Danny Vaughan, Peter McDonagh Part Ways

By Elliot Foster

Danny Vaughan and Peter McDonagh have gone their separate ways.

The Liverpool trainer, who is based in Puerto Banus at MGM Marbella, told us that he had cut ties with the three-weight Irish champion.

Vaughan, who is preparing Derry Mathews (38-9-2, 20 KOs) for his February 13 world title clash against WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan (29-0, 12 KOs), said that he and ‘The Connemara Kid’ (25-28-1, 3 KOs) had parted on good terms.

McDonagh, 38, is currently in training for his February 6 outing at Dublin’s National Stadium, which will be live and exclusive on BoxNation, but he will be forced to find a new mentor in the build-up.

“I’ve let Peter McDonagh go, I’m not training him now,” Vaughan revealed to Boxing Scene.

“It was an amicable decision. He's still my mate and knows I'm getting loads of younger boxers on me to train them.

“He had four fights under me and won all four, picking up two titles, so I think I did a good job with him and wish him all best for the future.”