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Baby can wait: Paddy Donovan trains for world title fight while wife gives birth
Donovan aims to become the first to win the IBF welterweight title in an all-Irish fight, with an expected crowd of 20,000 at Windsor Park, Belfast.
- Paddy Donovan and Lewis Crocker will contest the vacant IBF welterweight world title this weekend at Windsor Park in Belfast.
- The rematch follows a controversial first fight in March when Donovan was disqualified for punching Crocker after the eighth-round bell.
- Donovan's appeal to the IBF resulted in the rematch being elevated to a world championship bout after Jaron "Boots" Ennis vacated the title to move up a weight class.
- Donovan, with a 14-1 record and 11 knockouts, promises a knockout victory and said, "I'm going to put an end to Crocker's career Saturday night," while Crocker, undefeated at 21-0, vows an early finish.
- This first all-Irish world title fight highlights boxing's strength in Ireland and will crown a new male world champion alongside Katie Taylor, with an expected crowd of 20,000 attending.
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Leave the fighting to Crocker and Donovan: Belfast the perfect place for historic Irish boxing night
Lewis Crocker and Paddy Donovan's fight for the vacant IBF welterweight crown at Belfast's Windsor Park will be the first world title bout in history contested by two Irishmen.
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Baby can wait: Paddy Donovan trains for world title fight while wife gives birth
Paddy Donovan and Lewis Crocker square off Saturday with the IBF welterweight belt on the line. It’s billed as the first all-Irish world title fight. The setting is Windsor Park soccer stadium in Belfast. It's a rematch of their fight…
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