James Tennyson has retired from boxing on the age of simply 28.
The Belfast fighter confirmed the information on-line at present.
There had been ideas ‘Tenny’ had misplaced some love for the game after his shock defeat to Jovanni Straffon in Manchester final Might.
He had returned to coaching in current weeks however Irish-boxing.com understands the fighter who turned over as a youngster and has been a professional for just below a decade couldn’t discover the spark once more – and because of this has hung them up.
In an announcement launched on-line ‘The Assasian’ admitted it was a ‘powerful’ choice however one he made together with his younger household in thoughts. He additionally revealed he bows out content material having ‘surpassed expectations’.
Supervisor Mark Dunlop claimed it was an ‘honour’ to spend a decade working alongside the entertaining puncher and heralded him as an ‘excellent position mannequin’.
Talking to Irish-boxing.com he praised the Belfast fighter as ‘considered one of Eire’s most profitable professional boxers’ and identified he needed to do issues ‘the laborious manner’.
Tennyson has had a unprecedented profession particularly when you think about he turned over with none diploma of fanfare and with a strong quite and standout novice background.
Nonetheless, he went on to turn into a two time Irish tremendous featherweight champion, a British Champion at featherweight, a Commonwealth titlist, is considered one of solely 15 Irish European champions and received the well-known blue strap in probably the most dramatic of fashions.
Not solely did the quiet and shy puncher win titles he received hearts alongside the best way. You had been assured leisure when the MHD fighter fought. When Tennyson entered the ring he did so with a kill or be killed perspective, highlighted by the actual fact solely three of his 31 fights have lasted the gap.
The truth is, the IBF tremendous featherweight world title challenger hadn’t been concerned in a battle that has gone the gap since 2017 as set of on one of the entertaining runs of any Irish boxer, ever, forging himself a repute as one of many greatest all-time Irish punchers.
