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John Joe Nevin - Back on Track

John Joe Nevin is on the comeback trail. Out of the ring since 2019, he’s signed a new management deal with a Las Vegas-based fight fixer and is ready to dream of world titles again. But he knows, as he approaches his 35th birthday, that time is not on his side. Nevin won the lot as an amateur - World, European and Olympic medals - and is clearly one of the GOATs in that code. But it’s ten years since his pro debut, and ten years since he suffered terrible leg injuries during an attack in Mullingar - after which he was told he would never box again before being put in a wheelchair. Somehow Nevin managed to box again that very year, twice in fact, before moving to Philadelphia to spar alongside none other than rising star (and his coach’s son) Boots Ennis, who is now one of boxing’s leading names. At this stage Nevin’s had more managers than Watford FC and he discusses snubbing Amir Khan as well as his short-lived signing for a bizarre double act of Billy Joe Saunders and Daniel Kinahan - before US sanctions put paid to that. It’s definitely been a Rocky Road for the Mullingar Shuffler in the pro ranks but he’s ready to knock a bit of dust and a bit of rust off the motor and take it for another spin…

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John Joe Nevin - Back on Track

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