Brandon Royval details the exhaustive preparation that went into his fight with Lone'er Kavanagh:
"I was subscribed to Lone'er Kavanagh's emails, bro. There wasn't a rock left unturned.
Most of our fight took place in his corner, and one thing that helped me out was hearing his corner say, 'The kicks aren't there. Go to the head with the kick.'
The moment he went for a head kick, I just stepped in with a punch, and I was like, 'Sick.' I recognized the voices because I pay attention to all their YouTube videos and all their fighters.
I just thought this was such a big fight, and Lone'er Kavanagh is so good. I have so much respect for him, and I had so many nerves going into this fight. I just wanted to make sure everything was in order, bro."
The 4 goals against Croatia
Kanes late double vs Congo
That win in the azteca
Jude’s double against Norway
Gordon’s goal in the semi
They’ve given us another cracking summer, ofc we’d rather have won it but I’ve seen England teams not get out the group against Costa Rica!
It’s the hope that kills ya 🤣
Home euros next time, see ya there 🏴🍺
Bummer! Congratulations to Argentina on their win tonight. Some excellent banter on here. 😆
On reflection, it would have been amazing to beat you on the pitch tonight and we’d have given you plenty of stick.. but similar to 1986 and Diego’s grubby right hand (nevermind 1998 and Simones lack of core strength) it doesn’t give you the win that you’ll never have. 😘🇫🇰🇬🇧