Lee Gormley
@LeeGormley
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๐ฏ๐๐๐ฟ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐บ๐ Boxer โข ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ Writer @boxraw โข #FreePalestine๐ต๐ธ
Armagh ๐ฎ๐ช
Joined January 2011
Sparring in front of the legend Buddy McGirt again. Then listening to him talk about George Benton, Ezzard Charles, James Toney and other old-school greats. Grateful to be in this position ๐ฅ๐ค @eliteboxer
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The ๐ had style.
Sugar Ray Robinson at the Tour De France in 1951 ๐ดโโ๏ธ
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A sparring archive gem from @RealKronkGym. Gerald McClellan, who turns 58 today, shared sharp rounds with then stablemate James Toney in 1990 ๐ฅ #boxraw
https://t.co/uTWdJrvQPu
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26 years ago, Diego Corrales defeated Roberto Garcia by TKO in round 7 of 12 to win the IBF junior lightweight title.
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Great forgotten fighter.
Forgotten, Underrated, the Bivol 1.0. Yuri Arbachakov, the Russian Sniper. ะฎะ ะะ ะะ ะะะงะะะะ, ะ ะฃะกะกะะะ ะกะะะะะะ . #Boxing #KO #Bivol #Arbachakov
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Henry Armstrong, aka "Hammerin' Hank", the only man to simultaneously hold world titles in three universally recognised weight divisions, died of heart failure in LA, aged 75, #OnThisDay in 1988.
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Buzzing to see Bam again and the Samurai card is class around Xmas time.
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โThere were some wonderful boxers in my time. I never saw the equal of [Joe] Gans. Then there was little George Dixon. Just watching him made a boxer of me. I started out as a slugger, knocking everybody dead and catching plenty of punches myself. Then one night in Denver I saw
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Rinty Monaghan, aka "The Singing Irishman", won the vacant NBA world flyweight crown #OnThisDay in 1947 with a controversial 15-round points decision over Dado Marino at Harringay Arena in London.
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Dropping lads with body shots in sparring while Buddy McGirt is watching the rounds. Living the dream ๐๐ฅ
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โI know itโs a bit of an unorthodox start as most people start off as boxers and then become writers, but I did it the other way around." I spoke to @LeeGormley about his journey from journalist to pro boxer, to title fight contender โ๏ธ https://t.co/CfBsUIeSFZ
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Those who canโt do, teach and those who canโt teach, write about the thing they couldnโt do in the first place.
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Interview featured in the @SundayLifeSport ahead of my Celtic title fight on November 8th ๐ฐโ๏ธ
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The worst group of โpeopleโ in history.
Israel has been stealing the organs of Palestinian hostages Read that again And again Until the horror sinks in
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Armagh fighter: Most people box and then become a sports writer but Iโm doing it other way about โ๏ธ @LeeCostelloGAA
https://t.co/gSU1pX5XZv
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Those who canโt do, teach and those who canโt teach, write about the thing they couldnโt do in the first place.
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Louis "Kid" Kaplan and Jimmy McLarnin pose, on October 18, 1927, before their scheduled 10-round bout at the Chicago Coliseum. In a wild one, McLarnin was down for 1-counts in rounds 1 and 2 and Kaplan was down for a 3-count in the 4th and a 9-count in the in the 5th, before
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Former world champ Muhammad Ali greets a young Palestinian fan, circa 1985. Ali had made known his support for the Palestinian people long before many others and even visited a Palestinian refugee camp in March of 1974. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing #PalestinaLibre #Legend
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Damage drilling ๐ฅ Three weeks to go! Limited tickets and great sponsorship opportunities available ๐๐ปโ๏ธ
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