AARON MCKENNA BEATS FORMER WORLD CHAMPION TO CLAIM WBA INTERNATIONAL MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE

MAITIU MONAGHAN

The first time I met Aaron McKenna, was in a Largy College changing room in 2013 for u14 football trials. Then only a mischievous, gangly teenager, the Smithborough man was a ball of energy. He was never not scheming, joking, or generally acting the maggot. He has as much interest in the Largy College u14 football team as I had in marking him during the trials. At 13 years old, it was impossible to see the intense focus this care free kid had. It’s been well documented how the McKenna brothers rose through the boxing ranks. Their father, Fergal, has installed a fully functioning boxing gym in the back garden. The brothers spent hours upon hours sparring and….