Paddy Donovan had a great reveal ahead of his next fight.
The 23-year-old talent returned to the ring on Saturday night.
Donovan, from Limerick in Irelandpromoted by Top Rank and coached by former WBO world middleweight champion Andy Lee.
And the 13-time former Irish champion is competing at the SSE Arena in Belfast, as part of the supporting cast for the return of Michael Conlan.
Conlan, a former track and field athlete who rose to fame after being contentedly beaten at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, was defeated last time in a showdown for the WBA featherweight crown. ‘usual’ against Leigh Wood, knocked out of the ring and stopped in the final round of 12 rounds at Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham in March.
‘MC’ returns with former world title challenger Miguel Marriaga over 12, while ‘The Real Deal’ Donovan takes on the role of Tom Hill.
Hill (10-2, 2 KOs) is brimming with confidence, having beaten Rohan Date last time, but Donovan –– First Division head Bob Arum calls the most handsome fighter since Muhammad Ali –– is finding a way move up the ladder sooner rather than later.
But ahead of his return, which has had a six-month break from the underdog victory in Josh Taylor’s surprise win over Jack Catterall at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland in February, Donovan told Boxing Social about his return. Re-training of a retired person. fighter.
“I hope he comes back,” Donovan said of Tyson Fury, who trains with him, Joseph Parker and Sonny Boy Williams.
Fury was most active in April when he retained his world title with a sixth-round goal against number one contender Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium in London.
Then the 33-year-old, who was once in a public relationship with his old friend Chisora, announced he was quitting the sport and insisted he would have a $500 million pot and a fight. fighting Oleksandr Usyk, WBA Super, IBF, WBO and IBO Champion, will be the only thing to tempt him to put on gloves again – unless the fight against Anthony Joshua at Wembley comes to fruition.
Donovan added:
“It’s good for me when he’s back, because he’s training and I get to go to his training camps and I hope that I’ll be given the chance to fight in one of his shows. he.
“But I believe he will come back, I think he is a great fighter, a great human being and I hope he will come back.
“Joshua vs Usyk is a great fight and I think Usyk will win it, but I want Joshua to win it to see Tyson come back and see that fight play out.”
