Paddy Donovan is a ‘Fairly Boy’ who received’t have the abdomen for the ugliness Lewis Crocker will carry to the ring claims the Belfast aspect of the proposed all-Eire struggle.
The pair have been strongly linked all through 2024 with each expressing a willingness to commerce leather-based.
Certainly it’s understood the boxers have agreed phrases and Matchroom hope to pit them in opposition to one another on high of a March 1 SSE Enviornment card.
If, as anticipated, they meet – probably in a world title eliminator- Crocker is adamant he’ll win.
‘The Croc’ believes he trumps ‘The Actual Deal’ within the expertise, energy, and guts departments.
The Billy Nelson-trained Sandyrow energy puncher’s confidence is bolstered from the Limerick southpaw’s efficiency in opposition to Lewis Ritson.
Crocker feels ‘The Sandman’, regardless of being stopped, had some success in opposition to the Andy Lee-trained expertise – and says if a light-weight can ask questions of Donovan, the southpaw received’t have the solutions for a fully-fledged energy punching mild welter.
The previous Holly Trinity novice additionally suggests Donovan’s confidence will drain as soon as they face off.
“I feel he (Donovan) will probably be ballsy-enough now however in terms of head-to-head it’ll be a special story,” he tells the Irish Information.
“What’s he had? 14 fights. I keep in mind once I had 14 fights – the distinction in me now and the expertise I’ve realized since then…
“There was far more strain on me in opposition to Tyrone McKenna than there’ll be in opposition to Donovan. McKenna was Belfast v Belfast! That is the primary large struggle that he’s been in so I’m trying ahead to seeing how he reacts to it.
“I feel he’s a little bit of a reasonably boy.
“Lewis Ritson was giving him issues in his final struggle and he was transferring up from light-weight. If he’s doing that then I’d fancy myself large time.
“He’s by no means had any adversity in any respect in fights. For the primary time he’s preventing a correct fighter and for the primary time he is aware of that he’s not going to cease his opponent.
“In each different struggle he’s had he’s gone in feeling snug that he’ll get the stoppage however there’s no probability he’ll cease me. I’m more durable than him, I’ve acquired extra coronary heart, I punch tougher and he’ll discover out rather a lot about himself.”
The Munster boxer has agreed to go to Belfast to struggle however submit Crocker’s victory over Conah Walker, Donovan, who will get out in England subsequent week, referred to as for Eddie Hearn to advertise the conflict in Limerick, Dublin or New York, one thing the Conlan Boxing managed boxer believes is an indication of weak point.
“I’d have fought this man anyplace,” stated Crocker.
“He was speaking in regards to the struggle being in Limerick however he’s in no place to name any pictures – he’ll struggle the place Eddie Hearn tells him to struggle.
“I’d struggle him in his again backyard, I don’t care. I feel it confirmed weak point in him to attempt to name the place the struggle present be – I’ll struggle him anyplace.”
“Essentially the most he’s gone in his profession is eight rounds and I’ve headlined and been 10 rounds thrice. I’ve needed to cope with stuff that he hasn’t.”
