Timmy Egan’s bid for the 165-pound US Boxing Metropolitan Championship is over after a loss to Fabian Cordero in the third round of the tournament at the Sweatbox Gym in Brooklyn last Saturday.
The Dundalk native, who represents the Bua Boxing Club in Astoria, Queens, was making his debut in the metros after two byes in the competition.
Egan, who won the 2025 MSG Boxing Ring Masters 165-pound novice title early this year, saw his amateur record drop to 9-3.
JIM KO
New York attorney Keith Sullivan’s new Irish middleweight prospect Jim Donovan was a first round KO winner over Polish opponent, Bartlomiej Wlodarczyk [2-6, 1 KO] on the “Rumble In The Hills” card at Aura Complex in Letterkenny, County Donegal, last Saturday.
In his second pro fight only five weeks after his pro debut in Belfast, the 21-year-old southpaw from Limerick dropped Wlodarczyk with a nifty left and closed the show with a picture-perfect right at 1:44 mark of the opening stanza.
“A new day, new experience,” said Donovan. “He’s a tough opponent who came to win, but obviously skills pay the bills. I feel like I’ve been a pro for the last four or five years because I’ve been in a professional boxing gym since I was 14 years old. The debut was a long time coming and hopefully, I’ll be 3-0 by the end of the year with a big 2026 coming.
“Andy (Lee, James’ head trainer and co-manager) is the mastermind behind it all and a big thank you to my manager, Keith Sullivan, too. My two training camps as a professional boxer have been with Paddy for his big one and Joseph Parker for his fight this weekend.”
“A great performance,” manager Sullivan commented. “An excellent showing in Windsor Park and he got his first knockout. Jim Donovan is a diamond in the rough. He’s going to be the next Irish superstar and carry the Donovan name in front of the big Irish boxing crowd. But there’s only one Jim Donovan!”
On his debt, Donovan was a unanimous decision over veteran Lukasz Barabasez on the Lewis Crocker vs. Paddy Donovan 2 card in Belfast on Sept. 13. The main event ended with Paddy [Jim’s cousin], dropping a disputed decision to Crocker for the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight world title.
“Paddy will bounce back in a flash,” Jim predicted. “Paddy will be world champion in 2026, he should have been world champion on March 5, but controversy is controversy. The second fight was what it was; Paddy should have been up on the scorecards and he’s going to bounce right back.”
Jim was an outstanding Irish amateur boxer with a remarkable 160-7 record, including 10 Irish National Championships, as well as earning prestigious medals from the 2018 European Boxing Championship Schoolboys and 2022 IBA World Youth Championships.
