Dennis Hogan 1962-2020

[brilo33]

Dennis Hogan https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/73938 passed away just before christmas in london camden, a cork man boxed in america, he said that he use to train in the bronx same time as chris eubanks, sad he had some good stories and was a pro ,god bless

[bennie]

Hogan was one of the few naturally Irish fighters to campaign over here as a pro in the 1980s. Most of them stayed amateur. The Cork man turned pro with London manager Tony Lavelle, who also managed Sammy Reeson, but was floored and stopped by Midlander Tommy "Buck" Taylor in his second pro outing in Birmingham. (I bumped into Taylor on a London train one early morning and he was supping a strong can of beer, which made me wince a little.) Hogan then suffered a couple of cut eye defeats, one of them to the strapping Mike Aubrey, who looked like he had stepped out of Baywatch, but scored his first win in five starts when he outscored Londoner Steve Conway in 1987 in Coventry. Sadly, manager Lavelle was then killed in a horror smash on the M6 on the way to a show, when the car he was in jumped the central reservation into the path of oncoming traffic. Trainer Howard Rainey and boxers Patrick Lumumba and Keith Bristol (who was driving) miraculously survived.
That was the cue for Hogan to try his luck in the States and later in South Africa, but he wasn't busy enough to make an impression. RIP.

[mickey1975]

Hogan was one of the few naturally Irish fighters to campaign over here as a pro in the 1980s. Most of them stayed amateur. The Cork man turned pro with London manager Tony Lavelle, who also managed Sammy Reeson, but was floored and stopped by Midlander Tommy "Buck" Taylor in his second pro outing in Birmingham. (I bumped into Taylor on a London train one early morning and he was supping a strong can of beer, which made me wince a little.) Hogan then suffered a couple of cut eye defeats, one of them to the strapping Mike Aubrey, who looked like he had stepped out of Baywatch, but scored his first win in five starts when he outscored Londoner Steve Conway in 1987 in Coventry. Sadly, manager Lavelle was then killed in a horror smash on the M6 on the way to a show, when the car he was in jumped the central reservation into the path of oncoming traffic. Trainer Howard Rainey and boxers Patrick Lumumba and Keith Bristol (who was driving) miraculously survived.
That was the cue for Hogan to try his luck in the States and later in South Africa, but he wasn't busy enough to make an impression. RIP.

Wharton took on Aubrey in his second fight on the Honeyghan-Breland Bill. Henry gave loads of weight away but couldn’t put him away. Tough matching, really.