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Mickey Vann

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Legendary ref Mickey Vann wound up his career as the third man in the ring with a stint in Ireland, reffing bouts such as Spike O’Sullivan v Anthony Fitzgerald (yikes) and Jamie Conlan v Junior Granados (yikes x 2), after passing the retirement age of 65 in Britain. But he’s been working with Irish fighters throughout his whole career, as the man in the middle for Sean Mannion’s only UK bout, Barry McGuigan’s last fight and famous showdowns including Darren Corbett v Chris Okoh, Shea Neary v Mickey Ward and Ricky Hatton v Eamonn Magee. He’s also judged bouts featuring Irish world champions including Steve Collins, Wayne McCullough and Carl Frampton. Here, he looks back at nearly 50 years of working alongside Irish boxing’s finest but first, let's hear about the time he reffed 'Gypsy' John Fury against Neal Malpass for the British Boxing Board of Control Central Area heavyweight title at the Brodsworth Miners Welfare Club in Doncaster… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Legendary ref Mickey Vann wound up his career as the third man in the ring with a stint in Ireland, reffing bouts such as Spike O’Sullivan v Anthony Fitzgerald (yikes) and Jamie Conlan v Junior Granados (yikes x 2), after passing the retirement age of 65 in Britain. But he’s been working with Irish fighters throughout his whole career, as the man in the middle for Sean Mannion’s only UK bout, Barry McGuigan’s last fight and famous showdowns including Darren Corbett v Chris Okoh, Shea Neary v Mickey Ward and Ricky Hatton v Eamonn Magee. He’s also judged bouts featuring Irish world champions including Steve Collins, Wayne McCullough and Carl Frampton. Here, he looks back at nearly 50 years of working alongside Irish boxing’s finest but first, let's hear about the time he reffed 'Gypsy' John Fury against Neal Malpass for the <a href="https://boxrec.com/en/title/282/Heavyweight" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">British Boxing Board of Control Central Area heavyweight title</a> at the Brodsworth Miners Welfare Club in Doncaster… Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Mickey Vann and the Fighting Irish

Legendary boxing referee Mickey Vann joins Kevin Byrne for this week's episode. He reflects on his early life and how he ended up moving from the circus to the squared circle.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Legendary boxing referee Mickey Vann joins Kevin Byrne for this week's episode. He reflects on his early life and how he ended up moving from the circus to the squared circle. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Mickey Vann - Ringmaster: From the Circus to the Boxing Ring

Former star referee Mickey Vann officiated around 1,500 fights, from preliminary bouts to some of the biggest world title contests in recent history.  A former pro, Mickey was born into the circus – son of a knife throwing father – before finding fame as one of the top refs in the sport.  He's officiated some of the best boxers of the last several generations and was the third man in the ring for Lennox Lewis-Frank Bruno, Michael Gomez-Carl Johanneson and Micky Ward-Shea Neary. He also officiated fights featuring Pernell Whitaker, Herol Graham, Kirkland Laing, Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn, Ricky Hatton, Joe Calzaghe and many more, refereeing in high profile fights around the world.  Here, he talks about fixed fights, how he developed his unique movement, throwing people out of the ring, refusing to accept a towel that was thrown in and much more.

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