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just wondering...was he born in ireland, or was he born out here?

thunderfromdownunder wrote:just wondering...was he born in ireland, or was he born out here?

Ireland

What, The Irish Lightning moniker doesn't give you any clues?

dberry wrote:What, The Irish Lightning moniker doesn't give you any clues?

Great Irish slick boxer

Irish mikey ward was born in the states so you never know

Not only is not from Australia, I don't think you will ever see him back here

Byrne had 200 amateur fights in Ireland and started his pro fighting career here. He has had six fights here, six in the USA and two in Ireland. Where will he go after his next four fights?

doesnt he live in LA now? fights out of wildcard?

edit, i notice his last 2 fights were in dublin so guess hes back there.

thunderfromdownunder wrote:Irish mikey ward was born in the states so you never know

so was "the irish hand grenade" marcus davis

adamheight wrote:

thunderfromdownunder wrote:Irish mikey ward was born in the states so you never know

so was "the irish hand grenade" marcus davis

..and "Irish Jerry Quarry."

apparently Jim braddock was Irish to. Well Irish American

thunderfromdownunder wrote:apparently Jim braddock was Irish to. Well Irish American

All yanks claim claim to be Irish

so do a lot of aussies. 30% of Australians have some degree of Irish ancestry

Dean had some issues with his VISA in the States so had to leave the Wildcard. He is now based in Manchester and is being trained by Arnie Farnell and promoted by Frank W.arren. Warren seems to be trying to break into the Irish market as he has signed a few Irish fighters.

Here is a recent video interview with Dean from boxing-ireland.com: http://www.boxing-ireland.com/20110406_ ... ren_3.html

thunderfromdownunder wrote:so do a lot of aussies. 30% of Australians have some degree of Irish ancestry

Tell me about it. Of my 16 great-great grandparents 13 were Irish.

Brute wrote:

thunderfromdownunder wrote:so do a lot of aussies. 30% of Australians have some degree of Irish ancestry

Tell me about it. Of my 16 great-great grandparents 13 were Irish.

ha Thats cool.did you watch the doco on st pats day "the Irish in australia"? I recently found out im a direct decendant of paddy hannan. Who was that guy who found gold in WA, when i went over to Ireland last year i wanted to check out the statue of him, which i think was in co Claire. But i totally forgot.

Deno1986 wrote:Dean had some issues with his VISA in the States so had to leave the Wildcard. He is now based in Manchester and is being trained by Arnie Farnell and promoted by Frank W.arren. Warren seems to be trying to break into the Irish market as he has signed a few Irish fighters.

Here is a recent video interview with Dean from boxing-ireland.com: http://www.boxing-ireland.com/20110406_ ... ren_3.html

Visa issues is why he left here

Mark pawsey wrote:

Deno1986 wrote:Dean had some issues with his VISA in the States so had to leave the Wildcard. He is now based in Manchester and is being trained by Arnie Farnell and promoted by Frank W.arren. Warren seems to be trying to break into the Irish market as he has signed a few Irish fighters.

Here is a recent video interview with Dean from boxing-ireland.com: http://www.boxing-ireland.com/20110406_ ... ren_3.html

Visa issues is why he left here

Yeah he wasted a year of his career in the States because of it aswell.

His pretty good fighter and has time on his side, I heard he improved when he went to the states, also he's Paul Griffin's cousin, Paul was a very talented fighter aswell. I heard his back Ireland also and still fighting his about 40.