Welcome to the 150th episode of The Rocky Road boxing pod! Today's guest has been on the hitlist since we began. Thomas O’Toole is following in Seán Mannion’s footsteps as a Connemara man looking to make his way as a professional boxer in Boston. And the 6ft 3in southpaw puncher even had Rocky Ros Muc helping out in the corner when he made his pro debut back in 2021. Since then, the former Irish Elite champion has built his record to 8-0 and has recently announced a homecoming bout in Galway for March 16*. Here, the 26-year-old describes his own Rocky Road to this point – the amateur struggle, balancing his sport with college and later with barwork, boxing politics, and the sudden loss of his mother two years ago. O’Toole also had his say on the light-heavyweight hierarchy on the domestic scene and at world level. *Interview took place just before O'Toole officially announced his homecoming, becoming the latest Irish boxer (after Katie Taylor, Jason Quigley, Joe Ward, etc) to tee up an Irish debut after boxing abroad since joining the paid ranks.

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