 Well it's time now to look forward to one of the big boxing events this weekend and it involves Stoney Gulls, Brett McGinty, Brett it was always good to see you, good to talk to you. Good to see you Archie, how's things? I'm not too bad Brett, how are you in the build up to Saturday's fight? It's a busy week for you? I'm not too bad, we're getting there now, I'm all hard work stolen so just a matter of taking care of the weight this week and just making sure I'm ready to go for Saturday night. Have you come around to this thing of making weight yet because I know speaking to you previously it's the one thing you don't like about boxing? I don't think I ever will Archie to be honest but I'm well used to it now at this stage so just take a day's of the come this week, get through them, keep me set on the best shape and all preparation for Saturday night. If you go back to May you took victory in your last outing, that brought you to 5-0 in your professional career. You've had a bit of a long wait Brett to get back into the ring again. To be honest Archie, it's been a bit frustrating. I expected to have a fight between now and May if not too to be honest but as pro boxing it doesn't always go to plan but I think the silver lining and all that is that I'm going to be fighting at home, I'm going to be fighting in Dublin in the National Stadium which is a familiar venue, I mean a box there probably 30 times is an amateur and I plan to success there as well. It's been frustrating time as you say, it's fought at the end of May and haven't fought since but the silver lining and all that is that I'm fighting at home. I've got a right crowd going down to watch me as well so really looking forward it and really looking forward in the year and how. Because it's been a while since you've been at home, 2019 was the last time that you fought at home so for you now in your professional career you wouldn't want to do this a wee bit earlier Brett but this personally this is a big thing for you? It's always something I'd hoped for and wanted to come away but the thing about professional boxing, especially in Ireland, the opportunities are few and far between. I think I've seen something up there during the week that it's been three years and eight months since a professional show has been in Dublin so hopefully this is the start of many more in the future. I mean there's talk about maybe KV Taylor coming home to fight in Coop Park early next year as well so hopefully that's the start of more opportunities for pro boxers in Ireland. I've had five pro fights have been all in England and I loved every one of them but it's something different fighting at home. I'll have a couple of hundred going down the road, they watched me as well the weekend, family and friends and stuff like that there so it's really exciting and I'm really looking forward to it. You want to put on a show film too don't you? Of course they'll be coming down by depending on eyes so it's up to me to make sure they get their money's worth, their tickets and their buses and one thing and another so I'm the best year possible to put on a performance for them and I'm definitely planning to do that. Alessandro Ruggero of Italy, I think we pronounced it right, Brett but he's your opponent, what do you know of him or have you been very much focused on how Brett McGinty is going to tackle this fight? I'm more so focused on myself, I think as it usually is, to be honest he's a bit of an unknown, we don't really know much about him, there's not much footage of him on the internet I think a lot of his fights are in Italy so I don't really know any of his opponents or that but I know he's been six rounds and he's been eight rounds so it should be a tough enough game opponent. I'm sure you'll come to fight but as I said I've prepared really well, it's been a long eight weeks in England, everyone went to plan, I'm feeling as fit and sharp as I've ever felt so everything on my end is good to go and I'll be ready for whatever he brings on Saturday. This is the first time too, you're going to tackle six rounds is it Brett? Well it's the first time since my debut, six rounds in my debut and then I had four fours but I mean I feel like I'm absolutely ready for six rounds, I have been, I was actually hoping to do six in my last fight but I never went to plan but now and I'm ready now, back up to six rounds and then hopefully push towards maybe eight rounds in the early of the new year maybe a Celtic title fight or something like that there, I'm ready to keep going now and I'm looking forward to what the future holds. Were you at the venue for Ricky Hatton's fight last week, obviously Ricky's your trainer, did you get a ringside seat did you Brett or what happened last weekend? Hi we were all in the arena, everybody from the gym was down to watch Ricky, I was fighting for the English title too unfortunately I lost but I mean he'll come again so it was a big night for the gym, we had Brad on for the English title now we had Ricky obviously for his big comeback fight so it was a great night in Saturday Night in Manchester, great event all together, I'm sure a lot of people have seen the amount of weight and the shape that Ricky's got himself in, I have to say now he's an absolute inspiration especially to those with mental health and battling mental health and that he's at his own struggles but to see what he's come through and the condition he's got himself in he's definitely an inspiration now and I'm very lucky that I've become the Dublin at the weekend to do my corner. Yeah and obviously you sparred with him as well so you did over on his build up, thanks what was that like on the same ring, obviously you've been in the ring with him as a trainer and he's calling the shots and giving the instructions but what was it like to go glove to glove with him? Well it was what's so real now the first time but the fight was initially meant to happen on the 2nd of July but it was postponed because there was an injury and I remember sparring Ricky for that and I thought he's sharp enough for whatever but the actual postponement worked in his favour to be honest to like the second time around I sparred him a couple of times there in the last couple of months and he was definitely sharper and I think that reflected on the performance of Saturday night like at the end of the day Brear and Ricky are both well past their best but I mean I think they still put on a very entertaining fight like I think a lot of people, the feedback from them was very good some people would be a bit skeptical to see older fighters coming back even albeit an exhibition but I mean I think it was all for the right causes you know what I mean and it actually ended up being a very entertaining fight so I think it was just a good all round event. Anyway back to Brett McGinty so what happens now and we're talking here on the Tuesday before the fight this will go to air on the Thursday what happens now over the next couple of days is you ease your way into Saturday Brett? It's just a matter of taking care of my weight dodging as I said all the hard work is done so there will be no harder heavy sessions just a few sessions to keep your weight on check literally counting down the hours to be honest I'm headed to Dublin on Friday for the way and I have to take it easy Friday night and then getting ready to fight then Saturday looking forward to it and looking forward to putting on a good show for everybody coming down to watch me. Yeah you're confident? Absolutely as I said like it's been a very good camp, everyone's went to plan, everyone on my end has been taken care of, I'm in the best yet possible depending on a good performance so it's up to me to do that now and do that for the travelling sport coming down. Just finally then Brett looking ahead to 2023 as we mentioned you had two fights this year you wanted a lot more are we going to see more of Brett McGinty next year in the following 12 months? I would like to hope so Ashley, definitely like it was a slow start in the year because of injury but then we finally got going it's been a bad start but I mean I want to push on now there's actually a Celtic title fight at my weight this weekend in Belfast I mean I would be happy to fight the winner of that early next year a fat fight came about but regardless like I want to be as active as possible I want to push on this is six rounds now there will be an eight rounder for the Celtic title if that comes about so definitely the next 12 months I want to look at domestic titles and I want to push on and I want to start getting my name out there. Okay listen Brett we look forward to what the next 12 months are going to bring for you and we look forward to Saturday night as well we wish you all the best of luck in your next professional fight Brett thanks for joining us. Thanks Ashley.