On April 1st in Dublin, a new name from Kerry joined the pro ranks with a first round stoppage: 21 year old light welterweight Paddy Walsh.Here he is profiled for irish-boxing.com: https://www.irish-boxing.com/introducing-paddy-walsh/Paddy is the older brother of 5-0-2 light middleweight Liam, who notched his second stoppage on the same card. Keep a look out in the future for an interview with Paddy here on the site.That Dublin show was the first of three to take place in the Republic this month, alongside a Neil Power bill in Waterford and tomorrow’s Conlan boxing show in Galway.It’s exciting times, and next up to bat is Tommy Hyde for his belated pro homecoming to Cork city in June. Speaking of that Conlan boxing show in Galway, it will be streamed in this part of the world free on YouTube by Boxing Social:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeD1kG6ezS4&list=WL&index=5The highlight for me is Kerry boxer Kevin Cronin’s crunch rematch with Jamie Morrissey for the Irish super middleweight title. Win or lose, I’ll be catching up with Kevin post-fight here soon.So with Alberto Puello the latest boxer to fall ‘fowl’ of, ahem, contaminated eggs, it looks like Rolly Romero, fresh off a viral video of getting knocked out in sparring, will be an unlikely 140lb. world titlist.That’s because his new opponent for the belt is likely to be 4o year old Ismael Barroso, a full 7 years after he was stopped by Anthony Crolla and having lost twice more in the interim. Only in boxing.Wishing a great retirement to Bilbao’s action warrior Kerman Lejarraga. It’s apropos that a Brit Basher Hall of Fame nominee should have his career ended by Liverpool’s James Metcalf. ‘Big Bang’ Zhang versus ‘The Juggernaut’ Joe Joyce was as fun as we could have hoped for. Chinese Power won out for a memorable upset, and, while a lot of criticism has been levied at Joyce for his weaknesses being exposed, I prefer to focus on the positive. We went into the fight with one must-see heavyweight to focus on, and emerged with two. I can’t wait to see what both men do next. Orale Guatemala!

Tomorrow the people of Chivarreto, Guatemala hold their yearly Good Friday bare-knuckle boxing festival where the locals gather to beat the shit out of each other.

Whole thing streams on FB at 3:30pm ET: https://t.co/rkkJ37R3Yy https://t.co/JJd8FihXVq

— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) April 6, 2023

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