Boxing traditionally was received very well and accepted on both sides.
From Barry McGuigan
I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.
What I would say about Barney Eastwood is that when our relationship worked, it worked extremely well. He had a lot of strengths as a promoter and a manager.
I'd had 35 professional fights and mentally I was tired of it. I'd sort ot fallen out of love with the sport.
If somebody had told me in the 1980s that Gerry Adams would shake hands with Ian Paisley or Peter Robinson I would have said put that man in a white suit and lock him up in a padded cell.
Barney was interested in bringing professional boxing back to Northern Ireland in a big way.
While my father sang, Pedroza stared at me. By that time my eye pupils were staring at him, too, like a terrier that's got hold of a fox.
What do you want me to do, rob a bank?
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