Cork's Callum Walsh tending the Garden with one eye on the Páirc

Callum Walsh is a dreamer just like everyone else and when his head hits the pillow at night, visions of a packed Páirc Uí Chaoimh fill his thoughts.

The 24-year-old admits that he'd need to pick up a few notable W's before that became even a remote possibility, but it's 30 years from that night in Millstreet so a good anniversary to remind people of the ferocity that the sport can bring to the Rebel County.

This is a fighter too, whose path is crossing regularly with high-profile names like Jake Paul, Dana White and iconic trainer Freddie Roach, who was in the corner of Steve Collins during that famed battle with Chris Eubank on Leeside.

For the initiated, the 2017 European Junior gold medallist is one of the brightest prospects in Irish boxing right now and with that comes the honour of topping the St Patrick’s weekend card at Madison Square Garden, as he puts his Continental Americas Super Welterweight title on the line against Aberdeen’s 19-1 fighter Dean Sutherland.

For the uninitiated, seeing White shadow Walsh and the fact that his bouts are screened by UFC Fight Pass may cross the streams enough to cause some confusion – and the mention of the octagon does bring a sparkle to the youngster’s eye.

"When I signed with Tom (Loeffler), Dana and Tom were already working on putting boxing on UFC Fight Pass," Walsh told RTÉ Sport.

"Tom brought me to meet Dana and Dana and Freddie have a very good relationship too so they obviously talked and Freddie told him that I was a good fighter, that I was legit. I wasn’t just some random Irish fighter.

"Dana saw me fight a couple of times and then came on board with his Howler Head whiskey sponsorship. The more I fought, the more I got better as a pro; he talked to Freddie and he wants