‘Give up that drink son and give it everything you got’ – How one phone call changed everything for Dennis Hogan

Dennis Hogan

Seán McGoldrick

A quarter of a century after Dennis Hogan first walked through the doors of Grangecon Boxing Club, he has returned. “I get the same smell now as I got as a 13-year-old. It reminds me of old times.”

During those 25 years, Kilcullen-born Hogan chased a dream. Next Saturday night at the 3Arena he will fulfil it when he defends his IBO super welterweight world title.