"The Irish Express" Sean Fitzgerald sits down with Shamrock Sports.

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So I will be the first one to admit that I didn't have a clue that this conversation was going to go the way it did. It's no secret that I love this city, but I really have an affinity for the neighborhood I grew up in, and the people in it. Webster Square, Main South, Airport Hill...All South High. I grew up on Shrewsbury St till I was 12, but when my parents moved me across the city, I made the friends and family that I still have around me today. I was a tad irritated because I had to make a whole new crew of friends and did just that. Kept in touch with the others, but Webster Square and South High became my family. If my father was here today, he wouldn't even allow me to start the conversation. He would tell me that he was sorry and that I should have gone to Voke. My parents in good faith had forced me to go to Holy Name. It made me nervous because I had just made friends in my new neighborhood and the idea of having to go to yet another school where I knew zero people didn't appease me. All I wanted to do was go where all my friends were going. Their reason for not wanting me to go to South was for a few different reasons. They thought it was the best chance at success for me. The main reason however was the belief that I would get in too much trouble, violence, and thought it was a lesser education. What they didn't know is the type of people that I would eventually surround myself with. People with heart. Kids that are now police officers, firefighters, CEO's, executives. Kids who had so much heart, that society could not dictate who they were or what they did. People like Sean. To learn about how he felt about South High, The Ionic Ave Boys Club, Main South was more than I bargained for. Answers to questions that never crossed my mind to ask and that's also what is great about my podcast. it turns into a genuine conversation. When we met at the Rivera Press Conference, we had a pretty solid conversation about his back story. Another guy who had a tough childhood, joined up at the Boys Club and was taken under the GodFather of Boxing's wing, Carlos Garcia. He took Sean in and they turned him into a title contender. Jesus. He fought Roberto Duran with the heart I'm referring to.

I watched this fight last night after the PodCast and still amazing. Do your self a favor and revisit this fight when you get a chance. The Irish Express on display. Every fighter I have had on I've asked a few of the same questions. Sean's answer to what was going through his head before and during the Duran match was almost identical to what Peter Mcneeley said he went through before this fight. It was his big chance, just give it your all and fight, go for the win. At the end of these fights, I look at these guys and you can tell how drained they are emotionally, mentally and physically. Literally give it their all. The respect that is in the boxing community is built on that idea. Giving it 100%. Till the end. Till your arms literally don't work anymore. To learn after the fact that he was indeed a South High Colonel didn't shock me in the least. Sean's good friend Jose Antonio Rivera was a Colonel. Bobby Harris was a Colonel. Rocky Gonzalez was a Colonel. Heart, tough, smart. All of us have overcome some type of adversity to succeed. But, we made it. From South High. My Dad is who I would love to tell this too. Now the best part. Zoom cut us off halfway through this Pod and it turned into a blessing. Sean called out that he was not done, which was awesome. We recorded a much less candid Part 2....Ha I waited purposely to post it, but he brought the thunder as far as stories go. Trust me.