Paul Ryan - Resilience
from The Rocky Road
‘Ravishing’ Paul Ryan tells us about, er, descending from a boxing Hall of Famer in Tipp’s ‘Trojan Giant’ Paddy Ryan, giving himself his own nickname and why Tyrone McKenna owes him a tattoo. The exciting Dublin middleweight moved into headliner category last year with an impressive victory over Limerick’s Edward Donovan at the National Stadium. That triumph came on the back of a career low, when he fell to his second stoppage defeat at the hands of Canada’s Derek Pomerleau at the WBC Grand Prix in Riyadh. But Ryan is nothing if not resilient. And he’s had to be in recent weeks, with his father passing away suddenly on Christmas night. We talk to Paul about growing up in a tight-knit family, the refereeing call that ruined amateur boxing for him and why he’s always wanted to be a champion pro in the mould of his cult hero, Paul McCloskey. He’s now taken over his dad’s gym business while his own ambitions in boxing remain sky-high – and that means big nights in Dublin and Las Vegas. We also talked about hating every minute of school, holidays off the beaten track and… Bill Gates.
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