Sports | February 01, 2007 | Comment on this video (9)

Shadow Boxer

getreel
Larger-than-life Irish actor and writer Seamus Patrick McDonagh is a charismatic contradiction of a man with a huge infectious smile, an honors degree in English literature and a powerful left hook. Up from obscurity to become Golden Gloves champion by knocking out all his opponents, the then third-ranked cruiserweight in the world moved up to the heavyweight division in 1990. Against all odds he fought Evander Holyfield for the heavyweight championship.
  1. groups:
    Sports,   On Current TV,   Intro,   Outro,   2 more
  2. tags:
    Sports,  On Current TV,  Intro,  Outro,  7 more
  3.     
    |
    Embed video:
    |

9 comments // Shadow Boxer // Video

  • Joanne67
    • 0
      Joanne67  

    • I went to college with Seamus in the 80s as he was making his way through the Golden Gloves. Good natured, kind and smart, Seamus was a friend to all. He was always with a smile, even when he would come to class with a cut above his eye from a match on the weekend. Quite the dichotomy. While his "Cinderella Story" captures the imagination, what happens outside the ring and after his championship fight is another part of the story waiting to be told.

    • 3 years ago
  • seapatmac
    • 0
      seapatmac  
    • Joanne67:

      Hi Joanne,
      Seamus Patrick McDonagh here. Your kind words are so appreciated. I must say that it takes one to know one. I'd love to see your stand-up routine in a pod on "Current" but more than that I know you are a great mother, wife and still the beautiful a person I've always known you to be since our college days at St. John's University. If the "pod" idea interests you, I'll be in New York soon and can help you to shoot it. It's right up my alley since I agree with Thoreau and Emerson who both proclaimed that, "laughing often" is the #1 measure of success in life.

    • 3 years ago
  • bfalla
  • blacksnot
    • 0
      blacksnot  

    • I think this video changed my life also. The guy does not seem like the typical "boxer". I'd like to know more about the guy. I guess I could Google him. Thanks getreel. I see you have a couple of videos about this guy. Any more coming up? What does he do now? I know I'll Google.

    • 3 years ago
  • satnow
  • satnow
  • getreel
    • 0
      getreel  

    • Hi, still trying to figure out the new site. The Shadow Boxer changed by Seamus Patrick McDonagh and my life. We were written about in Crains Business Week and this great article telling the whole wonderful story in Pop Entertainment http://www.popentertainment.com/mcdonagh.htm
      Seamus and I would like to thank you all for this wild ride. Sandi

    • 4 years ago
  • bfalla
  • bstein
    • 0
      bstein  
    • Image

    • If you want a snapshot of the dire state of heavyweight boxing, look at the contrasting circumstances of Evander Holyfield and Seamus Patrick McDonagh. They fought nearly 17 years ago and both are still in the headlines, but for vastly contrasting reasons.

    • 4 years ago
more from Sports:
from the community

top videos