Belfast boxer Paddy Gallagher trains ahead of his middleweight bout against Dublin's Paul Ryan on the undercard of Katie Taylor's farewell fight at Croke Park in September. ‘Patman’ was gone and Gallagher’s hopes and dreams, the focus of his life went with him and his life spiralled out of control. PICTURE: BRIAN LINCOLNALMOST a year to the day after he made his decision to quit drinking, Gallagher decided to return to the ring. “Ryan is a great fighter and it’ll be a great fight,” he explained. I can’t convince anyone what way it’s going to go but I do think it’s going to be a great fight, a great fight for the card.