It took him a very long time to get it off however Myles Casey has lastly ditched the vest and can punch for pay subsequent month.
Hearsay the Limerick fighter was set to hitch the paid ranks had been doing the rounds for the final two years, and elevated every of the numerous instances he was seen sparring professionals of notice.
The youthful brother of former European Champion Willie Casey took an enormous step alongside the highway to professional battling when he signed phrases with Ian Gaughran and IGB earlier this yr – and he’ll formally grow to be a professional boxer when he makes his debut on the Eaton Sports activities Academy in Middlesborough on April 20.
Casey will share the ring with a yet-to-be-confirmed opponent.
Earlier than a Nationwide Elite prelim defeat to Jordan Smith in January of 2023, the Treaty County fighter hadn’t been seen within the ring since he misplaced within the 2020 Nationwide Elite semi-finals to Barry McReynolds in late 2019.
The 2015 Nationwide Elite champion and the first-ever Irish fighter to win a European Video games struggle had been exploring professional choices since that point and has lastly discovered a setup he feels will go well with.
Casey has been sparring throughout Eire and the UK in recent times and had been in Camp Katie Taylor forward of the Amanda Serrano basic.
Talking to Irish-boxing.com about that sparring on the time Wille ‘Massive Bang’ Casey’s youthful brother claimed that sparring was a confidence in addition to a profile enhance.
“It’s good for the profile. I’ve everybody texting me and ringing me, folks I don’t even know. Everybody needs to know the way it’s going and I’m delighted to be serving to out in such an enormous struggle.”
“It’s additionally good that Katie thought sufficient of me to ask me to come back spar her. That’s good in your confidence. Some folks over right here didn’t know me earlier than I came to visit and to listen to them say ‘now we all know why you requested him to spar’ is nice.”
