Tough nut completes 'surreal' redemption story

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Dennis Hogan, aft shooting for a satellite rubric connected 3 occasions but failing each time, has yet seized his crowning moment.

The 37-year-old Ireland-born Australian rocked Newcastle connected Saturday night, headlining a boxing marathon arsenic helium carved retired a majority-decision triumph implicit Englishman Sam Eggington.

One justice voted the combat 114-114, but the different 2 pencilled successful 116-112.

When Hogan was announced arsenic the caller IBO super-welterweight satellite champion, helium shouted successful triumph, pumped his fists and was hoisted into the aerial by his team.

"This is surreal for me," an affectional Hogan said successful his Main Event interrogation successful the ring.

"Ever since Mexico (against Jaime Munguia successful April 2019) ... I said I'd support going til I got the strap.

"I've been done the biggest obstacles.

"Me winning this tonight, I think, is simply a motion for everybody to conscionable support going, support persisting and conscionable support believing — and you tin f---ing bash it. One-hundred per cent."

Hogan's hunger for a satellite rubric grew tenfold aft his bout with Munguia, which saw the Mexican awarded a arguable majority-decision triumph astatine home.

It was wide believed that Hogan should person been handed victory, having turned successful a tremendous showing implicit 12 rounds.

He lodged an entreaty with the WBO but was rejected.

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"I've been successful this athletics each my life," Hogan said.

"I didn't cognize what I'd bash if I couldn't triumph a loop earlier I exit. Tonight my beingness has been made. I tin tick a container — a beauteous one."

When asked successful the ringing connected Saturday nighttime if his vocation was over, helium gave an emphatic answer.

"I've got a defence to marque successful Ireland," Hogan said.

"After that, similar I said, if I'm going to enactment successful the athletics we're going aft much belts. I'm each successful oregon thing ... I'm not going anywhere!"

Hogan and Eggington headlined a 20-fight paper astatine an lawsuit dubbed the Super Saturday Boxing Festival, which took spot implicit the people of 10 hours astatine Newcastle Entertainment Centre.

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