TYRONE McKenna proved in spades he's got a lot more to offer as he produced another impressive performance on Saturday night to claim a seventh-round KO win against Waterford’s Dylan Moran.
The pair last fought each other in Waterford in December 2024, with McKenna getting the job done within two rounds. Although taking slightly longer this time, McKenna came with the same powerful and relentless style we have come to expect from the West Belfast man.
Walking out to Kneecap’s H.O.O.D. at Windsor Park, a song that perfectly compliments his fast explosive boxing, McKenna had set the scene, and the fans knew this would be another classic all-or-nothing war.
Moran started the better of the two and claimed early encouragement when McKenna was cut above the eye in an accidental head clash in the first round. But it was all McKenna from there as he settled in the second and controlled the pace of the fight. McKenna rode a wave of building momentum in the third through sixth rounds, putting on a dominant display that Moran simply had no answer to.
There was the merest glimpse of hope for Moran as McKenna seemed to tire in the fifth, but he rallied and it was all over in the seventh as the constant pressure finally got to Moran who hit the canvas. He survived the count but the referee had seen enough and waved it off.
Have we seen the last of McKenna? That was the question that swirled around Windsor Park ahead of this fight. And we got the answer in no uncertain terms – most certainly not. He confirmed in an endorphin- and adrenaline-fuelled post-fight interview that he is "never, ever retiring".
