BELFAST LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHT TYRONE McKenna has secured a career-biggest fight on the undercard of Ryan Burnett’s world title unification in Belfast.
The ‘Mighty Celt’ (14-0-1, 6KOs) will trade leather with Hull’s Tommy Coyle (23-4, 11KOs) at the SSE Arena in his hometown on 21 October having called out every attainable name under the sun for the bones of a year.
Coyle will present a sternest test to date for the six-foot-one southpaw from Lenadoon, and holds a victory over former WBO interim world champion Michael Katsidis amongst high-profile defeats to Olympic gold medalist Luke Campbell and former interim WBA champ Derry Matthews.
McKenna-Coyle will be one of the televised bouts during Sky Sports’ broadcast of Burnett-Zhakiyanov – the first world title unification ever to take place on Irish soil.
McKenna and Coyle previously sparred in the lead-up to the latter’s defeat to Campbell. The 27-year-old Antrim fighter will still headline the Ginley Promotions bill at Belfast’s Devenish Complex on September 16th.
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Can’t wait for today. As a Dub we had to endure so many barren years. I’ve nothing but respect for Mayo. While they’ve been unlucky so many times at least they’re there. Here’s to a classic today. Up the Dubs!
Barren years??
Times were hard before 2011
No All Ireland between 1995 and 2011. When I was working the All Ireland finals in my Taxi all I heard from the Country Folk was “Dublin are a disgrace, yous have the biggest population and more money and ye can’t win feck all” Now the hypocrites are saying the opposite “I fecking hate the Dubs, yous have the biggest population and more money how are the rest of us to ever win anything, you’ll have to be split in two. Its a disgrace” Up the Dubs and long may it continue..
@Cosmo you should have dropped them off up in Finglas or Ballymun and let them voice their opinions to the locals
@Kieran they certainly were barren years, no all-ireland for 15 years and no provincial title for 6 years or so
Come on Mayo…. Please!!
Dublin by +5 points,can’t see them being that bad again.
Dublin to be schooled again Mayo by 15
Champions to do what they do best. Dubs by 6.
Again…?
Yes again, front 6 like lost kids in a supermarket
An Irish man has just run 156 miles in under 25 hours placing 3rd at 47 years old,I’m sure our spring chicken dub team can take some inspiration from this…The journal should give this man a mention…..
@ fork. He placed 3rd? After 156 miles? In under 25 hours and him 47 yrs old? Must have been a real bummer to discover that only the top two got All Ireland tickets.
But seriously Fork, fair f**k to him.
I think he was 8th but he’s a Corkman so hardly likely to be supporting the Dubs anyways! Hon Mayo!!
Replays until Christmas!
Time for the annual fukitmaybenextyear festival
Dublin to win as I can’t see them being so poor again
Hopefully i get a ticket…any chance i will get one outside croker?
Every chance but will cost 00s going on the touts last day.
There was a few floating last game at face value and I’m sure same today
Another draw, another bumper day for the GAA next weekend.
The game goes to extra time if its a draw today
Maybe it will be a draw after extra time…..
@Gary Mongey: wouldnt be surprised, but would be nice to get it sorted for the sake of the clubs
Cmon Mayo play out of your skins beat then dubs
Ballina best in blue really worth a watch https://youtu.be/4t2tVKup4VY