Rickey Nesbitt

Full Description: In his first full year of competitive boxing, Riceky ‘Nasty’ Nesbitt has succeeded in capturing an Irish title for himself and his local club Dealgan. Rickey stepped into the boxing ring in the National Stadium on Saturday January 19 to box his opponent, Ben Nelson from the newly formed Townland boxing club in Belfast in the semi-final of the 51kg Flyweight division. When the bell went for the first round Rickey didn’t hang around and got himself into the contest with an early start, throwing and scoring with his favourite combination of left jab, right hand followed by a left hook. Fully aware of the importance of being ahead at the end of the first round, Ricky kept his work rate high and thankfully found himself leading 7–4 at the end of the first.