Earlier today, Matthew Macklin participated in an open workout before a packed house of media at the Trinity Boxing Club in New York City. Macklin is being trained by world-class trainer Buddy McGirt for his upcoming middleweight championship bout live on HBO’s “World Championship Boxing” against Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez on St. Patrick’s Day, Saturday, March 17, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. With a little over two weeks to go until the fight, Macklin looked to already be in phenomenal shape.
On hand to show their support for Macklin were Irish Hurling stars Eion Kelly (right of Macklin in the Photo) and Lar Corbett (left of Macklin in the photo), who had made the trip over from Ireland earlier this week and have been touring the city with Macklin to rally together the heavy Irish community throughout the New York area to come out and support Macklin on March 17. Below are photos and quotes from the media day.
MATTHEW MACKLIN: I’ve had a great camp, sparring has been terrific and most of the hard work has been done at this point. The next few weeks now are just about fine tuning and peaking for fight night. It’s been great working with Buddy again. He’s a very knowledgeable boxing guy so it’s great to soak that up. I’m ready for war and whatever happens in that ring. No matter if it goes one round or twelve, I don’t believe Martinez is going to be able to cope with the intensity and burning desire that I will bring into that ring with me at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick’s Day.
The card which will be aired live on HBO’s “World Championship Boxing is entitled, “THE REAL Middleweight Championship – Get Your Irish Up”, features Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez (48-2-2, 27KO’s) defending his middleweight crown against Ireland’s Matthew “Mack the Knife” Macklin (28-3, 19KO’s). The card is promoted by DiBella Entertainment and will be shown live on HBO beginning 10PM ET/7PM PT.
Come fight night I really hope Macklin keeps his words and comes with the intentions of making this a war. I think Barker would have done better against Martinez if he opened up more during the fight instead of staying in more of a defensive mode. I hope to see a great fight out of Sergio Martinez and Macklin, one thing about Irish fighters is that they always come to fight.
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