Callum Walsh: ‘Imagine what it will be like when I fight in Cork in front of thousands of people’

Last week Walsh was in attendance for fellow Cork boxer Tommy Hyde’s long-awaited home debut at the Parochial Hall. It served as a salient reminder.

CORK'S OWN: Aidan Walsh (red) and Callum Walsh (blue). Pic Credit ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Swing hard and then kick back. At the start of the month, Cork light-middleweight Callum Walsh cruised past Carson Jones in California to secure his sixth TKO and move to 7-0. Then he made for Albufeira for a well-earned holiday.

“I’ve things to do. I’ve a flight to catch tomorrow,” he declared in the ring post-fight when quizzed on his demolition of a veteran who was once fourth in the IBF welterweight rankings. In Portugal his rapid ascent as an electrifying prospect in the paid ranks was verified when his feet were literally swept off the ground.