Sean McComb believes his profession was unjustly derailed after his controversial defeat to Arnold Barboza Jr. final 12 months — however insists he’s mentally stronger and able to make up for misplaced time.
The Public Nuisance produced a career-best efficiency towards the American on the undercard of the mega Ryan Garcia-Devin Haney combat.
Nonetheless, regardless of widespread opinion, he gained large the Belfast expertise didn’t get the choice.
The end result prompted large criticism of the scoring and impressed fury throughout Staff McComb and bemusement of followers internationally.
Many claimed McComb was denied one of many biggest ever Irish boxing away wins, though he factors out it value him extra than simply that.
The Southpaw was denied the alternatives that will have materialised from such a high-profile victory, and as a expertise who proved himself world degree succesful he grew to become a high-risk low-reward poster boy.
“Going into that combat I used to be tremendous assured. When the ultimate bell went, I acquired goosebumps. A surge rushed by way of my physique – I knew I’d modified my life, modified my household’s life eternally. Then the end result,” McComb instructed Boxing Kings Media.
The cut up choice loss, which many pundits and followers scored for McComb, noticed Barboza Jr. go on to very large alternatives, together with preventing on Riyadh Season reveals and headlining in Instances Sq..
“He’s had some loopy paydays. He’s fought three large fights. And I used to be left on the shelf for a full 12 months. That combat ought to have modified my life,” McComb added.
McComb isn’t bitter and having signed with GBM he’s eager to look ahead, beginning together with his conflict towards xx in Hull this weekend.
Nonetheless, that doesn’t imply he’ll maintain again when requested about that defeat.
“It’s disheartening – very disheartening – however not sufficient to place me off the game. I understand how good I’m. I’ve sacrificed an excessive amount of to stroll away,
“Somebody requested me what I realized from that combat – and the one factor I’ve realized is how soiled boxing actually is, and the way corrupt it’s.
“The Canadian choose who gave me the combat was on the bus house with me. He mentioned, ‘I had it 98-92 your manner.’ I mentioned, ‘What the f** have been the opposite two watching?’ He simply shrugged. No person is aware of.”*
“You’ll be able to’t simply depend on expertise. You must overcome the politics and maintain going.”
