Mickey Vann and the Fighting Irish

Legendary ref Mickey Vann wound up his career as the third man in the ring with a stint in Ireland, reffing bouts such as Spike O’Sullivan v Anthony Fitzgerald (yikes) and Jamie Conlan v Junior Granados (yikes x 2), after passing the retirement age of 65 in Britain. But he’s been working with Irish fighters throughout his whole career, as the man in the middle for Sean Mannion’s only UK bout, Barry McGuigan’s last fight and famous showdowns including Darren Corbett v Chris Okoh, Shea Neary v Mickey Ward and Ricky Hatton v Eamonn Magee. He’s also judged bouts featuring Irish world champions including Steve Collins, Wayne McCullough and Carl Frampton. Here, he looks back at nearly 50 years of working alongside Irish boxing’s finest but first, let's hear about the time he reffed 'Gypsy' John Fury against Neal Malpass for the British Boxing Board of Control Central Area heavyweight title at the Brodsworth Miners Welfare Club in Doncaster…

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