# boxing - Tuesday 12 January, 2021
# Chance At History
# Chance At History
‘There is nobody stopping me from becoming the island of Ireland’s only ever three-weight world champ,’ said the Belfast sporting icon.
# boxing - Wednesday 6 January, 2021
# Had To Give
# Had To Give
The Clonmel boxing great will not bid to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics after his familial and personal circumstances changed last year.
# RIP
# RIP
The Irish-American, who built or accrued over 100 companies and was renowned for his philanthropy, died following a short battle with Covid-19.
# boxing - Sunday 3 January, 2021
# Rising Star
# Rising Star
Luke Campbell was stopped for the first time as Ryan Garcia claimed the interim WBC lightweight title.
# boxing - Sunday 27 December, 2020
# boxing - Sunday 20 December, 2020
# Too Good
# Too Good
The fight took place in front of a pandemic-limited crowd at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
# boxing - Saturday 19 December, 2020
# Convincing
# Convincing
The 38-year-old floored his soft-punching opponent in the first, second, fourth and seventh rounds.
# Double Whammy
# Double Whammy
Donegal’s McGinty had his whiskers checked by the larger Jan Ardon but passed his first test as a professional.
# boxing - Friday 18 December, 2020
# Hitman's Apprentice
# Hitman's Apprentice
The 22-year-old has been training under Ricky Hatton for well over a year and will make his debut alongside Hennessy Sports stablemate McKenna [6-0, 6KOs].
# boxing - Thursday 17 December, 2020
# The Eagle Has Landed
# The Eagle Has Landed
The UFC star and the Bray boxer were among the nominees for an award decided by a public vote.
# boxing - Monday 14 December, 2020
# Aaand Still
# Aaand Still
The Irish icon has retained the prestigious end-of-year award and also remains top of the BWAA’s pound-for-pound rankings.
# New Frontiers
# New Frontiers
Multi-billion-pound streaming giant DAZN is now live in Ireland, but they see an Irish sporting icon as a key part of their global expansion plans.
# boxing - Sunday 13 December, 2020
The Briton floored Pulev four times before the Bulgarian was finally unable to continue.
# boxing - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# Hitman Jr
# Hitman Jr
The 19-year-old will be trained by his uncle, former world-title challenger Matthew Hatton, and managed by his legendary father.
# boxing - Friday 4 December, 2020
# Machine
# Machine
The Belfast man moved to 28-3, 24KOs as he destroyed Irish-Canadian Josh O’Reilly inside the first three minutes.
# boxing - Wednesday 2 December, 2020
# Nominated
# Nominated
The world heavyweight champion has called on his fans not to vote, saying: ‘I have no need for verification’.
# boxing - Sunday 29 November, 2020
# Boxing
# Boxing
Underdog Joyce landed the British, Commonwealth and European titles, while the exhibition battle of former heavyweight champions ended all square.
# boxing - Friday 27 November, 2020
# Comeback
# Comeback
The controversial showdown between two great former champions now in their 50s has been met with understandable criticism.
# boxing - Thursday 26 November, 2020
# Brussels Bouts
# Brussels Bouts
‘Lilywhite Lightning’ has a couple of fights in the pipeline as he stares into a potentially career-defining year.
# boxing - Wednesday 25 November, 2020
# GGG
# GGG
The middleweight bout will take place in Florida a day before Canelo Alvarez makes his return against Britain’s Callum Smith.
# boxing - Tuesday 24 November, 2020
# Tenny
# Tenny
The hard-hitting Irishman will face Irish-Canadian Josh O’Reilly on 4 December and will aim to put the big dogs at 135 on notice.
# boxing - Wednesday 18 November, 2020
# Fight Like A Girl
# Fight Like A Girl
With Jane Couch watching on, it was fitting that Katie Taylor and co. put their fists through the glass ceiling at Wembley Arena, of all places.
# Back In Business
# Back In Business
Eddie Hearn will promote the long-awaited super-middleweight world-title scrap on 19 December.
# boxing - Tuesday 17 November, 2020
# Double Trouble
# Double Trouble
Older brother Stevie will fight twice in as many weekends while Aaron will dust off the cobwebs at the end of a pandemic-stalled career year.
# Popular
# Popular
Meanwhile, in more good news for the 34-year-old Bray native, she has just been named Ring Magazine’s pound-for-pound number one fighter.
# boxing - Saturday 14 November, 2020
# Aaaand Still
# Aaaand Still
The Irish icon dropped Miriam Gutierrez and hurt in her several rounds but had to settle for an almost-perfect unanimous decision.
# boxing - Thursday 12 November, 2020
# Boxing
# Boxing
Both parties have welcomed the terms of the confidential settlement.
# boxing - Wednesday 11 November, 2020
# Real Deal
# Real Deal
The 21-year-old stylishly outpointed a worthy opponent in Wakefield.
# Boxing
# Boxing
Katie Taylor on her free-to-air fight this Saturday, her cultural significance in professional boxing, and the debate over female fighters’ earnings.
# boxing - Tuesday 10 November, 2020
# KT
# KT
Taylor v Gutierrez to be show on Sky Sports Mix as well as YouTube, Facebook and the Sky Sports website.
# boxing - Saturday 31 October, 2020
# Mac Attack
# Mac Attack
‘I’m the roughest, toughest bad boy out of Belfast, and I’m the first black Irish European champion.’
# boxing - Saturday 17 October, 2020
# Lilywhite Lift-off
# Lilywhite Lift-off
The 20-year-old went into her opponent’s home gym and beat her into submission, earning a career-altering TKO6 victory.
# boxing - Friday 16 October, 2020
# Back In Action
# Back In Action
Joshua has fought since outpointing Andy Ruiz Jr to regain his titles on 7 December, 2019.
# boxing - Monday 12 October, 2020
# Wilder Intentions
# Wilder Intentions
A homecoming fight in the UK looks most likely for Fury, ahead of the showdown with Anthony Joshua.
# boxing - Sunday 4 October, 2020
# Bad Night
# Bad Night
The Croatian tasted the third round for the first time as a professional but it was Kennedy who tasted defeat in Milton Keynes.
# Positive
# Positive
Hearn’s son Eddie also returned a positive test last week.
# boxing - Sunday 27 September, 2020
# All The Marbles
# All The Marbles
The Scot knocked out Thailand’s Apinun Khongsong in the first round in London last night.
# Double Take
# Double Take
There were resounding victories for the brothers on last night’s bill at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
# boxing - Saturday 26 September, 2020
# Pac Man
# Pac Man
The fight could be staged in the Middle East though a deal is far from agreed.
# boxing - Thursday 24 September, 2020
# November Reign
# November Reign
Taylor will take on unbeaten Spaniard Miriam Gutierrez, promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed.
