Suffolk boxing prospect Eilish Tierney says she'll be 'unstoppable' when she makes her return to the ring at Trinity Park this weekend.
The 27-year-old (3-1) hasn't fought for more than a year, having had to pull out of her last scheduled fight - a high profile Suffolk/Norfolk derby with Stevi Levy - for health reasons in November.
A smear test returned adverse results, and Tierney, Suffolk's first-ever professional female boxer, duly had to go under the knife.
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Now fully recovered, she can't wait to resume her promising boxing career, moving down to super-bantamweight to face 28-fight veteran Kira Carter in a six round scrap on the 'Trouble in Town' event on Saturday night.
“I’m all good, fully recovered and got the all-clear," she explained. "Just one of those things – I had a smear test and my results came back not as great as the doctor would have hoped.
“So we just removed what was there, fully recovered and I'm back in the gym ready to go.”
She added: “Get your smear test people, please – it saves lives! It’s so important. Especially at my age where I think I’m indestructible, but then you get news like that and it brings you back down to earth where you think ‘I need to look after myself.’
“So, if anything changes in your body, get it checked with a doctor.”
Of her clash with Carter, she enthused: “I’m feeling good. It’s comeback 3.0 now or something! A good six rounder with a very established boxer, so I’m ready to go.
“I want big fights, I want experience, I want to show people what I’ve done while I’ve been out. I haven’t been at home feeling sorry for myself, I’ve been grafting and learning and watching and trying to do everything I can.
“It’s going to be a new Eilish on the 21st.”
And Tierney, who fights out of the same Suffolk Punch gym as world heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley, is targeting a first career KO as a way of announcing herself back on the big stage - Carter has only been stopped three times in her 135-round ring career to date.
“I’m going to be unstoppable at super bantam," Tierney insisted. "Quick, fast, strong, everything – I can’t be touched at super bantam.
“It’s just that feeling where everything clicks and moves well. I don’t feel heavy, you just know!
“I’m saying three rounds and I get the stoppage. But if it goes to six and I put on a great performance then I’m not upset with that… but three rounds and then I want the stoppage!
She concluded: “I want more than one fight this year. So after this I'll hopefully speak to my manager, get straight back out and keep rebuilding up the ranks at super bantam.”
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