MONAGHAN BOXING PROSPECT Stevie McKenna [1-0, 1KO] will return to the ring for his second professional bout at The Hangar in Orange County, California, on 13 June.

McKenna, 22, will face an as-of-yet unnamed opponent in a bid to move to 2-0.

The Smithborough light-welterweight, an older brother of Golden Boy welterweight prospect Aaron McKenna [7-0, 4KOs], lives and trains with ‘The Silencer’ and their father Fergal in LA. The brothers are also trained by South African former heavyweight contender Courage Tshabalala.

Stevie, whose ring moniker is ‘The Hitman’, dispatched of opponent Trey Branch inside one round of an explosive debut at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena last month.

Stevie McKenna stops Trey Branch in less than a round. 1-0, 1KO. Lift-off for ‘The Hitman!’ pic.twitter.com/5cQePABSKG

— Gavan Casey (@GavanCasey) April 7, 2019

A decorated former amateur at both underage and Senior level, McKenna is being eyed by several promoters Stateside.

The rangy switch-hitter has previously sparred with arguably the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter, Vasyl Lomachenko, pretending to be a southpaw in order to share the ring with the Ukrainian superstar.

Subscribe to our new podcast, The42 Rugby Weekly, here:

‘It’s great that our dad is there to tell us to calm down if things go out of control a wee bit’