Pierce O'Leary vs. Mark Chamberlain | DAZN - 1 August 2026

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Ireland's Bobbi 'Flash' Flood ready to wreak havoc at 154 pounds

There is an art to choosing a nickname.

It should be accurate and snappy, while also needing to roll off the tongue.

If early evidence is to be believed, Bobbi 'Flash' Flood is as apt as it is catchy.

Flood (2-0, 1 KO) will make his third professional appearance when boxing at Dublin’s 3Arena on Saturday night but the 21-year-old Irishman has already he can drag an opponent into deep waters quickly and without warning.

“My sister just said I’d have to have a nickname being a pro now so she just came up with ‘Flash’ Flood,” he told The Ring.
“There was ‘Hurricane’ in there as well but I just think ‘Flash’ Flood just goes better.”

Junior middleweights around the world should start thinking about shoring up their flood defences. The Dubliner already looks certain to be a flag bearer of Irish boxing for years to come.

Irish boxing is booming.

There is a long list of talented fighters operating at title level and the 3Arena is becoming a regular stop on the boxing circuit.

The conditions look ideal for Flood and heavyweight prospect Adam Olaniyan (2-0, 2 KOs) to develop into fighters and characters capable of headlining events for years to come.

Flood won 10 national titles and European youth gold as an amateur whilst Olaniyan won seven national titles and a world youth gold. The two are longtime friends and there is nobody Flood would rather share the spotlight with.

“Yeah, we are the new faces of Irish boxing now in the pro game. Especially me and Adam being so young, we'll have to just take that in our stride and just keep pushing, keep the pace until we can say, 'You know what? We are the faces.'” he said.

“Still a lot of time to go, but we're still only two young kids chasing their dreams. I'm glad to be doing it beside Adam, being on the same shows because we've known each other since being kids on boxing trips.

“It’s great to see him living the same life because I know I dreamt of it so he's definitely done the same. We're just two young kids from a council estate living our dream life.”

Some talented young fighters get caught up in the excitement of turning professional and end up neglecting the qualities that made them successful amateurs.

As well as challenging for a professional world title, Flood’s trainer Stephen ‘Swifty’ Smith was an outstanding amateur fighter. He quickly realised the style that brought Flood such success will also help make him an effective pro.

Rather than have Flood slow down his work and probe for openings, Smith realised his new student was smart enough to think and incorporate the things they work on in the gym whilst operating at his customary high pace.

“I thought once I turned pro it was going to be all slowed down but I'm just keeping that amateur pace,” Flood said.

“I’m obviously relaxing on the feet a little bit but I'm still boom-boom, boom, boom, boom, boom-boom rather than just throwing two shots, taking a step back and relaxing and then two again. I'm keeping the pace high.

“That's what ‘Swifty’ always does when we're on the pads. It’s always high pace pads. He wants me to keep that amateur pace up because a lot of pros can't deal with it. They like catching them - I do too - and throwing back but if someone's hitting you with three or four punches, you block three and one or two are going to land.”

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Chamberlain keen to flourish as O'Leary presents career-best test

It didn't take long for small hall boxing followers to start closely monitoring Mark Chamberlain's progress.

Here was a tall southpaw armed with the ability to drop or stop any lightweight he hit cleanly.

Chamberlain made a slow, steady rise through the ranks until early 2024 when catching Turki Alalshikh's eye. An unexpected Saudi Arabia trip followed, featuring on the Anthony Joshua-Francis Ngannou undercard.

Catapulted into the limelight, the Portsmouth man seized his moment and stopped former European champion Gavin Gwynne in four impressive rounds. Two months later, he was back in Riyadh to dismiss Joshua Wahab inside three minutes.

Those who don't watch prospects develop closely overlooked Chamberlain's work, patronisingly describing him as 'Turki's favourite' and ran with that theme until a stale showing as he lost over 10 rounds to Josh Padley at Wembley in September 2024.

They wrote him off as a nice story, moving swiftly to the next.

Chamberlain (17-1-1, 12 KOs) hasn't gone anywhere.

This Saturday, the 27-year-old fights Pierce O'Leary (19-0, 11 KOs) in Dublin atop a Queensberry show on DAZN knowing a win over The Ring's No. 9 junior welterweight will put him right back centre of conversations.

"It all stemmed from there, really," he told The Ring remembering his unexpected first trip to the Middle East.

"It's hard, not just for me, but whether you're a professional boxer, really good bricklayer, painter, builder ... someone always has got something [negative] to say about you. Whether it's in sport, construction or whatever.

"You're always going to have people commenting and saying, 'He could have done this' or 'You don't deserve that'. It's all jealousy and it's just a cruel world we live in really."

That defeat by Padley was Chamberlain's lone off-night since turning professional in 2018 but seems to have cast a shadow over everything he did before or has done since. omeone's got something to say about anything you do.”

Nobody has handled the tough Gwynne like Chamberlain managed. Nobody has stood up to the relentless Jack Rafferty the way he did during their exciting back-and-forth draw in August.

His performance last summer earned him a shot at another of the promotional company's in-form hopefuls; heavy-handed O'Leary. The fight was set for March but Chamberlain withdrew after suffering a serious chest infection.

At their June press conference, a confident O'Leary doubted Chamberlain's reasons for withdrawing first time around and didn't hesitate to let him know: the visitor's best chance of victory had slipped away.

"I think he's got a bit of a bee in his bonnet," Chamberlain said.

"I don't know why, maybe he thinks I pulled out because I was scared, but I was ill. Even if it's the biggest fight of your life, a big night, we can come again, get yourself better.

"I'm expecting the old, 'I just want to thank Mark for turning up this time' and all that but this [withdrawal criticism] is all a load of rubbish.

"I told him I'd be there. I ain't got a bad word to say about the fella. I don't know him, but know we're getting there and gonna have a fight."

Chamberlain is going into the biggest fight of his life with a souped-up training team.

He and his longtime trainer Jarred Partridge have brought Azza Woodcock into their orbit and also begun spending more time alongside the all-star cast at Ben Davison's Performance Center.

If successful this Saturday, Chamberlain should find himself back on the biggest of stages and wants to ensure he remains there.

"It's great [his training situation], I can't thank Ben and Azza enough for letting me be in the gym around them boys," he said.

"I needed to get out of my comfort zone, be in the gym with elite fighters. I'm doing my sparring and then jumping on the bag to cool down but then I've got Moses [Itauma] on the bag on the other side of me doing his work with Luke [McCormack], then you've got Leigh Wood over there.

"The gym's just thriving with elite fighters and that's what I need."

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What are the odds?
O’Leary is a short 2/5 favourite to score a career best victory and continue his unbeaten run. Chamberlain is a very live underdog at 7/4.

[black panther]

Good little card this.

Interested to see the prospect Barney against Bellotti.

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Good little card this.

Interested to see the prospect Barney against Bellotti.

That’s a very interesting fight

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Pierce O’Leary - 139.5lbs
Mark Chamberlain - 139.8lbs

[Taansend]

I see Naz's oldest son is making his pro debut.

Funny to think he's only 18 months younger than when Prince retired.

Hope he does well. Then he can fight Marco Antonio Barrera's son in a revenge bout.

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Fight night!!

[SeanBrennan]

I’m so guna fall asleep before the main event im in Crete so expect to fall asleep about 3 fights before the end

Looking forward to seeing Sami debut though.

I appear to have adopted a stray cat though so they’ll probably enjoy the fight….

[Kilburn]

Quite an interesting little card. Although wouldn’t have minded seeing a slightly sturdier looking opponent for Olaniyan.

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Live from 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland..
Queensberry Promotions presents :No Turning Back

Time: 4 pm (UK time)
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Time: 7 pm UK
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Running Order

*Fight card subject to change.

Live on Facebook | YouTube: 4 pm

6 Round Welterweight Contest
Machlan Arthur (1-0, 1 KO) vs. Frost

6 Round Super Lightweight Contest
Sean McComb (21-2, 6 KOs) vs. Miguel Cesario Antin

10 Round Super-Lightweight Contest
Gary Cully (19-2, 10 KOs) vs. Lee Reeves (16-1, 11 KOs)

4 Round Super-Welterweight Contest
John Joe Carrigan vs. Sean Murray

4 Round Super-Welterweight Contest
Sami Hamed vs. Orban

6 Round Super-Welterweight Contest
Bobbi Flood (2-0, 1 KO) vs. Tariq Davis

Live on DAZN: 7 pm UK | 2 pm ET

10 Round Super-Welterweight Contest
Ben Fail (11-0, 6 KOs) vs. Craig O’Brien (15-4, 2 KOs)

Followed by

10 Round Super-Lightweight Contest
Steven Cairns (14-0, 9 KOs) vs. Senan Kelly (12-1, 2 KOs)

Followed by

4 Round Heavyweight Contest
Adam Olaniyan (2-0, 2 KOs) vs. Jonathan Claudio Sauco

Followed by

Vacant IBO Inter-Continental Super-Featherweight Championship
Royston Barney-Smith (16-0, 8 KOs) vs. Reece Bellotti (20-7, 15 KOs)

Followed by

IBO Super-Lightweight Championship
Pierce O’Leary (19-0, 11 KOs) vs Mark Chamberlain (17-1-1, 12 KOs)

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There’s your card. Running order.

Enjoy.

[tony1234]

There’s your card. Running order.

Enjoy.

Hopefully an enjoyable bout or 2 there

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Prelims

[mickey1975]

I'd have Carrigan and Flood on the main card.

[Kilburn]

Cully v Reeves is a nice little match up for the prelims.

[Kilburn]

I reckon Reeves was definitely a fan of Pacquiao when he was a kid.

Defence too leaky though.

[skanksta]

Cully vs Reeves shoulda defo been main event - 'small hall classic'.
Big twists and turns and stunning finish.

[mickey1975]

Carrigan is class.

[Kilburn]

Yeah that was a tidy finish.

[Kilburn]

Didn’t realise Sami Hamed had a couple of Misfits fights. Maybe I saw them and forgot that I had.

[JamesPhilips]

Didn’t realise Sami Hamed had a couple of Misfits fights. Maybe I saw them and forgot that I had.

Yes and on that performance needs to got back to Misfits. And his brother should do the same.

[Kilburn]

“Flash” Flood is a cracking nickname. Not much else you can do with that surname admittedly.

[keithmoonhangover]

Evening fellas.

[Kilburn]

Top of the evening to you Keithy.