Rumble in the Bay III

Peter Folley’s event at the Salthill, Leisureland sports complex Galway. The event saw history being made on Irish soil as the first Amateur heavyweight title fight was contest for. Seam Collier of Cork ripped the title away from the Turkish World champion in the 2nd round when the champion was knocked through the ropes and failed to climb back in again – after a sensational flairie of punch and kicks combinations sent him packing. And just 1.30 of the third round Ireland had it’s first heavyweight World champion.

Galway man Owen Flatley took the Superlightweight Intercontinental title after when the Referee stopped the fight in the fourth round to stop the former champion Mrssr form Belgium from taking any more punishment after sustaining an injury to his leg.

On the under card saw ProKick's young hopefuls strut their stuff – and strut their stuff they did, Debutant Nick Baird was first up in an all action old fashion toe -toe war with neither fighter wanting to take a step back – after a had fought bout over three rounds the ProKick fighter from Ballynahinch won on kicks – Pat McCann of Dublin failed to make his mandatory kicks count and Baird was declared the winner.

Debutants - Brian Boyd Saintfield Vs Graham Gill Dublin was one of the most exciting bouts witnessed for a long time - the Glentoarn star kicked with all the grace and style of someone who had been through this a hundred times The confident the air Conditioning Engineer had the crown shouting for more when he jumped through the air with flying kick as he rocked the Dubliners head back on a few occasion forcing the referee to stop the bout haft way in the second round Brian said, “ that was brilliant, nearly as good as sex - I cant wait until Scotland I’m so excited I felt so relaxed in there there’s a lot more to come.”

Tony Millar was the last of the ProKick fighters to climb though the ropes – the enter Millar family four brothers and sister Karen Mum & Dad friends and other family members a total of over twenty supports travelled the 5 hours journey…. and they weren’t disappointed either - Belfast Tony Millar (16) - the Black Belt kickboxer was in spectacular form as he squared up against the tough Mark O’Brien of Limerick 16 Mark was from a conventional boxing back ground which was evident in his style as he tried to close Tony down and work in the inside. The two little terries battled it out in the centre of the ring until Tony caught Mark with some nice kicks to the head by the end of the first the referee jumped in to give the Limerick man a standing count in the closing seconds of round one. But the cutesy southern fought back well to test Tony’s resolve and that he did by punching him to the final bell that’s Tony Millar three fight three wins. He said after the bout, that was the hardest yet, I thought he has gone in the first but the bell save mum and he came back well in the next two round he was a very good puncher. It was good my family travelled here I could hear them all shouting they helped me to know that they were there.

Billy Murray Said, " I'm very please with all the boys, they've all worked very hard in the gym and it's clear if you work hard at anything you get results. this week end in Scotland should be a great event we're all looking forward to it.

Sean Collier
(Wexford)
Winner 2nd round KO

Ken Horne (S.Ireland)
(Middleweight)

Winner 2nd RSF