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Boos ring out for Paddy Donovan as he and Lewis Crocker make weight
Sep 12, 2025 • 1:37 PM ET
Mark Robinson / Matchroom BoxingBELFAST – The boos rang out for Limerick’s Paddy Donovan at today’s weigh in, while Lewis Crocker was given a hero’s welcome.
Donovan was greeted by chants of “cheat, cheat” having been disqualified in the first fight between the two back in March.
Donovan was joined on stage by coach Andy Lee and stablemate Joseph Parker.
Crocker was flanked by coach Billy Nelson.
“You’ll see the best me ever, tune in tomorrow,” said Donovan.
“I’m excited, I’m absolutely excited,” said Crocker, in front of a raucous crowd.
Caoimhin Agyarko and Ishmael Davis kept it respectful and shook hands while Tyrone McKenna and Dylan Moran predictably carried on their war of words ahead of the rematch of their two-round war last year. Molly McCann also weighed in ahead of her professional boxing debut.
Vacant IBF welterweight title
Lewis Crocker (146.6lbs) vs. Paddy Donovan (145.7lbs)
12 rounds – junior middleweight
Caoimhin Agyarko (153.3lbs) vs. Ishmael Davis (153.5lbs)
10 rounds – welterweight
Tyrone McKenna (149.5lbs) vs. Dylan Moran (149.8lbs)
10 rounds – junior featherweight
Ruadhan Farrell (122lbs) vs Matthew Boreland (121.7lbs)
8 rounds – cruiserweight
Pat Brown (204.8lbs) vs. Austine Nnamdi (197.6lbs)
8 rounds – middleweight
Aaron Bowen (163.2lbs) vs. Carlos Miguel Ronner (162.2lbs)
6 rounds – bantamweight
Molly McCann (121.3lbs) vs. Kate Radomska (118lbs)
4 rounds – junior middleweight
Kyle Smith (157lbs) vs. Connor Meanwell (155.5lbs)
4 rounds – junior featherweight
Donagh Keary (125.3lbs) vs. Caine Singh (125.3lbs)
4 rounds
Jim Donovan (159.5lbs) vs. Lukasz Barbasz (163lbs)
Tris Dixon covered his first amateur boxing fight in 1996. The former editor of Boxing News, he has written for a number of international publications and newspapers, including GQ and Men’s Health, and is a board member for the Ringside Charitable Trust and the Ring of Brotherhood. He has been a broadcaster for TNT Sports and hosts the popular “Boxing Life Stories” podcast. Dixon is a British Boxing Hall of Famer, an International Boxing Hall of Fame elector, a BWAA award winner, and is the author of five boxing books, including “Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing” (shortlisted for the William Hill Sportsbook of the Year), “Warrior: A Champion’s Search for His Identity” (shortlisted for the Sunday Times International Sportsbook of the Year) and “The Road to Nowhere: A Journey Through Boxing’s Wastelands.” You can reach him @trisdixon on X and Instagram.
