Kevin Cronin, the fighting fireman. Photo Credit: Independent.ie
Dudelange, Luxembourg is the setting for an Irish invasion, of sorts, on March 20th with a coach load of Irish boxers looking to get their 2021 off to a positive start.
For a town touching just shy of 21,000 inhabitants, Dudelange is rich in sporting pedigree: no less than 14 Olympic athletes have been born in the region, including Fred Sturmer (a middleweight at the 1952 Olympics) and Bruno Mattiussi (a light middleweight at the 1952 Olympics).
Kevin Cronin, 2-0, was candid enough to admit he’d never heard of the small town but, as far as he was concerned, it was a place with a boxing ring and that’s all that mattered to him.