Callum Walsh, an undefeated UFC star, shares his journey from being stuck in Ireland during the pandemic to building a successful career in Los Angeles. What started as a two-week break turned into a year and a half, leading him to become the WBC Continental Americas Super Welterweight champion.
The gyms were closed and there were strict rules in place, so he couldn’t train and was stuck in limbo.
He now stands with 9 KOs in his career and is back in Dublin to defend his WBC Continental Americas Super Welterweight title against Przemyslaw Runowski tonight at Dublin’s 3Arena. He added: “I just went over there to see what was going on and now I live there. I have a life there.” “I had visa issues for a while so I couldn’t leave. That’s why I was there for such a long time, a year and a half, without coming on. I had to wait for my visa.”
He chose California because his father lived there at the time. Callum explained: “At the time my dad was living in Los Angeles, so he told me that the gyms were still open there and everybody was still training. That’s when I decided to go over there for a couple of weeks.”
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