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00:00 Well, plenty of support for Fergus Quinn here at the Falls Park in Belfast.
00:11 A 26-year-old from Belique in County Armagh in against the Nicaraguan Romero Blanco.
00:17 A year in his season.
00:18 Second set, round one.
00:19 This one's scheduled for six rounds in the middleweight division and Quinn, or the mighty
00:25 Quinn, who wears the green shorts with gold trim in against Blanco, whose name is emblazoned
00:32 quite clearly across the band of his shorts, wears the red and white.
00:36 Quinn immediately goes to work on the front foot.
00:44 Yeah, Quinn going straight about his business, landed a good backhand there from a good left
01:08 hand from the southpaw stance.
01:11 And he's got a huge fan base here with him as well.
01:14 You could hear the noise levels just rise to another decibel when he made his ring walk.
01:22 There's another fellow as well from a GAA background.
01:30 Very good player like James Freeman, who we saw earlier.
01:33 Similarly with Armagh.
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04:00 And incidentally, can I just draw your attention to the left-hand side here now, Eric, because
04:04 just out of the ring, still holding court is one of our favorite away fighters now,
04:08 I think.
04:09 J. Roe Fernando Durant is still not gone in the dressing room.
04:12 He's still having fun with everybody.
04:13 He's really enjoying his time here.
04:17 You know, it's great to have him because he's bringing so much color and atmosphere to this
04:22 show and this event.
04:23 I think he's had a picture taken with half the crowd here.
04:26 There are thousands here now in the Falls Park.
04:29 Isn't it just wonderful, isn't it?
04:33 Around two here.
04:34 Quinn just edging forward again, just trying to...
04:38 Oh, good left hand.
04:39 ...get some dominance.
04:40 Good solid left hand there from Quinn.
04:45 Oh, very good again.
04:47 Once again, another shot won too.
04:53 A little exchange there, a bit of give and take as Blanco lands his own.
05:04 There's some great action going on here, Dom, you know, and it seems to be a very good matchup.
05:12 But it's been fabulous to see as well that a lot of the guys we expect Blanco to really
05:41 put in a shift, but there hasn't been one away fighter that hasn't come to win.
05:45 No, they've really stepped up tonight, to be fair.
05:52 It's good work from Quinn.
05:57 Very strong fighter Quinn himself.
05:58 Had six wins, six fights, six wins.
06:00 He only had two stoppages of those six wins.
06:03 One of them was for the BUI Celtic title against Graham McCormack from Limerick.
06:09 Another great Irish domestic fighter.
06:19 Strong solid looking fella Quinn.
06:21 Yeah, he's very strong.
06:23 Michael Conlon believes he's the most underrated Irish fighter.
06:25 You know, he's a...
06:28 You know, when you've got Michael saying that about you, that really says something.
06:32 So he's a good, hard, honest guy, you know, humble guy, really down to earth.
06:39 He gets into that ring, he just kind of goes to work, goes about his business.
06:46 Real throwback fighter, he just has it out, like he's a Sao Paulo style, but he's boxing,
06:52 you know, far different from your typical Sao Paulo boxer who would be slick and on
06:59 the back foot.
07:00 He's a toe to toe type fighter, wants to have it at close quarters.
07:07 Exciting to watch.
07:09 Yep.
07:10 It's a small ring here this evening, but he doesn't really need a ring does he?
07:19 I mean, it is a small ring and it will suit Fergus, you know, because in how he likes
07:27 to fight in his style, his come forward style, it's great to see the great Gerry Sturry,
07:34 senior and junior, in his corner there as his coaches.
07:39 Those lads have given some service to boxing over the years and they're still doing it.
07:45 Great corner over there.
07:46 Gerry Sturry is one of the true legends of Belfast boxing and beyond.
07:52 Yeah.
07:53 I've been lucky to man my corner for about two or three of my fights in my professional
08:00 career.
08:01 So, very, very fortunate, lucky to have that experience and share some really great memories
08:10 with him.
08:11 Corner's hand, sack it.
08:12 Corner's hand, sack it.
08:13 Sack and take, round three.
08:30 Just before the bell there, Fergus was standing in his corner looking over at the replay on
08:34 the big screen and he was intrigued.
08:37 He was showing the sequence of punches that finished the end of the second round and he
08:44 was just looking, curiosity, how am I doing in this fight?
08:50 I think he's doing alright, isn't he?
08:53 He's definitely doing alright.
09:05 Still applying the pressure.
09:07 Fergus Quinn letting the hands go.
09:09 Again, the type of fighter that doesn't mind if he gets one back, he's going to get those
09:14 hands in gear, which is what he's doing again.
09:17 Blanco to his credit is trying to get free to land some of his own, but it's relentless
09:23 pressure from Quinn at the moment.
09:25 It is.
09:26 It's an incredible pace he's setting, but that's his style, that's how he boxes.
09:32 He just wants to continue doing what works for him and certainly working in this fight.
09:38 That was a good right hand though landed by Blanco.
09:48 A bit of riding in across the bridge of the nose of Fergus Quinn, so it shows that Blanco
10:07 is hitting the target too.
10:20 Nice work from Quinn, good level changing as well, up to the head, down to the body.
10:31 A bit of blood coming from the nose of Blanco now, so it's really starting to heat, hotting
10:41 up in here now.
10:53 The crowd really finding the voice as well here, at Falls Park in Belfast.
10:58 Blanco, Quinn both exchanging on the ropes here.
11:04 His phone box stuff really is.
11:05 This is brilliant, this is really top class action.
11:10 Got caught with a good punch there Quinn, but answered back.
11:14 Landed a short right hook on the, oh, and a left hand over the top.
11:20 Blanco is taking big, big punches here now.
11:26 We know about his durability, his nose is all fashioned up now as well.
11:30 Again, he's not a man that's shy of this kind of action as well, but this has been relentless
11:36 from Quinn.
11:39 They are big punches going in, really, really big punches and for a guy that's, as I said,
11:47 so far position, so far style, so far stance, he's so exciting to watch.
11:54 Really, really exciting and the crowd are starting to get engaged now as well, Dom,
11:58 with this fight.
11:59 Blanco's, you know, he's on the road almost 10 years, been in with so many people, so
12:05 many different class and level of fighters.
12:08 Fergus Quinn is only, you know, professional for the last few years, made his debut in
12:13 2020, but he looks very much at home in that ring there and corners that right hook off
12:20 the ropes.
12:21 Just a little dip and I don't know how Blanco stayed standing after that, but...
12:27 Second sight, round four!
12:28 Great pull, great pull, leg strength, Fergus Quinn.
12:33 Again, straight out of the traps and going to work again.
12:38 He clearly has great belief in the engine as well because the pace, well it hasn't dipped
12:42 as yet anyway.
12:43 Yeah, he's just, he's boxing like somebody that's been professional for years and years,
12:50 but like it's only his seventh fight.
12:57 The pace is starting to get to Blanco now, he wants to hold.
13:08 He's not enjoying himself now.
13:11 He's not enjoying the pace of this fight.
13:14 He did take some big punches in that last round.
13:30 And sinks in these shots with... oh good right hook.
13:44 Left hook over the top and a right hook, there's that.
13:46 Once again Blanco is, he's showing some chin, I tell you that.
13:51 And coming back.
13:52 With the chop in right hand from Quinn, again finds the target, but still Blanco wants to
14:04 stand and trade as well.
14:09 There's some exchange of leather going on in there now Dom, it's great for the fans,
14:15 great to watch.
14:16 Good punch.
14:17 I think you made the point though that, is it Blanco feeling the pace now?
14:22 Quinn just looks super fresh still.
14:24 Oh good punches, yeah.
14:26 He just, Blanco's still in this fight, don't make no mistake about it, he's a very dangerous
14:31 fighter but Quinn is having far more success and hitting the target far more often.
14:41 Testament to his condition, brilliant condition, but wants to keep his hands up as well.
14:50 He only knows one function Quinn and that's just to go forward and let the hands go and
15:02 I tell you for like boxing fans out there, this is what you really love to see.
15:10 Just real throwback, you know it's just a real throwback fighter.
15:14 In your face, relentless, doesn't give you a second.
15:30 Blanco just wants to dance out the final seconds of that round.
15:34 Yeah, wise move from Blanco, just getting up on the toes, wants to stay out of the injury,
15:38 knows that he can't mix it with Fergus Quinn.
15:40 Fergus Quinn is absolutely strong as a knock, really really strong and you can hear the
15:44 punches as well, there's a really good smack off coming.
15:47 Always on the front foot for Fergus Quinn, always looking to just close the distance
16:17 and let his hands go.
16:18 Corner's ten seconds.
16:19 Second take, round five.
16:20 So the penultimate round of this contest and every round so far for Quinn as far as you're
16:38 concerned Eric.
16:39 Yeah, can't look past Quinn in any of the rounds but it's been entertaining though and
16:43 it has been competitive to be fair to Blanco, he is trying but Quinn is in a commanding
16:49 lead.
16:52 And again, good body work from Quinn.
17:03 Brilliant work there in the corner from Quinn.
17:32 A fight that was originally, you know, talked about that, you know, possibly eight rounds,
17:49 has ended up being six rounds and I think Blanco will be very happy with that.
17:55 It doesn't look like Quinn's engine would let him down.
18:00 No, he's just going so much energy, so much power still.
18:13 Just in the inside there, Blanco did a little sneaky, there's a low blow and then just before
18:18 that he lifted the elbow as well.
18:21 These are very veteran type tricks.
18:25 Well the referee, he was just giving Quinn a little time but he doesn't need much time,
18:33 he's back on it again.
18:37 These are little tricks to buy him a bit of time you can see and they work too.
18:47 Good shot, good right hook from Quinn.
18:51 All the gun shields out now as well from Blanco.
18:54 I don't think the referee has spotted that just as yet.
19:04 Referee is letting it go because he knows that perhaps these are just deceiving tricks
19:10 from Blanco.
19:19 Whether Quinn can manage to actually stop this fight inside the distance remains to
19:26 be seen but I tell you it's going to be, either way it's going to be an incredible learning
19:31 fight for him.
19:45 Blanco's got plenty of support in his corner still, he's being urged on.
19:49 Brian Castro who we saw earlier in against Connor Quinn, he's here roaring on encouragement
19:54 for his countryman.
20:00 Still in there but it is still one way traffic and it's still Quinn with the final say.
20:04 He's pretty much on his own way in that one, there was as you say plenty of tricks of the
20:09 trade from Blanco, the gun shield, the low blow, the whole thing which shows he's getting
20:14 out of this as well.
20:15 He's surviving now.
20:16 Yeah but that's how you learn from these guys, they'll show you how to navigate a way or
20:21 two rounds, they'll show you how to buy time you know and then when you come up against
20:26 a very good opponent, somebody that maybe is on top of you or causing you a lot of problems
20:35 then you can take something, maybe a leaf from Blanco's book and use it yourself to
20:41 buy a bit of time.
20:42 These are tricks that these guys have been on the road for a very long time, as I said
20:46 been in with the opposition that he has shared the ring with and he's only been stopped once
20:51 and you can see why he's such a hard, tough, granite chin like because it's not like Fergus
20:58 is not landing on the target, he's hitting so many beautiful punches that would have
21:03 been shots that would have put down many a fighter.
21:11 An interesting moment there, sixth and final round, I think Quinn thought he was doing
21:13 eight, he asked the referee what, six?
21:17 The corner just said just get on with it.
21:20 I wonder did he think he had, well he obviously thought he had three rounds left now so is
21:26 he going to put the foot down and really start?
21:29 Well hasn't he been doing that from the start?
21:30 Well he has anyway yeah but you know sometimes the fighter might think well I still have
21:34 three rounds left here now so I can really put the foot down in the last two or so.
21:40 But this can be a little bit of, this can be distracting too because you think you have
21:44 three rounds left and you've only won and then look he's actually going for it now,
21:48 he's actually going for it and you've got to be so careful here now too because what's
21:54 going on here now Dom is fire with fire, it's just, it's, it's a.
22:01 Well it is sensational stuff as Quinn is sinking him in now in that corner and really trying
22:05 to get the job done, wants to make a statement quite clearly.
22:10 One thing that really stands out is his supreme fitness as he's going to work here big time.
22:20 This is incredible, absolutely incredible, Blanco has one of the toughest chins I've
22:24 ever seen, he's taken some punches, some punches, if you're going to have a sore head in the
22:29 morning I'll tell you that.
22:36 And he's still firing back in fairness to him but it's still heavy work from Quinn
22:42 and a lot is landing, he's trying to obviously move and dodge on the ropes Blanco but Quinn
22:50 is on a mission in this sixth and final round.
23:00 This is heavy duty stuff here.
23:06 Not content with a points victory, Quinn wants to take him out, wants to send out a big statement.
23:17 This punch output's been unreal really tonight hasn't it, Fergus Quinn.
23:23 Big overhand right again, Blanco still firing back.
23:26 The danger is Dom when you're going for it you leave yourself exposed too you know but
23:31 that's the nature of the fight game isn't it, look at this.
23:35 He's taking him as well, he's taking it and he's giving it.
23:40 Well Blanco is showing the still life in there, Fergus Quinn.
23:45 This is risky business Dom, risky business.
23:49 Still Quinn marching forward still, will let the hands go.
23:52 He's got a good chin himself Fergus Quinn I think it's fair to say.
24:02 So the final knock in two will have the final say as again Quinn puts Blanco on the ropes,
24:06 takes a good shot at the end of that round as well Fergus Quinn.
24:10 What a fight.
24:12 Sensational entertainment from start to finish.
24:16 What a final round.
24:19 You probably give Blanco a share of the final round.
24:21 To be fair yeah I tell you I wouldn't disagree with that, he had a go to be fair to him that's
24:27 all I could probably give him is maybe a share of the final round yeah I wouldn't be totally
24:33 against that at all but great, great, great.
24:38 Two warriors, two absolute warriors who put it all out on the line in there.
24:43 Yeah Fergus Quinn did the job.
24:52 Great respect and the smiles in the corner there with Romero Blanco who yeah we've seen
24:57 some seriously tough operators tonight in both corners haven't we.
25:01 Yeah it's been incredible, incredible action toe to toe, they never took a step back for
25:12 six rounds and I get the feeling that Fergus would have loved to go another two or three
25:17 rounds in there.
25:18 I think in 2012 Fergus did better.
25:42 Ladies and gentlemen please show your appreciation for both fighters they put on a great, great
25:46 show for us.
25:49 After six great rounds we go to Hugh Russell Jr's scorecards.
25:54 Hugh scores about 60 points to 54 declaring a winner by unanimous decision Fergus the
26:04 Mighty Quinn.
26:05 So a shout out for Fergus Quinn, a clear and decisive win and a very high octane energetic
26:23 performance from him, never stopped throwing punches, throwing leather from the first belt.
26:29 Romero Blanco deserves very much credit for just...
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