Ring News 24 talks to Dean Byrne

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Ringnews24.com: Can you tell us about your extensive amateur career?

 

Dean Byrne: I had a lot of fights as an amateur and enjoyed my time. I trained at Crumlin boxing club in Dublin which is a really good gym and has won many awards like boxing gym of the year. My trainer was Philip Sutcliffe, a great trainer and former Olympian.

 

Ringnews24.com: I read you had over 200 amateur fights. Is that right?

 

Dean Byrne: Well, from that gym I was fighting all the time, like every week. Not sure I had 200 fights but I probably could have done. A lot of the fights were probably not recorded. We were fighting all the time and all over the country. I also fought in multi nations tournaments in Scotland, Bosnia, Australia and all over the world.

 

Ringnews24.com: You made your pro debut in Australia. Why was that?

 

Dean Byrne: I went to fight over there with Ireland as an amateur. I just loved being out there as it really gave me a buzz for boxing. Johnny Lewis asked me if I wanted to turn professional out there. He trained Kostya Tszyu, Jeff Fenech and other great fighters so it was a real honour to be offered the chance to train with him. I took him up on his offer, gave it my all and within five fights I’d won the Australian title.

 

Ringnews24.com: How proud were you to win the Australian title considering how many great fighters have held it?

 

Dean Byrne: Yeah, it was brilliant. I mean it’s great winning any national title, whether it’s Australian, British or Irish. It’s just an amazing feeling being champion of the country you live in. For me it was a great feeling because it was the first title I won and that’s what boxers dream of doing. One day I hope to lift a world title.

 

Ringnews24.com: What would you say was your best performance to date?

 

Dean Byrne: I’d say it was one of my performances from when I was in the USA because they were really on the money. My fight against Jose Reynoso in 2009 was probably my best performance so far. He was a really tough opponent; a big tall southpaw, and I floored him three times. I broke my hand in the fight and still managed to win. It was a great fight.

 

 

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