I’m a winner. ERIC DONOVAN was stopped in the eight round against Zelfa Barrett in a fight that he was controlling for the majority of the bout. April 15, 2011, Clark made his professional debut against journeyman Jason Thompson. I always dreamed, I always believed that I would be a world boxing champion at 36-years-old.

He’s been in with world champions who didn’t handle him as well. “Since I was a kid, I’d been taught to be a professional. Watch ESPN Ringside Classic Boxing on-demand on KAYO. Ronnie 'The Shark' Clark in depth reveals childhood beatings, boxing's corruption, financial difficulties and making his comeback. Clark started kickboxing from the age of seven and instantly fell in love with the combat sport. They can appreciate that I’m a good fighter. “Success is my natural goal, something we expect will happen, so we don’t think about it or talk about it all the time—we just roll with my uncle’s plan. “It is bigger down the line,” he opined. “There’s no money someone would be able to come and say to me, ‘I’ll give you this amount of money for that belt,’ and that belt, I’ll never sell. However, he always had one watchful eye on the pro game, believing himself destined to go one better than his uncle and trainer by bringing a world title back to North Manchester.
The 35-year-old looked the younger man for … He’s just become the new commonwealth super-featherweight champion – so Zelfa’s earned the right to take it easy for one day! Pat knows the ins and outs of boxing.

Zelfa Barrett ⠀ ⠀ # Flashback to October 2016 - Zelfa Barrett speaks to @boxnation about the start of his boxing journey and how he left college to pursue his dream. If you’re an amateur for too long it takes you longer to adapt, with me that wasn’t an issue.”. It was the third time Donovan had been knocked down in the fight as the power of his bigger opponent told late on. The Athy-born man showed all his boxing ability to land a series of combos on Barrett that had the Mancunian, 27, on the ropes at various stages. “I was knocking people out in the amateurs just as I’m doing now so I was like a duck to water. For the rest of the round Donovan clung on but was sent to the canvas again with a body shot. Junior Fa Deal Appears Imminent, In Play For December, 14 Day Weights: Lomachenko 141.4, Lopez 142.4, Ivan Baranchyk Released From Hospital After Brutal Zepeda Bout, Joshua Buatsi Tested, Stops Marko Calic in Seventh of Tough Fight, Katie Taylor vs. Miriam Gutierrez Tops Women's Tripleheader, November 14, Joshua Buatsi vs. Marko Calic - LIVE BoxingScene Scorecard, Chantelle Cameron Dominates Adriana Araujo To Win WBC Title, Alen Babic Blasts Out Niall Kennedy in Third Round, Linus Udofia Drops, Stops John Harding in Ninth Round, Gabriel Flores Boxes Past Ryan Kielczweski To Dominant Win, Charles Conwell Hopes To Fight Once More in 2020 after Toussaint Bout, Ryan Garcia Named World's 12th Most Marketable Athlete; Joshua No. I just want the opportunities and the chance to prove what I can do.

I don’t want a handout from anybody, just let me try and make this money myself and provide.’, “There was a GoFundMe page started by someone that I actually never got by the way. Once he decided to focus on boxing it was a case of learning the skills and adopting a style that would fast-track him through to the paid ranks as he sought to establish the Barrett name once again. Eric Donovan went out on his own shield but came up short against Zelfa Barrett in their super featherweight clash tonight. Ever since then I’d always do things in the amateurs that I now do in the pro game. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. “I’ve shown I can punch, I can think and have ticked every box. “All I need to do is look at my arm and think: ‘Nothing can be harder than that pain I felt’. Its absence from the ring had a monumental impact financially on Clark as he took to eBay to sell the title belt he had won by beating Zelfa Barrett which in turn saw the boxing community rally together on social media for Ronnie. I’m not on their level yet, but, apart from them, I believe I am the biggest name.
If you’re up for a flutter on […] These are world-class knockouts, the type you don’t see anymore. “Brown Flash” turned over under his uncle’s Black Flash banner before signing a deal with promoter Frank Warren, who believes he has one of the UK’s brightest contenders on his books. Chris Christie said Saturday he was experiencing mild coronavirus symptoms and had checked himself into a hospital as a precaution. At one point, I thought I’m never going to fight again.”.

Sam needs me more than I need him.

I want to be the saviour, to being the positives back to the family.”.

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I’m not saying I am on their level, far from it, yet look at their knockouts and my knockouts.