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feather weight mickey coveney
bbboc have ordered akaash bahtia to defend his southern erea title against mickey coveney in his next defence because of the bad referees decision at brentwood centre on frank maloneys show where coveney lost on points over 6 rounds and i understand the ref jeff hinds is to be repremanded
also coveneys fighting in ireland this weekend for the irish feather weight title

good to hear, that decision was bollocks

Coveney fights Pat Hyland in Dublin on Saturday, so he's plenty busy at the moment

Give ANY Feather Weight out there Alot of Problems, never see the Brentwood fight must of been a Bad Decision to order a Rematch?

Londonirish wrote:Give ANY Feather Weight out there Alot of Problems, never see the Brentwood fight must of been a Bad Decision to order a Rematch?

The well known publication was ambivalent but I was there and it was at least a draw, IMO Coveney did the better work Bhatia shoeshined for the ref, Coveney had the better power shots.

Londonirish wrote:Give ANY Feather Weight out there Alot of Problems, never see the Brentwood fight must of been a Bad Decision to order a Rematch?

I was very impressed with Coveney on the undercard of Rogan V Sexton II. Really made the bigger Kevin O'Hara work for the win. Cuts the ring off well and dosen't waste any punches. Solid fighter.

I never seen the fight, was it a blatent robbery?

I'm a mate of Mick's and there has been more blatant robberies but it was pretty bad. It just goes to show how subjective things are. I had it 4 rounds to 2 for Mick, Bhatia had one round he won clearly and another that he nicked. Mick outboxed him and outworked him for the other 4 in my opinion. Bhatia as Matthew says showed flashes but they were so infrequent and he seemed so reluctant to throw shots, when he did If it had been scored a draw it wouldn't of been controversial, I think what shocked everyone the most was that the ref has seen it so very differently to everyone else, 59-55 was just very strange and is why I think he has been reprimanded.

As it happens I saw Akash on the undercard of the Williams v McDermott fight and he looked absolutely fantastic and he can definately box a lot better than he did that night.
Re-match should be a good one regardless, Mick will be bang up for it and i'm convinced he will do it this time, as long as Jeff Hinds isn't the ref!

I'm fighting Coveney now on the Liverpool bill March 12th. Should be good.

$wifty wrote:I'm fighting Coveney now on the Liverpool bill March 12th. Should be good.

Have seen him fight? if not dont by his record and treat it as an easy one, iv done that before and started to question my self half way through the fight...

When you looking to get in the title mix?

$wifty wrote:I'm fighting Coveney now on the Liverpool bill March 12th. Should be good.

great little fight for you, be intresting too see how you handle him & showing versatility in your style.
i know when derry matthews was on par he badly struggled with mickey,who took the fight on the short & wasnt even fit.

$wifty wrote:I'm fighting Coveney now on the Liverpool bill March 12th. Should be good.

Good luck mate, good bit of matchmaking their and a tough fight for you. I hope it gets a bit of time on Friday Fights Night.

Londonirish wrote:

$wifty wrote:I'm fighting Coveney now on the Liverpool bill March 12th. Should be good.

Have seen him fight? if not dont by his record and treat it as an easy one, iv done that before and started to question my self half way through the fight...

When you looking to get in the title mix?

Wont be taking him lightly mate, wouldnt dare but thanks for the advice. Like I said...should be good. Looking forward to it.

Wanting to be in the title mix now really...wanted an English title fight this time but nothing seems to have come of it. Shouldnt be too long though as long as I keep winning and improving

hurlock wrote:

$wifty wrote:I'm fighting Coveney now on the Liverpool bill March 12th. Should be good.

great little fight for you, be intresting too see how you handle him & showing versatility in your style.
i know when derry matthews was on par he badly struggled with mickey,who took the fight on the short & wasnt even fit.

Yeah, used the head a lot against Derry. Derry ended up with 18 stitches after the fight. Like I said I wont be underestimating Mickey and look forward to the fight.

Coveneys fight against Pajo Hyland for the Irish Featherweight title should be televised along with Oisin Fagan vs Andy Murray and a few others fights including top prospect Alexei Acosta vs Felix Machado.

It will be broadcast for free at http://www.rte.ie/live/
Coverage starts at around 9.30pm Saturday

Some great odd in Boyle Sports for the Irish Title fight Against Pajo Hyland

Tuff little fighter coveney he posed afew questions for pat hyland who says hes ready for any british or euro featherweight!
hes not imo the applebys simpsons and lindseys would be to much for him!

Fair play to Coveney, he done really well against Pajo last night and it was probably level on the cards. Pajo said in his post fight interview that Coveney was probably the toughest fighter he has fought to date. Coveney was visibly upset at the end but I hope he catches a break in the near future, seems like a top lad and his record doesn't reflect his abiltiy.

Deno1986 wrote:Fair play to Coveney, he done really well against Pajo last night and it was probably level on the cards. Pajo said in his post fight interview that Coveney was probably the toughest fighter he has fought to date. Coveney was visibly upset at the end but I hope he catches a break in the near future, seems like a top lad and his record doesn't reflect his abiltiy.

I see he got Stopped how was it Stopped what happened? Thanks

Londonirish wrote:

Deno1986 wrote:Fair play to Coveney, he done really well against Pajo last night and it was probably level on the cards. Pajo said in his post fight interview that Coveney was probably the toughest fighter he has fought to date. Coveney was visibly upset at the end but I hope he catches a break in the near future, seems like a top lad and his record doesn't reflect his abiltiy.

I see he got Stopped how was it Stopped what happened? Thanks

Coveney got caught with a real hard straight right which floored him and shook him up quite a bit.
He made it to his feet, and although he had his legs under him he just wasn't coherent enough to stop the follow up barage from Hyland and the ref jumpeed in after a few decent shots.

http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1066467
The full card can be found there, Murray v Fagan is on first and Hyland v Coveney is the next one after.

I felt if coveny got thru the round of the knock down he could of goy back into the fight!
It jus show the level pat hyland has bin fighting at hes no way ready for the top british featherweights or euros!
I waz looking forward to micky fight for the southern area title nxt month its a shame he got stopped!