Cork boxer Tommy Hyde steps into the ring again for huge fight in Spain

Cork professional boxer Tommy 'the Governor' Hyde will be in action again on Saturday, June 28 when he will fight Brazilian Marcos Rodrigues in an eight-round Super Middleweight bout at the Centro de Tecnificacion Deportiva Villarreal in Spain.

Hyde’s last outing was in the Melbourne Pavilion Flemington Victoria Australia last April when he knocked out local fighter Anuary Mlawa with a very impressive performance to remain unbeaten with a record of 11-0, with eight of these fights coming by way of knockout. 

However, he has been very busy in the past 12 months with all his last four fights coming by knockout. 

He stopped German Aro Schwartz last October in the third round at the Oceanside Club in Revere Massachusetts in America and then stopped American Noah Kidd last June in the fourth round at Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville Connecticut Boston. 

STEPPING UP

On St Patrick’s night, he beat Waterford native Craig McCarthy to win BUI Celtic Middleweight belt at the Fox Theatre in Redwood San Francisco. 

The Governor is stepping up in class again for this fight in Spain by taking on the No 1 ranked fighter from Brazil. 

The German-based fighter Rodrigues won his first five fights. However, he suffered a setback in his last fight when was defeated in his last fight by technical knockout in the sixth round by German native Micheal Rigas at Alte Kongresshallen, Munich last month.

Tommy is expecting a large crowd of his supporters to travel to Spain for this fight and he is so excited to put in another good performance for all of them who took the trouble to fly out to see the fight.

"I’m fighting Marcos Rodrigues and he is ranked No 1 in Brazil with a record of 5-1in his career to date," Hyde said.

"My training camp has been great over in Manchester and I got some great high-class sparring with former English champion Troy Jones and Brad Rea who is fighting for the European Title in the coming weeks.

TOUGH

"I’m expecting a tough fight, however, it’s a fight that I’m more than ready for. I have put in a lot of hard work towards this fight and it’s very important that I keep winning and impressing if I will be challenging for a title belt later this year.

"My fight is on June 28 in Villarreal, Spain which will be the fourth Country that I have fought in as a professional boxer and I'm sure that it should be another good opportunity for me to showcase my skills. 

"We will go to Spain early next week to prepare for the fight, however, all my hard work has been done with my trainer Lee Beard over the last month in Manchester.

“There’s a good crowd coming over from Cork to support me so I’m really looking forward to a great weekend over there," Hyde added.