had a fantastic amateur career. He won an amazing 16 Irish national titles from Boy 1 all the way to Elite level. He also represented Ireland at multiple European and World championships and won a silver medal at the European schoolboy championships in Russia. His aim was to reach this years Olympic Games in Paris, but an eye injury ended this dream. He has now moved across to the professional scene and has won his first pro contest back in March. He is

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00:39:14

Monthly Boxing Review #3

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/05/06

Resident guest, Paul Quinn and I chat about some of the big boxing stories from April. We discuss the recent Ryan Garcia v Devin Haney fight as well as the outrageuos Sean McComb points defeat on the same bill. We recap the amazing contest between Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke. Finally, we preview some massive fights coming up including Taylor v Serrano, Fury v Usyk, Bivol v Beterbiev and the Matchroom v Queensbury 5 v 5.

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00:38:49

Eamonn Magee

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/04/29

Eamonn Magee grew up in Ardoyne during the height of the troubles. He was the youngest of 4 boys who would all find their safe place in Sacred Heart ABC. Eamonn was a real talent as an amateur winning 10 Irish titles as well as multiple multi-nation gold medals. He also claimed a silver medal at the World junior championships in Puerto Rico, 1989. Eamonn talks about his disappointment at missing out on the Barcelona Olympics and how he began to go off the rails with drink. Eamonn talks about being

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00:36:18

Tommy Hyde

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/04/22

Tommy Hyde is currently undefeated in 8 professional contests. He was a very successful amateur boxer, winning 3 Irish titles. He is also the son of Gary Hyde who famously managed the great Guillermo Rigondeaux amongst many other champions. Tommy has been present at massive world title fights since a young age with his father and met some of the greats of the sport. The Cork native turned professional in 2022 and has recently claimed the BUI Celtic Super-Middleweight title and has an upcoming fight

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00:43:17

British Top 10 Boxers

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/04/15

Paul Quinn and I debate our Top 10 British boxers of the modern era. We have focused on the last 30 years when we have been watching boxing. We cover fighters from different decades, weight divisions and debate just who is the greatest British boxer we have seen in our lifetime. Do you agree with our list? Let us know.

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00:47:13

Conor Quinn

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/04/09

Current Celtic and Commonwealth Silver Flyweight champion, Conor Quinn chats to me about his boxing journey to date. The former Clonard ABC boxer won 7 Irish titles as an amateur and represented Ireland around the world at senior level. Conor decided to move across the world to Australia in 2019 to turn professional and would win his first 2 pro contests before COVID struck. A move back home was soon on the cards in 2021. Under new manager, Mark Dunlop plans were in place to unleash Conor to his

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00:34:00

Monthly Boxing Review #2

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/04/03

Paul Quinn and I discuss some of the main talking points from Irish and world boxing over the past couple of months. We review the big Saudi card which included AJ knocking out Francis Ngannou, Joseph Parker defeating Zhang as well as the Nick Ball controversial decision. We also go over some of the recent Irish success over St. Patrick's day weekend. We have to talk about the Jake Paul v Mike Tyson circus and if things in the Youtube world are going too far. Finally, we talk about Ryan

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00:34:50

Kaci Rock

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/03/25

Kaci Rock chats to me about how she got started in boxing at only 6 years of age. Kaci is the daughter of Irish boxing legend, Jim Rock and its fair to say he was not all for her getting into boxing initially. When it was clear boxing was not just a faze and she had the minerals to become a fighter, he is now of course her biggest supporter. Kaci also chats about the early days as an amateur and how Katie Taylor was always a big inspiration, even giving her some old boxing gear to use from time to

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00:38:18

Stephen Haughian

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/03/18

Stephen Haughian chats to me about growing up in Lurgan and his start in amatuer boxing. We discuss his early days at the famous John Breen gym in Belfast training along side the many champions in the gym including Neil Sinclair, Eamonn Magee, Jim Rock and Paul McCloskey. We focus on some of his title fights including the very controversial points defeat to Giammario Grassellini for the IBF International title as well as the defeat to Kevin McIntyre for the Celtic title. Stephen also talks about his

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00:35:06

Luke Keeler

Tales from the Ring ·

2024/03/11

Luke chats to me about growing up in Dublin and how he got started in boxing. We talk about his amateur days mixing with some great boxers from that era in the Irish Middleweight division. Luke was able to balance his boxing career with his education as he would go to university and become a qualified engineer. He would later turn professional at 26 and after winning fights early on, would have a set back after losing a WBC International contest to Tom Doran. Luke would bounce back and go on a great

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