Tipp duo lend support to their Premier puncher

All-Ireland winning captain Eoin Kelly has insisted the door is “wide open” for Lar Corbett should he ever decide to return to the Tipperary hurling panel.

Corbett and Kelly were at the Trinity Boxing Club in Lower Manhattan yesterday morning, just a couple of blocks from the World Trade Center, lending their support to Matthew Macklin during an open media workout ahead of the biggest night of the fighter’s career.

The All-Ireland winning pair travelled to New York thanks to a joint venture by boxing promoter Brian Peters and Martin Donnelly, the sponsor of the GAA Interprovincial Championship, in a bid to drum up interest in Ireland ahead of his St Patrick’s Day challenge of Middleweight champion Sergio Martinez at Madison Square Garden.