FENECH TELLS HORN: BASH, BANG AND BULLY PACQUIAO
By Maloney L. Samaco
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 24 Jun 2017
Three division world champion Jeff Fenech told Jeff Horn: ?Just bash the bloke in close,?? he was quoted by The Courier Mail. ?It?s no more Mr Nice Guy now. I?m not saying break the rules but you have to rough Manny up. Jeff, do everything to hurt him in close. Twist him, twist his knees, use your weight advantage, bully him ? bang your shoulder into him. Manny can punch at a distance, Jeff. Close the distance. Stay on his chest and make him feel all of his 38 years.??
Fenech held the record for the biggest boxing match in Australia when he fought Azumah Nelson before 38,000 crowd at Princes Park in Melbourne on March 1, 1992. Fenech suffered his first loss, when he was knocked out in the eighth round for Nelson to retain the world title. It was recognized as the Ring Magazine Upset of the Year. Now the record attendance would be broken by the Pacquiao-Horn WBO world welterweight title fight with 44,000 tickets already sold.
The Pacquiao-Horn tussle will also be featuring Irish Olympian Michael Conlan who will fight as a professional for the third time and faces Australian Jarrett Owen. On March 17, 2017, Conlan won his first pro fight, beating US fighter Tim Ibarra by a third round technical knockout at the Madison Square Garden. On May 26, he won another impressive third round TKO over Mexican Alfredo Chanez in Chicago.
Conor McGregor began boxing when he was twelve years old at the Crumlin Boxing Club under two-time Olympian Phil Sutcliffe. It was here where he learned the basics of his striking ability, training with fighters such as Dean Byrne and Jamie Kavanagh, both of whom were able to train at the Wild Card Gym under Freddie Roach.
Kavanagh remembered McGregor as a boxer: "He was very game. He loved to fight. But he was also very strong - he could seriously bang." McGregor would later become an All-Ireland champion at youth level, but his passion turned towards other martial arts when he was aged sixteen. Despite this, when his family moved to West Dublin, McGregor continued boxing and regularly sparred at Celtic Warrior Gym, Blanchardstown, which was the training home of great boxers such as Gary O'Sullivan and Frank Buglioni.
John Kavanagh, McGregor's head trainer said several experienced boxers contacted them and are willing to help the MMA star prepare for his first career boxing fight against Floyd Mayweather. "A lot of very experienced and respected boxers have been in touch to offer their help for this training camp, but we?re keeping our cards close to our chest for now at least. There will be sparring with guys we?re already familiar with but we will also be bringing in some guys who I think people will be impressed with. But I?ll leave it to Conor to reveal that, should he choose to do so," Kavanagh told the42.ie as quoted by Boxing Scene.
Point guards led the elite choices in the 2017 NBA Draft. Markelle Fultz (No. 1, Philadelphia), Lonzo Ball (No. 2, LA Lakers), De?Aaron Fox (No. 5, Sacramento) and Dennis Smith (No. 9, Dallas), all point guards, were the top picks for this year's rookies. Fultz, born in Maryland and played for one year at University of Washington, while Ball was born in Anaheim, California and was a freshman at UCLA, were both hometown choices.
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