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By Thomas Gerbasi - The alarms went off immediately, but there would be no inquest requiring Matthew Macklin to prove his Irish heritage. At first, you would expect that any professional fighter whose parents hailed from the Emerald Isle would have competed at least once on St. Patrick’s Day, but that isn’t the case with the British-born Macklin. Thankfully though, he redeemed himself with a little tidbit of information from the days before his pro debut in 2001.
“I had my first ever amateur fight when I was 11 years old on St. Patrick’s Day back in 1994,” revealed Macklin, who will enter the ring on March 17th for the second time in a little over two months when he takes on the accepted (yet beltless) middleweight champion Sergio Martinez at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Needless to say, this one’s a little extra special.
“I think that whole weekend, everyone’s celebrating being Irish or having Irish roots, so it is a special time for the Irish,” he said. “In New York they celebrate it big with a huge parade, and to fight on it (St. Patrick’s Day), especially with a fight of this magnitude against Sergio Martinez, and Andy Lee being on the undercard with the anticipation of me and Andy fighting each other so long as I win and so long as he wins, I think it’s all gonna add to the occasion and I’m expecting a pretty special atmosphere.” [Click Here To Read More]
“I had my first ever amateur fight when I was 11 years old on St. Patrick’s Day back in 1994,” revealed Macklin, who will enter the ring on March 17th for the second time in a little over two months when he takes on the accepted (yet beltless) middleweight champion Sergio Martinez at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Needless to say, this one’s a little extra special.
“I think that whole weekend, everyone’s celebrating being Irish or having Irish roots, so it is a special time for the Irish,” he said. “In New York they celebrate it big with a huge parade, and to fight on it (St. Patrick’s Day), especially with a fight of this magnitude against Sergio Martinez, and Andy Lee being on the undercard with the anticipation of me and Andy fighting each other so long as I win and so long as he wins, I think it’s all gonna add to the occasion and I’m expecting a pretty special atmosphere.” [Click Here To Read More]
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