{"id":611763,"date":"2026-04-16T23:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T23:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/611763\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T23:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T23:51:11","slug":"wexford-homecoming-talk-grows-as-gonzalez-furlong-tops-spanish-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/611763\/","title":{"rendered":"Wexford Homecoming Talk Grows as Gonzalez Furlong Tops Spanish Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irish-boxing.com\/?s=Dean+Gonzalez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dean Gonzalez Furlong<\/a> added a little volume to the growing whispers of a Wexford summer fight night, hinting a homecoming could be on the horizon as he heads into another Alicante headliner this weekend. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Speedy\u2019 tops the bill at the Instituci\u00f3n Ferial Alicantina in Elche, where he takes on Adrian Orban on Saturday night \u2013 and  while the immediate focus is firmly on business in Spain, Gonzalez Furlong became the latest to hint at a Wexford show later this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI enjoy it, it\u2019s a good night out for my friends and town is not too far,\u201d he tells Irish-boxing.com about the Spanish show.  \u201cBut I can see them making a trip back to Ireland soon,\u201d he adds with comments that will only fuel talk of a potential Wexford card.<\/p>\n<p>Before any homecoming plans can materialise, the rising fighter is determined to build on his stoppage win over Sergio Dos Santos Carvalho last time out. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy last fight, I had a great performance and caught my opponent with some good shots. It might have been the best clip, but I have much more to give.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Giving more against Orbain may lead to another early night as he steps up to eight rounds for the first time. The 23-year-old, who would be fancied to the stoppage, wouldn\u2019t mind if that wasn\u2019t the case, as he wouldn\u2019t mind testing himself over the longer distance.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to go eight to have that experience, but at the same time, I wouldn\u2019t be upset getting him out of there early,\u201d he adds before revealing he will respect away corner boxer Orbain\u2019s capabilities. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s always some sort of risk getting in there with another fighter coming at you, but I think I\u2019ll have too much for my opponent this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dean Gonzalez Furlong added a little volume to the growing whispers of a Wexford summer fight night, hinting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,297182,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-611763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-dean-gonzalez-furling","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}