Pierce O’Leary’s massive hometown title fight will see him fill the identical arena as legends of Irish combat sports.
World champions across boxing and MMA comparable to Katie Taylor, Conor McGregor and Bernard Dunne have sold out the 3Arena to the brim and created a cauldron of noise on many a famous night. And now O’Leary – who’s reported to have sold 6,000 tickets on his own – gets the prospect to do the identical.
A number of Irish talent will join him on the bill, from Dana White’s favorite heavyweight prospect Thomas Carty on the undercard to the returning Jono Carroll in one other of three title fights.
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Pierce O’Leary guarantees excitement in 3Arena co-headliner
When Frank Warren announced his big show in Dublin for St Patrick’s Day weekend, it became clear that the star attraction was going to be the co-main event. Pierce O’Leary was because of face Mark Chamberlain, but when he pulled out the more experienced Maxi Hughes stepped in.
Speaking on behalf of Queensberry and DAZN, O’Leary told Bloody Elbow in an exclusive chat: “Maxi is experienced and he’s been all over the world and fought the most effective. You don’t know which way he’s going to show up on the night.
“He’s a pointy counter-puncher, he’s a much larger name than Mark Chamberlain. I respect him quite a bit and I need to go on the market and stop Maxi and excite the gang in Dublin.
“That night goes to sound like there’s 100 thousand people in there so he won’t be prepared for that… I’ve been there standing at live shows and physically there but mentally I used to be visualizing myself making the ring walk.
“People would ask me ‘it was great music, isn’t it a fantastic venue?’ I’d say ‘yeah, yeah’ but I couldn’t remember half of it because I used to be so locked in and visualizing. I’ve visualized this so again and again, done the ring walk in my head so again and again and I do know what it’ll be like.”
Pierce O’Leary follows within the footsteps of Katie Taylor and Conor McGregor
Bloody Elbow readers shall be acquainted with the 3Arena for the famous Bellator title fights. But essentially the most notable night got here in 2014 when Conor McGregor defeated Diego Brandao and declared ‘we’re not here to participate, we’re here to take over’.
O’Leary is plotting an identical atmosphere on Saturday, adding: “There are such a lot of great Irish fighters. There’s beauty in all of them, all of them set a blueprint. Katie Taylor has gone and done all of it in women’s boxing, Conor McGregor did it within the UFC.
“Now Pierce O’Leary goes to set the instance for young men in boxing and develop into world champion. After which go on to develop into multiple-weight world champion!”