O’Donnell and Cadman Ask the Fans.

Light welterweight talent John O’Donnell has again asked for help in selecting a tub-thumping ring walk tune. The light welterweight initially asked members of HennessySports.com to come up with suggestions, but has been less than impressed. “It seems that the website users agreed with the promotional team here at Hennessy Sports,” said the former Junior Olympic champion. “They voted that I should come out to Jamelia’s “Superstar’. What a load of big girl’s blouses! Ok admittedly I am a superstar! But I need a man’s track, not a chick’s warm up tune before they leave the house on a Saturday night!” In search of the answer the Shepherds Bush based boxer, with Galway roots, has turned to his Irish fan base. He continued: “Let’s have the Irish people of North West London decide. I want people to contact the Irish World with their ideas for my ring song and I will walk out to the best. We are a trendy bunch, so no doubt they will deliver the goods.

“Something rousing, something that is going to stir the crowd is the order of the day. I might even perform a little shuffle as I jump into the ring!” That’s when the serious business begins. In his three performances to date, O’Donnell has only ever had good days at the office. I am delighted with the way things have gone since I turned over in April,” he added. “I have learnt so much under Robert McCracken. I got taken to points in my first two fights, but it was good to get several three minute rounds under my belt and adjust to life as a professional. Last time out though in Nottingham against Chris Long I really got into my flow. I was picking my punches beautifully and knew that sooner or later I was going to break him down. It was a great feeling when it was all waved off in the fourth. I will be looking for a similar result at Wembley.”

“Mr Slick’ to stick?

Rising middleweight Daniel Cadman – who appears on the Hennessy Sports November twelfth “Born To Do It’ event at the Wembley Conference Centre – still can’t decide whether to keep the nickname “Mr Slick!’ From the outset, the undefeated twenty-four-year-old from Cheshunt complained at the moniker given to him by the Hennessy Sports promotional team. “How I am supposed to walk around and hold my head up high with a name like that,” he complained. “It makes me sound like a right plonker; my girlfriend and my mates are continually taking the mickey out of me!” However, a recent poll on HennessySports.com – held at the insistence of the promotional team – resulted in a practically 50/50 split as to whether “Slick’ should stay.

Cadman, now wavering, has decided to enlist the help of his local paper, the Cheshunt Mercury. “It seems that remarkably, some people actually like “Mr Slick,’” Daniel added. “Either that or all of my mates got together and voted for it as a wind up. There is only one way I could decide this: let the people from my manor decide. So people have been asked to vote via my local paper. I will accept the result whatever!” Despite this distraction, Cadman is not neglecting the business side of things. “Things have been going great in the gym,” he continued. “Tony Simms has really brought me on as a fighter since I turned professional last July. I am different fighter now. My defense is a lot tighter, my timing is a lot sharper and I am much, much fitter. In particular, I am hitting a lot harder. My last two fights haven’t gone three rounds between them. I will looking to make it a hat-trick of KO’s on the twelfth.”

“Born To Do It’ takes place at the Wembley Conference Centre on Friday November 12th. The headline contest sees Junior Witter defend his European light welterweight title against Poland’s Krzystof Bienias. A full bill is available at www.HennessySports.com. Tickets are available on 0870 060 0870.