Articles tagged with: luke keeler

Keeler can’t KO Kovacs but grabs a points victory

Date: September 25, 2014 Author: Steve Comments: Leave a reply
Photograph: Sharon Fanagan

Middleweight prospect Luke Keeler improved his record to 6-0 (4 KOs) on Friday, September 12 but the 27-year-old disclosed afterwards that he was not overly impressed with his own performance. Despite tucking a rigid six-round workout under his belt, via a 59-55 victory over Laszlo Kovacs, Luke revealed that he was much to learn before he can consider moving up in levels.

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Red Cow round-up: Full Dublin show report

Date: September 14, 2014 Author: Steve Comments: Leave a reply
Photograph: Sharon Flanagan

Luke Keeler tucked a solid six rounds under his belt at Dublin’s Red Cow Moran Hotel on Friday night. The middleweight outpointed Laszlo Kovacs 59-55 on referee Emile Tiedt’s scorecard. Keeler was guilty of over reaching in the first two rounds and throwing a few too many heavy, looping blows. Luke’s aim was to blast Kovacs out of there and send his legion of supporters home happy but the Hungarian visitor was made of sterner stuff.

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Flighty Lama unable to run from KO king Keeler

Date: June 13, 2014 Author: Steve Comments: Leave a reply

Photograph: Sharon Flanagan

Middleweight puncher Luke Keeler posted the most impressive performance of his career to date last Saturday and now the 27-year-old is ready to push on towards domestic glory. Keeler dropped the usually durable Festim Lama, an Albanian based in London, on three separate occasions to secure an early night at the Holiday Inn.

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