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<\/a><\/p>\nWest Belfast fighter McComb (20-2) steps into opponent in Hugo Micallef\u2019s backyard for his third away rumble of the year and intends to end 2025 on a winning note.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Monaco Boxing Federation obviously have high expectations of Hugo Micallef (11-0) and what he brings to the table,\u201d said McComb.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have full belief and full trust in my own ability to overcome any challenge, even if it is in someone else\u2019s back garden. This is what I have trained for and this is the opportunity that I want.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the opportunity I want and we\u2019re ready for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The \u2018Public Nuisance\u2019 showed his resilience when he climbed off the canvas in Sheffield last time out against Ben Crocker in September. Welshman Crocker started well and landed a counter left hand after a couple of minutes that left Pete Taylor-trained southpaw stylist McComb on the seat of his pants with it all to do.<\/p>\n
But the former Holy Trinity amateur never lost his composure. He picked off Crocker with his jab and won round after round to take an impressive points win, improving with every round. He had good support in the crowd in Sheffield and expects the same in Monte Carlo. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Irish always travel well, they travel in numbers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey can outnumber people with the noise they carry and that\u2019s something special with Irish support.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great to give them the opportunity to come out here to a place like Monaco.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Stylish, skilful and confident, Sean McComb intends to win on Saturday night <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Hugo Micallef may have home advantage but the \u2018Fresh Prince of Monaco\u2019 insists he is the underdog. <\/p>\n
\u201cI love when they count me out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll my life they have counted me out. I\u2019m from Monaco, in the boxing world people say: \u2018What, you\u2019re from Monaco?\u2019 <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was an amateur in the Olympic qualification, they counted me out. In all of the tournaments I was in, they counted me out.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Saturday night I am going to win and say that\u2019s because I\u2019m in Monaco. Keep counting me out – we\u2019ll see on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know my capacity, the team knows my capacity and the most important thing here is I believe is to come back with the title.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t really concerned about who the opponent was, I was more concerned about the title and that\u2019s how and why I am here now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Micallef lives in Monte Carlo so he should be able to count on local support but he will find rangy, long-levered and technically brilliant McComb a difficult puzzle to solve. <\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t feel the pressure,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve already boxed in Monaco in my career maybe six or seven times and once as a professional.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know the ambience and I know the vibes of Monaco during fight week. I\u2019m in my bubble until the fights finish. I don\u2019t feel anything. When the fight finishes I feel happy and that\u2019s the moment I can enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEAN McComb has had to deal with the loss of his beloved grandmother as he prepares to defend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,4332,4331,35033,4717,191343,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-613321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-mark-robinson","10":"tag-matchroom-boxing","11":"tag-monte-carlo","12":"tag-press-conference","13":"tag-sporting-monte-carlo","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115665686716317790","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}