Jay Byrne says serving to a hidden gem sparkle below the Nationwide Stadium lights tomorrow evening will likely be one of many proudest moments of his life.
It’s not that the Evening of Champions promoter will experience bringing one of many lesser-known boxers in his steady to the fore, it’s extra private than that for the JB Promotions boss man.
‘The Negotiators’ youthful brother, Glen Byrne, contests one of many 4 title fights on the cardboard – and it offers the potential for a particular evening for the battle maker.
Glen Byrne’s BUI Celtic gentle middleweight title battle with Spaniard Charly Lopez is poignant for the present’s promoter for numerous causes.
Byrne, who has guided his youthful sibling to a title battle inside 5 wins, doubles up as his brother’s coach, so will likely be within the nook as he challenges for the ornamental strap in a venue the place he claimed BUI Celtic title success by defeating Crank Whitehouse in 2017.
“I’m not only a promoter on the evening. I’m additionally Glens coach and we go to the venue had been I gained my Celtic title,” he tells Irish-boxing.com.
“It’s nice that eight years later, he has the identical alternative I had. To have the ability to ship that to him means so much to me as effectively. Will probably be an emotional evening for me and the household to see him get his hand raised and win that belt. For me, profitable the title was a dream come true, and I do know for him will probably be the identical.”
Greater than only a good household second, Byrne, who twice fought for the sunshine middleweight model of the strap, the promoter says it would an occasion of large private prize if Glen Byrne has his hand raised.
“It will be one of many proudest moments of my life as a result of I’ve been with him facet by facet the entire manner by means of his journey. I’ve seen how exhausting he has labored, I obtained one, and he ought to undoubtedly win the title as a result of he’s so much higher than I used to be,” he provides earlier than explaining simply how good he thinks his brother is.
“He has the center, the stubbornness and work ethic I had, however he can field so much higher than me. He deserves it. I consider he can do it. He’s a hidden gem in Irish boxing, and I don’t simply say that as a result of he’s my brother.”
