Thomas Myers is declared the winnerSligo light heavyweight Thomas Myers made a winning debut on these shores with a first round KO of Tyrone Albert Adams at Boston Harley-Davidson in Revere, Massachusetts.
The bearded Myers, who’s 28 and a former Irish youth champion, had the dread-locked Adams on the canvas from a left hook seconds into the scheduled four-rounder.
“I knew he wasn’t gonna last much longer, so I just [threw] like two or three body shots, just little jabs to the body to get his lead hand down, and once that came down then the right hand over the top and on the chin. That was the end,” Myers told the Echo.
The fight lasted barely a minute. Myers improved to 3-0 [1 KO], while Adams, out of Washington, DC, remains winless [0-3].
From a boxing family – he’s trained by his father Thomas Sr., a former pugilist, and at least two brothers have exceled in the amateurs – Myers could be back in action States-side as early as May.
“It will be either in May or July because in June he has a family obligation,” said his New York-based manager Kevin Dever of Kevin Dever Sports Management.
A six-footer, Myers turned pro last year after an extensive amateur career.
“I’ve over 80 fights on record -- off record, way over 100 fights,” he said.
That included an Irish Youth title at 48 kgs and tournaments in Italy [twice], Denmark and the UK, representing Ireland.
The Sligo City BC product fights from an orthodox stance but can switch. Myers also considers himself both a boxer and fighter. “I can box, I can fight [slug], and I can box both orthodox and southpaw,” he said.
GARDA ACTION
Cruiserweight Dan Hoolahan was the lone winner out of three Garda fighters matched against FDNY boxers in the second annual International Battle of the Badges at Madison Square Garden. The 27-year-old decisioned James Gennari, a former marine now with FDNYs’ Ladder Company 24 in midtown Manhattan.
The longest serving member on the Garda Boxing team, Hoolahan had flown into New York from a break in Australia to face Gennari. The latter is a Staten Islander who holds a bronze medal from the World Police and Fire Games in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
At light heavyweight, the Garda’s Jack McHugh, who’s 24, lost on points to FDNY’s Kyle McGrath, also 24.
McHugh is from Oranmore, Co. Galway, and has been stationed at Donnybrook GS since August 2021. He fights out of Monivea BC.
His opponent, McGrath, out of West Nyack, is a veteran of 23 fights. He’s an EMT at EMS Station 15 and was the 2022 Metropolitan Champion.
And in the middleweight division, Kildare’s Eoin O'Neill dropped a decision to FDNY’s Sean Dillon.
Other bouts featured Bobby McGuire’s FDNY Bravest Boxing Club against fellow first responders from England and different U.S. cities. The other results [FDNY fighters listed first] were:
Lightweight -- Lisa Pearson [West Yorkshire FD] stopped Maria Fogarty [Steamfitters Local 683]; welterweight -- Tara Ionatti, [Lad. Co 129] lost by decision to Christina McCants [Atlanta PD SWAT], John Marrero [EMT St. 3] outpointed Brandan Collins [DeKalb County PD], and Nicole Malpeso [Eng. Co. 158] defeated Alex Turbitt [UK Fire & Rescue].
Middleweight -- Pedro Collado [Freeport PAL] beat Nate Pacheco [Denver FD], Patrick McKeown [EMT St. 18] lost to Berto Rivera [Yonkers FD]; and light heavyweight John Hamilton [Lad. Co. 43] halted Jack Oakes [West Yorkshire FD].
Cruiserweight -- Mike Fiore [Capt. Div. 11] beat Jason Martin [DSNY], Klaudio Sterkaj [Victory Boxing] bested Gavin Conner [Denver FD]; heavyweight -- Jeff Hunter [Jersey City FD] defeated Kevin Young [NYPD]; and super heavyweight Isiah Johnson [Cops & Kids] retired Davey Scott [Yonkers FD].
