Lewis Crocker vs Paddy Donovan fight details - weights, running order, ringwalk times, tv channel, betting odds
Lewis Crocker vs Paddy Donovan full fight details
All the weights and running order ahead of tomorrow night's action at the SSE Arena Belfast topped by the huge all-Irish IBF Welterweight World Title Final Eliminator between Lewis Crocker and Paddy Donovan, shown live worldwide on DAZN.
Watch the full public weigh-in back on the Matchroom Boxing YouTube channel.
5pm Live on Before the Bell
6x3 Middleweight contest
AARON BOWEN 161.2 lbs v JUAN CRUZ CHACHEIRO 171.3 lbs
4x3 Super-Bantamweight contest
JACK O'NEILL 124.1 lbs v MOHAMMED WAKO 122.9 lbs
10x2 Lightweight contest
SHAUNA BROWNE 134.5 lbs v ELIF NUR TURHAN 134.9 lbs
8x3 Super-Bantamweight contest
RUADHAN FARRELL 123.7 lbs v GERARD HUGHES 124.3 lbs
7pm Live on DAZN
10x3 Cruiserweight contest
TOMMY MCCARTHY 199.5 lbs v STEVEN WARD 199.7 lbs
10x2 Featherweight contest
KURT WALKER 126.8 lbs v LYON WOODSTOCK 126 lbs
10x2 Featherweight contest
CRAIG RICHARDS 174.9lbs v PADRAIG MCCRORY 174.9 lbs
Main Event
12x3 IBF WELTERWEIGHT WORLD TITLE FINAL ELIMINATOR
LEWIS CROCKER 146.7 lbs v PADDY DONOVAN 146.1 lbs
Quotes
Lewis Crocker: “Without a doubt I’m the heavier handed guy. I’m the bigger puncher in this fight. He’s definitely underestimating me. I’m not underestimating him.
“Paddy is accurate when he seems to knock people out and stuff. But that’s people making stupid mistakes. I know what’s going to happen on fight night. I have everything visualised. I feel so good about this.
“I’ve never given up on the dream. He’ll not be able to stop me or knock me out. For sure. I’ll fight down to the last breath. It’s going to be fireworks. I couldn’t care less about any build-up or whatever because we’re going to get in the ring and settle it like men.”
Paddy Donovan: “The Irish boxing scene has been starved for many years, especially down south. My goal is now to lead the way and lift the sport to another level. I believe I’m the fighter and the face of Irish boxing. I’m the person to do it. This is one of the best fights ever in Ireland.
“There’s more on the line than there ever has been before. This is the fight that the Irish fans demanded. It’s the pride of Ireland, who steps up into the limelight. Who gets the throne, puts their hand on the crown.
“I’m the better boxer. More skilful, punches just as hard. I’ve 80% knockout ratio and he’s 50%. Anyone that has shared the ring with me knows exactly how hard I punch. Maybe Lewis is underestimating my power, but he’ll soon find out.
“I’m the boxer. Too slick. Too skilful. Too good. I win this fight by knockout. I believe I knock him out with a well-timed punch. It’ll be to the body or to the head. I think he’ll get careless, and he’ll walk onto a shot. I believe his lights will go out. I’ll turn them out.”
Betting Odds
21/20 Crocker
16/1 Draw
28/29 Donovan
Predictions
Kevin Dolan, Wager Talk: "This is an incredibly close fight to call on Saturday as both fighters have high technical ability and both own a very similar depth of resume also.
"However, despite Donovan having the far greater KO percentage across his career so far, it’s actually Crocker who, under trainer Billy Nelson, has really started to put his punches together extremely well and looks the much stronger of the two heading into this one.
"While Crocker did go the distance against both Tyrone McKenna and Conah Walker in two of his last three fights, he severely hurt McKenna throughout in their fight, as well as cracking Walker so hard his legs buckled in the very first round.
"Donovan, while looking the marginally better technically of the two fighters, especially from the outside, just hasn’t been in there with that level of puncher yet, struggling for large parts in his recent fight against Williams Andres Herrera also.
"While this fight may be close, we believe Crocker’s greater punching power in this one, combined with his relentless inside game, will likely get him over the line against Donovan on Saturday."
