{"id":804601,"date":"2026-07-16T01:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804601\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T01:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:12:09","slug":"from-dreaming-of-the-dubs-to-fighting-at-croke-park-thomas-cartys-full-circle-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804601\/","title":{"rendered":"From Dreaming of the Dubs to Fighting at Croke Park \u2013 Thomas Carty’s Full Circle Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thomas\u00a0Carty<\/a>\u00a0plans to put down Dave at the venue he dreamed of lifting Sam on September 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The heavyweight boxer was officially confirmed for the Katie Taylor<\/a> Once Upon a Time card at a Matchroom press conference last week and will fight British heavyweight name, Dave Allen on the historic bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a huge fight and a massive moment for the Dub.<\/p>\n

Not only can a win over the \u2018White Rhino\u2019 propel the Celtic Warrior Gym boxer toward world level, but Croke Park has always represented hallowed turf for the \u2018Bomber\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before his focus fully switched to the sweet science, the BUI Celtic title winner had GAA aspirations. The former St Vincent\u2019s midfielder dreamt of walking out in front of the Hill in a Dubs jersey, so getting to do it in his fight robe means\u00a0alot.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI played Gaelic football growing up, but I always dreamt of playing for the Dubs,\u201d\u00a0Carty\u00a0explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was my goal until I found boxing. We\u2019ve eventually made it to Croke Park, but it\u2019s not your Gaelic football, it\u2019s your boxing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be representing the Dubs. Hopefully a few Kerry men support me as well, but we\u2019ll be representing the\u00a0coutnry.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fact Croke Park is so close to where the southpaw grew up also adds significance\u00a0to fighting on the historic bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m like a five-minute walk away.\u00a0You can nearly see the Stadium from the end of my road. The local pub is on the same road as Croke Park.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf somebody was to ask me where I live, I\u2019d say beside Croke Park because it\u2019s the easiest way to describe it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, instead of watching sporting heroes perform there, he\u2019ll become one of the local attractions himself when he faces former world title challenger Allen.<\/p>\n

There was genuine respect between the pair at last\u00a0week\u2019s\u00a0press conference as well as smiles when\u00a0they head\u00a0to head for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The respect will remain as September 5 closes in but the jovial nature of proceedings will change, warns the Paschal Collins-trained big man,\u00a0especially\u00a0when the bell sounds to begin the fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no need to fake it,\u201d he said.\u00a0The show is sold out. There\u2019s no need to put any fake bad blood in there.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it is a fighting sport and my intentions are fully to knock Dave Allen out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thomas\u00a0Carty\u00a0plans to put down Dave at the venue he dreamed of lifting Sam on September 5.\u00a0 The heavyweight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,85618,23372,8808,82,282970],"class_list":["post-804601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-croke-park","tag-dave-allen","tag-katie-taylor","tag-sports","tag-thomas-carty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}