Tyrone McKenna warns he isn’t afraid of Belfast’s Croc.
‘The Mighty Celt’ says he has encountered a few of the most harmful welterweight species on the planet and lived to inform the story.
Because of this, the a lot talked about energy of Lewis Crocker, who he fights in Belfast this December, isn’t in any method haunting him.
The previous Oliver Plunkett’s beginner has been in with the likes of Regis Prograis, Ohara Davies, Darragh Foley, Jack Catterall and Gary Cully upsetter Jose Felix Jr and has by no means been counted out.
It’s one thing he takes satisfaction in, a resume that proves he has a chin and based on McKenna, it exhibits he is aware of deal with punchers.
The Pete Taylor-educated southpaw says the prospect of a fighter with lights-out energy switches him on.
“I’ve seen lots of people mentioning Lewis’s energy. I feel individuals are fast to neglect I’ve been in with a few of the world’s largest punchers at my weight in fights and in sparring and I’ve by no means been knocked out.
“Punch energy doesn’t fear me one bit! It really makes me higher, makes me extra alert of errors that may’t be made.”
The wiley outdated veteran versus rising expertise narrative that surrounds the Conlan Boxing made bout is one thing else that doesn’t sit too effectively with the 33-year-old.
“They’re constructing it as youth versus expertise, puncher versus quantity. I don’t see it that method. I’m solely 33 I’m not a 40-year-old who has misplaced it. I’m nonetheless very a lot one of the best model I’ve been.”