Promising pair prepare to face off in rare all-Dublin contest

IRISH boxing has a wealth of middleweight talent and two promising newcomers to the pro scene will be involved in an all-Dublin contest when DolPhil stage an eight-bout show at the City West Hotel on January 30.

Anthony Fitzgerald won his debut fight by a single point against Lithuania’s Kirill Pshonko in Killarney on the October Bank Holiday weekend.

The same night fellow Dubliner Robbie Long, appearing in his second professional fight, saw off the Latvian, Sandris Thomson, in the third round.