A CONTENTIOUS ENDING marred the chief-support bout to Katie Taylor’s undisputed clash with Flora Pili, with Dublin heavyweight Thomas Carty (now 11-1, 9KOs, 1NC) enduring a no-contest against fancied Englishman Dave Allen (now 27-9-2, 1NC, 20KOs) at Croke Park.
Carty, previously 11-1, 9KOs, was clipped around the back of the head and fell out of the ring during the first round of his encounter with Allen, causing consternation and the eventual cancellation of their bout.
Allen was incredulous, protesting the outcome of the fight, while Carty was escorted from the ring on foot following treatment.
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An anticlimax in the chief-support fight caused an earlier entrance than planned for Westlife, who played ‘World of our Own’ and ‘You Raise Me Up’ as promoters Matchroom scrambled to fill time between the truncated chief-support bout and Katie Taylor’s farewell.
In the third-last bout of the evening, Limerick’s Paddy Donovan (16-2, 12KOs) took a step closer to a second world-title opportunity as he schooled Tyrone McKenna of Belfast (25-7-1, 8KOs) en route to a fifth-round stoppage.
Donovan dropped his longtime friend and sparring partner with a venomous right hook to the body in the second round, and proceeded to pepper McKenna until the Belfast man’s corner intervened between the fourth and the fifth.
Donovan, now 16-2, 12KOs, is first in line to challenge Liam Paro for the IBF welterweight world title, his contentious defeats by Lewis Crocker now firmly in the rearview.
The Andy Lee-trained Donovan received a huge reception at Croke Park. After his back-to-back losses to Crocker, both of which he believes illegitimate, he earned a career-best victory over the fancied Karen Chukhadzhian in Germany in May, and tonight’s victory over familiar veteran McKenna puts him top of the queue for another world-title challenge.
Earlier, Irish Olympian Emmet Brennan (6-1) was dropped on five occasions before being stopped by former British amateur standout Taylor Bevan (10-0, 9KOs).
Brennan, who hadn’t boxed professionally in 18 months, was beaten all ends up by Southampton-born Welshman Bevan, managed by Brian Peters, who is one of Matchroom Boxing’s brightest prospects at super-middleweight.
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Paddy Donovan takes step closer towards world title, while Thomas Carty bout ends in controversy
A CONTENTIOUS ENDING marred the chief-support bout to Katie Taylor’s undisputed clash with Flora Pili, with Dublin heavyweight Thomas Carty (now 11-1, 9KOs, 1NC) enduring a no-contest against fancied Englishman Dave Allen (now 27-9-2, 1NC, 20KOs) at Croke Park.
Carty, previously 11-1, 9KOs, was clipped around the back of the head and fell out of the ring during the first round of his encounter with Allen, causing consternation and the eventual cancellation of their bout.
Allen was incredulous, protesting the outcome of the fight, while Carty was escorted from the ring on foot following treatment.
An anticlimax in the chief-support fight caused an earlier entrance than planned for Westlife, who played ‘World of our Own’ and ‘You Raise Me Up’ as promoters Matchroom scrambled to fill time between the truncated chief-support bout and Katie Taylor’s farewell.
In the third-last bout of the evening, Limerick’s Paddy Donovan (16-2, 12KOs) took a step closer to a second world-title opportunity as he schooled Tyrone McKenna of Belfast (25-7-1, 8KOs) en route to a fifth-round stoppage.
Donovan dropped his longtime friend and sparring partner with a venomous right hook to the body in the second round, and proceeded to pepper McKenna until the Belfast man’s corner intervened between the fourth and the fifth.
Donovan, now 16-2, 12KOs, is first in line to challenge Liam Paro for the IBF welterweight world title, his contentious defeats by Lewis Crocker now firmly in the rearview.
The Andy Lee-trained Donovan received a huge reception at Croke Park. After his back-to-back losses to Crocker, both of which he believes illegitimate, he earned a career-best victory over the fancied Karen Chukhadzhian in Germany in May, and tonight’s victory over familiar veteran McKenna puts him top of the queue for another world-title challenge.
Earlier, Irish Olympian Emmet Brennan (6-1) was dropped on five occasions before being stopped by former British amateur standout Taylor Bevan (10-0, 9KOs).
Brennan, who hadn’t boxed professionally in 18 months, was beaten all ends up by Southampton-born Welshman Bevan, managed by Brian Peters, who is one of Matchroom Boxing’s brightest prospects at super-middleweight.
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