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‘He showed supreme class’: Phil Sutcliffe Sr. on Conor McGregor’s boxing exhibition

Conor McGregor wowed the gathered crowd in his old stomping ground, Crumlin Boxing Club, when he returned to the venue for the club’s annual “Good Friday Boxing Show” last weekend.

A former competitor for the south inner city gym, “The Notorious” was a surprise addition to the card and took to the ring against Micheal McGrane in the main event. The pair contested an exhibition, which was deemed a draw in the interest of ceremony after the final bell had rung.

Irish boxing legend and two-time Olympian Phil Sutcliffe Sr., a former coach of McGregor’s from his boxing days from the ages of 11 to 17 in Crumlin, explained how McGregor’s inclusion at the 27th annual fund-raising event came about from an impromptu training session days before the action took place.