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We have the card in Ireland with two EBU title fights on it.

We have Jason Booth challenging for the world title

We have an all British, Commonwealth title fight on the Undercard of Booth vs Molitor.

And then we have Willie Limond's "mission possible" (but I would say unlikely) out in Mexico.

Be great if UK TV (somehow) showcased all of these fights.

I'm going to the show at york hall that same night - don't forget that!!!!

I'll be in Sunderland covering Kirkby's Jennings brothers.

Both have good tests. Stephen faces George Watson whilst Lee tackles Kirk Goddings.

Spanish puncher Kiko Martinez guns for his old European super-bantamweight title against Armenia's gutsy and durable Arsen Martirosyan at the National Stadium in Dublin on September 11. The title is vacant, made so by pending world title challenger Rendall Munroe.
Martinez ripped the big belt from Dublin's own Bernard Dunne in a real shocker in the city a few years ago but Leicester's Munroe took it back in turn, and Martinez has found himself largely out in the cold, although he is still dangerous and needed just 86 seconds to dispose of Dunne, later to capture a world title. Kiko comes off two quick stoppage wins.
However, Martirosyan has never been stopped and was described by Frank Maloney as a "tough nut" when he went 12 rounds with southpaw Munroe in Nottingham in 2008, so we can expect a long, hard fight between two good fighters, with Martinez's greater quality - and greater popularity in Dublin - taking him to the points.

stujones wrote:We have the card in Ireland with two EBU title fights on it.

We have Jason Booth challenging for the world title

We have an all British, Commonwealth title fight on the Undercard of Booth vs Molitor.

And then we have Willie Limond's "mission possible" (but I would say unlikely) out in Mexico.

Be great if UK TV (somehow) showcased all of these fights.

I don't think the card in Ireland influences British boxing that much.
It'll be shown on RTÉ btw, and unless tv stations in Spain/France fancy picking up the fight(doubt they will) it'll be aired on RTÉ.ie and available to watch Worldwide.

Best of luck to Jason Booth though, it's gonna be a very tough ask for him against Molitor.
I like Willie Limond aswell, but I can't support anyone over Morales, he's my favourite ever fighter.

Also Glen Foots Pro Debut I Believe

Who's going to the North East show?

I was never a fan of Erik Morales. The tall Tijuana man bucked the classic Mexican fighting approach for swarming, snarling aggression as he stood off and picked straight, accurate punches. His cynical air, long before he ought to have been cynical, bothered me more. The very picture of aloofness, Erik is back again on Saturday when he tackles our own Willie Limond in a Mexico City 12-rounder.
Morales launched his comeback earlier this year with a 12-round decision over Nicaragua’s Jose Alfaro in Monterrey up at welterweight. The 34-year-old millionaire had dropped out of boxing in 2007 after a run of defeats, two at the hands of Manny Pacquiao. He gorged himself and turned up at boxing events, fat, bored, more aloof than ever. Morales dearly missed the sport, so his return in March raised few eyebrows and he looked surprisingly good against Alfaro, although he didn’t have much to beat. Morales, who promotes this fight, drops down to light-welterweight for Limond, who is no banger and fights at lightweight. Call Erik aloof, don’t call him stupid.
Morales has enough left to beat anyone outside the top six or seven in the world at light-welterweight (and thus Limond) and is angling for a fourth showdown with Marco Antonio Barrera if gets past Limond, whom he dismisses as a stepping stone. The venue for Saturday is a bullring, able to house 50,000; the day, a celebration of Mexican Independence. The size of the task facing Limond - one helluva f ucking joiner - gets bigger and bigger and bigger.
Yes, Limond goes over as the whipping boy but the gritty, seasoned, capable Scot will have seen Ricky Burns upset the odds against Puerto Rico’s previously unbeaten Rocky Martinez over the weekend and nearly upset the odds himself when he floored an unbeaten Amir Khan amid a bloody, thrilling encounter in London in 2007 – now a leading light-welterweight like Morales. Limond, with Billy Nelson in his corner that night, found Khan easy to nail with the right and looked set for stunning victory when a series put Khan down in the sixth round, but the china-chinned Khan dragged himself up, fired right back and turned the fight his way. Limond, now trained by Peter Harrison, was rescued by Nelson two rounds later.
Limond seriously marks up in his fights, and an eardrum has gone a few times, but the sheer size of Morales and the altitude pose bigger threats to the 31-year-old Glaswegian, taking part in his first ever fight outside Britain. Willie lacks obvious experience abroad but also the clout to discourage the bigger Morales, who will be sinking in the body shots and revelling in the conditions, and revelling in his comeback. The light is back in Erik’s narrow eyes, the smirk on his thin lips.
Willie has enough guts and boxing ability to make it through to the final bell, where Morales takes the points, but a points defeat is as good as it gets on his own personal Mission Impossible.

is the Limond fight available to watch anywhere at all?

Brian Magee shook off his 'Boring Brian' tag when he hammered the world class Mads Larsen earlier this year to capture the European super-middleweight title. The Belfast veteran makes his first defence on Saturday against tough Armenian Roman Aramyan in Dublin.
Magee really did surprise the experts with a quite stunning display of fire and aggression on the road against Larsen, dropping the muscular Dane four times before the overdue stoppage in round seven. Brian, normally a sober, punch-picking southpaw, unhinged Larsen with ripping body shots and has now stopped his last three opponents at 33-3-1 (23), so he is hitting harder than ever at the ripe old age of 35.
Aramyan has years on him at 26 but was stopped in six rounds by scary German Jurgen Brahmer when he stepped up in 2005, although southpaw Brahmer hits hard enough to stop anyone. The challenger, who fights out of Germany, also lost when he stepped up against Robert Stieglitz, Sebastian Sylvester (twice) and Stjepan Bozic, all of whom he took the distance, so we know he brings durability and a decent whack to Dublin, otherwise those men would have walked through him like Brahmer, the current WBO light-heavyweight champion, when he’s not beating up other road users. Brahmer remains the only man to stop Aramyan.
It’s not all about defeat. Aramyan has won 17 of his last 18 contests, admittedly in quite poor company. He wins at a level below championship level and loses when he steps up. Magee constitutes another step up, of course, a man who once went 11 rounds with Carl Froch before he was caught with a big uppercut. It remains the only time slick Brian has been stopped, so he also brings durability and a decent whack to Dublin - and by far the better boxing skills.
Magee cruises to a unanimous decision over the spirited Aramyan.