Barry McGuigan Fight Preview

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Launched in 2000, Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive spans from 1897 to the present day and currently contains an ever-expanding catalogue of 13,000 items. It comprises material from a variety of depositors including feature films, sport, documentaries, animation, amateur footage, light entertainment, and a significant proportion of broadcast material from the UTV Archive.

Barry McGuigan Fight Preview (UTV News)

Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive
Belfast
1984-12-10
Sound

Profile of the up-and-coming boxer.

Ahead of Barry McGuigan's fight against Colombian Filipe Orozco a camera crew for Good Evening Ulster follow McGuigan in training and speak to him about the challenge of fighting against a southpaw.

The report also shows McGuigan helping out with serving tea at the B&B guest house that he uses when preparing before fights. The owner of the B&B and his wife Sandra both speak about his 'grumpiness' before fights. With McGuigan soon to become a world superstar of boxing, this is a charming snapshot of him on the way up the ladder. The reporter is Eamonn Holmes.

Good Evening Ulster was the weekday tea-time local news round-up for Ulster Television throughout much of the 1980s and helped to launch the careers of household names such as Gloria Hunniford and Eamonn Holmes.

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