Coach Paschal Collins on Ray Moylette – “I wont try change his style”
Ray Moylette will make his entry into the pro game next month with two fights in two weeks either side of the Atlantic.
A debut date at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London on March 4th will be followed by a slot on a Murphy’s Boxing card in Boston.
The man at the helm will be Dublin coach Paschal Collins, and Mayo’s Moylette will become a fully-fledged member of the Celtic Warriors Gym alongside the likes of Spike O’Sullivan, Stephen Ormond, Luke Keeler, Niall Kennedy, Craig O’Brien, Allan Phelan, and Bernard Roe.
The Western light welter however is no newcomer to the gym, and has frequented the Corduff establishment for well over a year.
Coach Collins spoke to Irish-Boxing.com and explained how “Ray had been at my gym sparring for a couple of months with Steve Ormond, getting ready for the Seniors and the Olympic qualifier. I know Ray, and a couple of months ago we sat down for a chat about turning pro, I didn’t know what he was doing at the time.”
Detailing how the link-up came about, the gym boss recalled that “when the word came out that he was turning pro, I got a call from his manager Kaz [Evans, Assassin Boxing] asking would I work with him. It was never a question whether I would work with him, because I know from him coming to the gym that he’s a professional, a good lad, very respectful, and he’s got a great work ethic. He doesn’t want to hang around anymore, he got a bit of a sour taste in his mouth from the qualifiers.”
“After speaking with Kaz, I got a call from Ray I and met up with him and Martin Brennan, his amateur coach, agreed to work together, and now we’ll take it one fight at a time.”
“I think it’s a great partnership and I’m really looking forward to it.”
Brennan will still be involved with the career of Moylette, and Collins clarified that “I’m going to be training Ray, and when Ray is not in Dublin he will be working with Martin. I don’t work part time with fighters, but the fact is that he lives in Mayo and he’ll only be in Dublin three days a week. But when it comes to a stage where he steps up, I’ll be training him.”
“Martin’s got a very close relationship [with Ray], he trusts him, and Martin is a nice man, I like him. So what happened was, we sat down and I said ‘when he’s not in Dublin, this is what he should do,’ and Martin will make sure that he does the work – not that he needs to [make sure], Ray is a fitness fanatic.”
Moylette has long been said to have a style perfectly suited to the pro game and Collins outlined how “the good thing about amateur boxing now is that, if you have a pro style, you’ll do well in amateur boxing. It’s back to the old days, you win a round, you lose a round, no headguards, more pressure boxing.”
“I wont try change his style, what I’ll do is, as I do with all my fighters, I’ll get him to the gym, correct his mistakes, and while we’re in the gym learning he will improve. I’m not going to try make a certain style for him, I take everyone’s style and try improve it.”
In just his second fight, Moylette will box at the House of Blues in Boston on a Murphys Boxing card, something which Collins believes is a no brainer.
“He’s got a big following in Boston, his name has come up before when I’ve been speaking to Ken [Casey, Murphys Boxing],” the 45 year old revealed.
“Ray has a brother out there and there’s a lot of migrants out there from Mayo. When Ken saw that he was signing with me, he thought it was a no brainer to bring him out there.”
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