On Friday evening Limerick’s Paddy Donovan took a big step closer to his dream of winning a world title by defeating Karen Chukhadzhian in a IBF welterweight eliminator. The impressive comeback performance was his first since the devastating loss against Belfast’s Lewis Crocker in Windsor Park last September. Fighting in Mannheim, Germany The ‘Real Deal’ dropped his opponent twice before getting the decision. Ukrainian Chukhadzhian’s record was 26-3 going into the bout so he was certainly no push-over and could have been a risky fight for Donovan who couldn’t afford to lose for the third time in a row.
