Irish professional boxing returns to terrestrial television on Saturday night.
TG4 will broadcast a professional show to Irish viewers for the first time since March 2019, when the Irish-language station aired a fight headlined by Eric Donovan. [15(8)-2(2)] and Stephen McAfee fights for the Irish title.
Kildare’s Donovan is also the main event on Saturday’s card, which will be broadcast from the Europa Hotel, Belfast.
The 37-year-old fighter fights former French champion Khalil El Hadri [13(7)-1(0)] for the vacant and prestigious EBU EU title on the MHD Promotions card.
Four other fights will air on the undercard, including an interesting test from Latvia for former European cruiserweight champion Tommy McCarthy.
Conor Quinn fights for the first time since February 2020 when he takes on the aggressive and dangerous Nicaraguan Darwin Martinez.
Owen O’Neill trades leather, not against Martin Quinn as initially expected, but faces a somewhat low-key test against Marek Laskowski, while Owen Duffy and Dominic Donegan square off in the highly anticipated Clash of Cavan.
The broadcast starts at 7:30pm Irish time and is available to watch on TV and live around the world via TG4 Player.
The order of march [subject to change] It is as follows:
Conor Quinn vs. Martinez 4×3Owen O’Neill vs. Marek Laskowski 6×3Owen Duffy vs. Dominic Donegan 6×3Tommy McCarthy vs. Reinis Porosovs 8×3Eric Donovan vs. Khali El Hadri 12×3
Michael Conlan, the recent world title challenger and Olympic medal winner, and his Top Rank stablemates Paddy Donovan and Kieran Molloy will provide advice on the evening.
Elite National Championship finalist Antoine “Toto” Ó Gríofa will provide co-coms.
