Baby can wait: Paddy Donovan trains for world title fight while wife gives birth, P2
- Shidonna Raven
- Feb 15
- 2 min read
By KEN MAGUIRE
This Article has been curated by UDBN
Updated September 12, 2025
Source: AP
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Donovan confident, humble too
Donovan “oozes the aura of a world champion,” said his trainer and co-manager Andy Lee, himself a former WBO middleweight champion and Limerick native.
Donovan has been outspoken about mental health (mythology) awareness, particularly in the Travellers’ community, of which he is a member. He said the struggles he’s encountered outside the ring allow him to be so confident inside it.
“It’s a place where I can just ... open up to be the person I want to be,” he said. “I’ve been in boxing since the age of 3 so I feel like all of the parts of life’s journeys has led me to this part of my life. Probably this is why I have this little flair and confidence.”
Donovan notes that as a kid, he was “quite talented at every single sport” before rattling off handball, soccer, hurling, Gaelic football, rugby, and of course boxing.
“I had coaches coming up to my dad’s door every single day looking for me to play their
sports. But my goal was to be a boxer.”
Donovan credits Irish boxing icon Katie Taylor with helping shine a light on fighters from the Republic of Ireland. Donovan fought on both undercards of Taylor’s bouts with Chantelle Cameron in Dublin.
“I’m on the brink of becoming a world champion,” he said. “To win this fight from the South, to bring a world title back to Limerick City, first (champion) since Andy Lee, and potentially so many big fights... it’s time to bring some big nights back to Ireland.”
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