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Fagan Gets a Shot at Khan

By
Declan O'Kelly,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 1:19 AM
Updated Thursday, July 23, 2009, 5:56 PM

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Oisin Fagan (right) brings some pain to Brian Carden during their fight at Madison Square Garden last March.
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LIGHTWEIGHT Oisin Fagan's career was given a turn in the spotlight when the news broke last week that he would fight Amir Khan on December 6 in London. Fagan (22-5), who returned to Dublin in July after spending 10 years in Oklahoma, is relishing the challenge that awaits him.

"I am going in there as the underdog. I am the rough and tough Irishman coming up against a flash and flamboyant Khan, the Olympic silver medalist," Fagan told the Irish Voice on Tuesday.

"He has got every advantage over me, but that is the kind of thing I like. I like the Irishman against the world thing, and I will fight off my big Irish heart and show everyone I have a huge amount of drive. They don't call me Oisin for nothing - it is an Irish warrior name and I hope to keep the Irish warrior spirit in good stead."

Fagan, who only took up boxing in Oklahoma after he left college and needed to earn money in a hurry, had four main trainers in the States - Eddie Autry, Gray Graham, Steve Miller and Steve Thomasson.

"The Gael Force," as he is known, was promoted by Stacy Goodson in America, and his main sparring partner was Carson Jones. It has been a huge transition for him to leave them behind and start afresh. However, things have picked up at home in the past few weeks.

"I got involved with (promoter) Brian Peters and he put me in touch with (trainers) Eamon McGee and John Breen and hopefully in the next few days I will be on my way up to Belfast for training camp," said Fagan, who hopes to spar with the likes of Paul McCloskey, Kevin O'Hara and Stephen Haughian to get in top condition for the bout.

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