Love heals all, particularly in case you are Kevin Cronin and Dana White is the one displaying you that affection.
The Kerry fighter discovered himself down after discovering himself on the fallacious aspect of a detailed title reverse for the third time in his comparatively younger profession within the 3Arena late final month.
‘The Kingdom Warrior’ suffered factors defeat to now two-weight Celtic Champion Emmet Brennan on the 360 Promotions promoted UFC again occasion.
The Munster man and his crew felt he gained the struggle and may have gotten the nod as did UFC supremo Dana White.
Talking instantly after White questioned the scoring and the end result and has fairly cheekily referenced it in MMA press conferences since.
Cronin needs it was underneath completely different circumstances however is delighting in such an influential determine name-dropping him.
Certainly, the fighter whose supervisor and Olympic medal winner, Michael Conlan has been a vocal advocate, has taken actual consolation in White’s help.
“I’m a giant Dana white fan and to listen to him mentioning my identify is fairly cool,” he tells Irish-boxing.com.
“Dana displaying the help, that’s class. To be honest each big-name ringside and actually everybody within the area had the identical response. All that help and love proven in the direction of me is unbelievable and I’m gobsmacked by the response since. My social media has exploded with a complete new fan base and it has in all probability pushed my profession ahead much more than if the 2 judges ringside obtained it proper,” he provides.
Persevering with in an try to take the positives from the high-profile reverse, Cronin advised he did sufficient to safe a name again when, as White promised, the UFC promoted boxing.
“I’m positive he favored what he noticed in me,” he continues.
“I stay up for working with them once more. I feel I gained over lots of people. I went into Emmet’s yard and gave him hell in there. I gained over everybody in that area, the Kerry folks got here in numbers and I proceed to again up what I’ve at all times stated, I’m a throwback fighter.”
It’s all constructive from a fighter who has gained a number of respect if no titles as of but and he’s eager to maintain upbeat, even when reflecting on a end result he initially questioned.
“You already know what, I’m not even gonna touch upon the end result myself, as I stated everybody can have there personal verdict on it. Clearly i really feel a sure means however I’ve to remain like a real skilled and preserve my emotions to myself. The scoring, once more I gained’t get into it, I’m simply gonna take the few positives I can and are available again even stronger.”
