Our Matt spoke to Sean McComb on #CrockerMcComb GBM Fight Week, THEY TALK THE Fight on Saturday Night, Future Plans & MORE
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Interview by Matt Meehan – https://linktr.ee/itsmattmeehan
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Matt me here for Irishbox.com. The public nuisance, Shawn Mcome. How are we? IBF European super lightweight title at stake this Saturday night um against Ben Crocker. A big one, another title hopefully. How are we? Yeah, good. Um feeling good, feeling ready. And I was like, you know what, it’s great to be fighting for another take again. um especially after the last 14 months of not knowing why I was going to trade again, let alone. So, I’m good. I’m just I’m excited. Um how have the last 20 months kind of around that being for you? Um obviously, you know, you had a massive fight against Anna Babosa Jr. and uh controversial um a controversial ending to that, let’s say, with with the decision. Um, how’s it been from from then to to now for you? It’s been tough on that I’ll not lie. It has been very tough and psychologically cuz like I was training like I continued training. I didn’t take much of a rest after that fight. I was always chasing. I thought I would have put my name down as like an elite fighter, you know. I thought it would have been in my name would have been mentioned amongst big names. So I got back training with Pete shortly after I was phoned by at time my manager Lee Eaton and he offered me a big fight and short in October. So was back from August and that fight fell through and I was like you know what the fact that my name is being mentioned amongst these was with Deon Henny and that means that I’m thought of at that level. So I continued to train and just fight after fight fell through. I think the fight myself fell through as well. And you know it’s it’s very very challenging when when you when you’re not getting a break and you’re training and look you know what I love boxing and I love training anyway. So, but I think for anyone else it’s hard just going the column and it and give up cuz I had to fight a six rounder again for money um fighting for Europe taking eye and it was a long road to get to where I’m at now and just thankfully GBM and and um were able to push me on a good platform and get back in the mix and that’s the time and that’s where I’m at Do you believe that you can get back to those those massive nights yourself? Like you you were co-main event for one of the biggest fights in that division, Haney against Garcia in a in a huge arena in America. Like you know that’s kind of like before obviously what happened happened like that that’s a massive night. That’s probably it is the biggest night of your career and you were thinking listen there’s more of these death needs to come and then but some people say everything happens for a reason. Yeah, 100%. Like I always say, things don’t happen to you, they happen for you. Um, and I mean just things like that. Like if I hadn’t that I got to know that like things things might have been different, you know, and got a promoter now and I’ve got I’ve got a new manager and and they’re both working great to get together and and there’s they’ve got mass plans for me. It’s not just all of it easy and we’ll keep small holes, you know, that’s not the plan. The plans are to get strip back up to that level they can’t. And I think moving in the direction of of an IBF European the right way, get myself and then push on from there maybe before I know the same thing can happen again. might get another opportunity to answer those combos. Um, do you see yourself or have you have you looked at some of the names at the moment in the top 15 division of your division? Um, any names that you’re you’re looking at that you might want to you might want to have a have a fight against in in 2026. Well, you know what? I’m just at the time before like the IVF was mentioned the European across the board. I would have I would have had anyone just for the opportunity because I do believe I can beat them. You believe you can beat them all the truth in case you know you know what I bring is just very abnormal and the style that I have is very abnormal. I don’t think people seem much people refer to me like a patient sort of thing but obviously he understand what they mean by taking Paul and gangly body lateral movement if you speak there’s a lot of things that people don’t want to face and and I can understand that but now that it’s for I’m going to the IBF and see Richardson H is a champion So it’s only normal for me to want to face the champion if he vacates. I know that Lindo Delgado the Mexican is ranked number three and I beat him in the world championships action for Ireland against Maxwell in 2015. have a good top 10 and it’s just good to say to me very someone like that you know it doesn’t really matter to me it’s just they were there I’m valuable Adamaba again um Mardo Ortiz so those those kind of lads would be targets yeah actually all before it’s Whoever’s going to put me in a division to trade for world. Yeah. Simple as that really. I can literally be anyone. Doesn’t matter who it is. I can be anyone. Um you spent some time over in in Amsterdam um training with Pete Taylor. Um how’s how was that? Yeah, it’s great. Um it’s great to just have all Peters yourself. um able to work on some small drills and some you know just just respect small things and and it’s great to have that oneonone attention. Uh it’s a great city, it’s a great atmosphere and and the bond between me and K is action, you know, it’s something that I really enjoy and it’s great to be around someone who really understanding the way I do. Um just just talk about the fight, Ben Crocker. Um, the last time that we seen Ben was against Ton Bradley. Um, again, another great fight and Bradley cough for the rematch and I think that rematch was was rumored to happen on that goal card that unfortunately fell through. Um, or there’s rumors or something along the lines of that. Then your name obviously got picked um Tiana Bradley then came out and said on Instagram that um he was a of um because he didn’t accept the rematch. Um just just kind of any comments towards any of that like listen I guess a fight is a fight at the end of the day for you just go into the ring and do business. I don’t know I don’t need I don’t mind I still haven’t seen so I understand he’s but nothing to do with me nothing to do with me. Yeah, just winner fighter. Ken’s a great fighter and that’s not my place to say anything like if he was in the team if he was offered a paper on a barer. He would take it in a heartbeat. Yeah. Or driving very much, you know what I mean? So, and I wouldn’t have I wouldn’t have an issue with people that would opportunity for so that’s what it is. Gotcha. Um, has there been any talks to to even try and get that rematch with with Babza? Um, I know obviously you’ve been trying and and is and that, but has has there been any communication from the opposition side? Not at all. Absolutely none. No, no, no communication whatsoever. We put an appeal in the appeal with WBO reviewing just knocked it back. Um and then forward again. Okay. Okay. Um what can we expect from you on Saturday night in the power community arena at Sheffield? I think I think everyone knows what they expect from me now. It’s just, you know, they know what way I box. They know my skill set. They know I plant angles. I’ll move my feet. I’ll dance. So you know I think from a joint pe everyone has just seen me boxing on the back foot and just moving and boxing and like the amount of fighters I boxed you know even Lonnie Clark Benjamin Sam Maxwell all come forward fitters and I’ve just boxed not taking no risks and not taking no no stupid you know no stupid risks I’m not going to um take people and I think I’m just going to continue to do that because they uh you know and then I have no problem. So I’m not in here anymore. Are you looking towards anything else after this fight? Any any any specifics? any any people that you’d like or is it just you know as as most fighters just kind of focus on one fight at a time and then see what happens? One fight at a time completely. Like I have absolutely no idea what the future holds for me. Like yeah, I don’t know. I don’t know what happens. Like I just fully focused on a fight. I don’t even know. Like God knows like Yeah. He’s having my team with Louis Crocker and and Ponov and they’re one minute they’re fighting eliminator next and the whole world was up and and a couple of like a couple of decisions that’s made completely out of your control. So I don’t even think too much for I just know I just know what’s ahead of me. and a lot of um any short thoughts on on the massive night in Belfast there um small while back crocod 2. Um an amazing night for Belfast boxing really as a whole. Um Windsor Park being been being filled to the brim. Um 22 and a half thousand I think that were there. So a great night alto together but um what did what did you think of the obviously really the event itself and and the fight if you want to give comment about that. I thought it was a great setup. I thought like I thought the atmosphere was great. I thought all the fights were well matched great through right up to um they uh was a great fit right up till the main event. I thought we have everything was burn in terms of the the game event. You know what? I’ve seen a lot of comments people saying like Patty won and and I listen understand why there’s a 12 round fight knock down two rounds. He’s auto four rounds up. There’s 10 rounds left or two that won by 108. So 10 ir if they had to give it a party. It’s one it’s one of them really tough decisions and and I remember looking over at Stevie McKenna and McKenna was things I said and I should I hate to be a judge for this fight cuz it’s one of those ones it’s like yes you can see that maybe won more of the rounds but the two knockdowns 10 four or 10 eight 108 four rounds up four rounds up you know and there four jack a great fight and I still do believe and then in terms of years I think the world is out there I’m delighted for this valley and and a lot of boxes when I was a kid and I you know what I just be happy to see anyone successful hope management And was there an option for you? Well, not an option, but was there was there one for you yourself to to get on this card or was the was the contract already signed seeing delivered for the the McCome Crocker fight? No, you know what I fought in June and Ezie said me f my I’m happy to pass you. Yeah. Yeah, but I made the debut there. But you know what means more to me to give give back to someone who’s me that Sean and D really appreciate. Thanks so much. Good luck this weekend. Thank
