Boxer calls in spoon bender to stir support

SPOON bender Uri Geller is helping Peter McDonagh in his quest for an Irish lightweight boxing title.

McDonagh goes head to head with Michael Gomez as part of a six-fight undercard to the Bernard Dunne versus Noel Wilders clash at the National Stadium in Dublin next Saturday night.

A chance meeting between McDonagh and Geller on a flight to London led to the unusual pairing and Geller will accompany the Galway man to Dublin for the fight.

"Peter approached me on the flight and we had a good conversation. He is a very talented young man and he told me about his fight with Gomez," said Geller.

"I explained how I had helped Muhammad Ali decades ago and told him I could help do the same for him."

Geller rejects comparisons with the use of hypnosis by Steve Collins before his fight with Chris Eubank in 1995 a fight Collins won.

"What I'm doing with Peter is far more powerful than hypnosis. It's about getting Peter to become completely positive so that he knows it's a case of 'when' instead of 'if' he wins the fight," Geller added.

Gomez remains distinctly underwhelmed, by his opponents use of a paranormalist, saying there won't be any spoons to bend in the ring.

"The only thing I plan to bend is some of McDonagh's ribs with my body punches," warned Gomez.

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