Conor McKeown
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He also did great things for boxing in the mainstream at a time when it wasn't the sexiest thing.
Yeah, so he'll be remembered as an important... You can't tell the story of boxing in the 21st century without him.
He's been an important part of it.
It'd be nice feather in his cap if he beat Fury.
Oh, yeah.
Somebody's got to do it, you.
I can't follow these 18 steps.
Not right now.
And it was very detailed and we were well warned.
It was signposted loads, but you never think it's going to be you.
You never think it's going to happen to you.
It turned out it was going to happen to everyone.
Yeah, somebody else is going to get caught with that.
They won't know what to do.
And now here I am.
That mentality is needed physically because the one thing Down had was obviously fitness levels.
But I think what happens against teams that come up against Jimmy Guinness, as Donegal in particular, is they save themselves because they know where they're going to get run into the ground.
They know where they're going to get taken back down the pitch as quickly as they've ever faced it.
Yeah, because Down ran them into the ground.
it's hard to imagine anyone running Donegal I know and the belief that they showed to do that and yeah Conor Avery said that he said to them beforehand you know I believe in when I win I think you're a shade behind me said that to the team and then half time he said to them now are you behind me and do you believe and they do and they grew in confidence and then just that confidence