Seery -
http://www.ufc.com/news/Neil-Seery-is-a-Good-Man
- On the average day, Seery, a father of four, begins work in a local warehouse at 6:30am. He clocks out at 2:30pm, trains until four, and if he’s lucky he’ll have 90 minutes free until he goes back to the gym.
- but it’s all he’s known since he turned pro ten years ago
- “I’m 36, four kids, I’m running around, working full-time. But when I got the call two years ago to fight Brad Pickett, I just said to myself, ‘I’m gonna enjoy every bit of it until it comes to an end.’ And that’s basically why I’m still fighting. I love the training part, I love being around the gyms, and I’m actually trying out two or three gyms when I’m fighting, and the fighting game, sometimes I just can’t get enough of it.
- “The previous fight with Smolka, it seemed to get a bit tougher with a new addition to the family,”
- “We’ve got four kids now, so things got a lot tougher after that, but what can you do? That’s life.”
- “I’ve got two of my kids training with me, so it’s not too bad,”
- “I had a fight with Louis Smolka in Vegas last time and things didn’t go my way. I came home, sat back, took a break, was with the kids, and regrouped. And then, look, UFC in Dublin and we’ll go again. So we don’t look that far forward because I’m 36 years of age.
- “For years, I’ve bounced around nearly every single club in Ireland and I put in the hard work everywhere,”
- “I’ve boxed with the best boxers in Ireland, I’ve rolled with the best people in Ireland, I’ve done everything that I can do to get better at this game, and I think it’s just the heart to keep going. That’s why I’m always dangerous to the end. I just have that heart and that belief that I won’t let anybody get the better of me in a fight. And it’s worked so far, and I’ve just got to keep doing that until the time comes. When I have to walk away I’ll walk away.”