Professional career Vince Feeney

1 professional career

1.1 debut
1.2 title fights

1.2.1 wbc international bantamweight title
1.2.2 southern area bantamweight title
1.2.3 irish title controversy


1.3 denied world title fight after brain scan

professional career

feeney trained in kilburn , fought out of neasden base in north west london. had bright start professional career suffered number of controversial decisions effected progression of career.

debut

feeney had first professional fight in october 1992, took place @ bayswater arena, london, england. in fight feeney drew bradford bantamweight adey benton on 6 rounds undercard of bill included cornelius carr.

title fights
wbc international bantamweight title

feeney s first title fight came in december 1995 against willy perdomo of dominican republic @ york hall, bethnal green, london wbc international bantamweight title. feeney come out fanfare irish dancers leading him, bedecked in tricolor poncho, headband , shorts, ring. however, after 6 furious rounds of boxing perdomo overhelmed feeney , stop sligonian.

feeney won 3 fights in quick succession , earned rematch perdomo in november 1996. feeney featured on top of bill again @ york hall card featured nikolai valuev, john ruiz , david starie.

southern area bantamweight title

his next shot @ title came in april 1997 against francis ampofo @ york hall, bethnal green, london vacant british southern area bantamweight title. feeney defeated london-based ghana-born boxer on points on ten rounds.

irish title controversy

feeney won shot @ vacant irish bantamweight title against belfast s tommy willo wisp waite. fight took place in waite s hometown on undercard of darren corbert v robert norton fight @ maysfield leisure centre, belfast. going fight feeney bookies favourite; waite won fight on points after ten rounds in controversial circumstances. decision cost feeney opportunity of fighting european bantamweight title against johnny bredahl denmark.

when feeney s manager frank maloney returned britain after signing world heavyweight unification fight deal between wbc champion lennox lewis , evander holyfield in las vegas viewed videotape of fight. maloney outraged decision stated filing strongest possible protest both british boxing board of control , irish boxing board of control result of decision.

maloney stated, have never seen such diabolical decision in life. disgrace. letters of protest filed irish boxing authority, british boxing board of control , european boxing union. ask overturn decision, declare result void, no contest .

denied world title fight after brain scan

in may 1998, feeney due defend british southern area bantamweight title against aldershot based super bantamweight john matthews, however, suffered cut during training , had postpone fight. bout rescheduled august 1998 , took place @ town hall, acton, london on bill dubbed double trouble . feeney defeated matthews on points on ten rounds retain southern area title , led feeney getting shot @ world title belt.

feeney fly out south africa challenge ibo super bantamweight title against simon ramoni. however, hours before feeney board flight @ heathrow airport durban received report irregularity had shown during medical check , had failed routine mri scan had undertaken earlier year. feeney subsequently retired professional boxing health reasons.