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Egan Checking Out Options Stateside

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Published Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 1:19 AM
Updated Thursday, July 23, 2009, 5:56 PM
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IRISH Olympic silver medalist Ken Egan was at Madison Square Garden Saturday night to take in the fight between Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Junior for the Ring Magazine light heavyweight title. The Dubliner spent a few days in the city talking to boxing promoters and mulling over his future.

At the Garden, Egan was as much a fan as the rest of the crowd, taking photos of Bernard Hopkins ringside and enjoying the anonymity that New York might offer him. Life at home for Ireland's most successful 2008 Olympian has been intense, and not without the scrutiny that comes with such success.

"I am still an amateur at the moment. I'll be having a press conference in a few weeks time, one here and one in New York," Egan told the Irish Voice.

"I've been talking to Lou DiBella and I will be talking to Shelly Finkel. As I said, I've signed nothing yet, but when I come to a place like this, you know, it is a little lure. I was in LA a few weeks ago chatting to a few people. I'm here on the East Coast now, and I think the East Coast might suit me more."

Unlike his Olympic teammate Darren Sutherland, who signed with Frank Maloney in London, Egan believes America would be the place to fulfill his ambitions as a professional.

"If I decided to turn pro I would be going straight to the States. In Ireland and England there are too many distractions, whereas if you come over here and commit 100% and give yourself five or six years, you know? I am going to have to make a decision before the year is out."

At 26, Egan is about the same age as James Moore when he made the move to the U.S. Though by no means old, if the move is to be made to the paid ranks, now is the time to do it. Egan speaks like a man who is about to take a new direction in his career.

"I reached the final of the Olympic Games. I have gone as far as I can go. I think it might be a time for a new chapter, maybe a new journey," says Egan.

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