Tuesday 17 May 2022
The IABA have since released a statement in response to Minister Chambers’ comments on RTÉ Radio One earlier today.
It’s only the second time – after a certain Katie Taylor and Kellie Harrington in 2016 – that Ireland have had multiple medallists at the Women’s Worlds.
The 35-year-old British fighter hangs up his gloves with a record of 34 wins from his 40 fights.
An initial tally showed the legendary sportsman picked up fewer than four million votes.
The Mexican’s only other defeat was to Floyd Mayweather at light-middleweight in 2013.
It’s time to bring Katie Taylor home.
Eddie Hearn is keen on staging a Taylor-Serrano sequel in Ireland.
On an electrifying night in New York, the Irish great gritted out a seismic victory over her slightly favoured longtime rival after being badly hurt in the fifth round.
Australia’s Skye Nicolson, whose boxing brothers died tragically before she was born, is hellbent on carrying their legacy to new heights.
Katie Taylor on spending time with Amanda Serrano, being grateful she’s not fighting on a Jake Paul undercard, and comparisons between tonight’s bout and her 2012 Olympic final.
The Irish turned out in force, with plenty of Puerto Rican noise too, as Saturday night’s protagonists faced off on stage.
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‘I think we were supposed to be fighting in Eddie Hearn’s backyard during the pandemic, so I think MSG and a packed 20,000 arena… It is a bit better.’
Katie Taylor seems to be operating on a different plane in advance of the biggest fight of her professional career.
The 33-year-old vowed to hang up his gloves after his successful title defence in front of 94,000 fans at Wembley.
With MSG almost sold out for Saturday, Eddie Hearn has reiterated that he would be ‘very disappointed’ if Taylor never fights in Ireland as a professional.
Gavan Casey touches down in the Big Apple ahead of a mega-fight in the Garden.
Gavan Casey lays out where Saturday’s headline bout could be won and lost, with the latest William Hill odds.
Fury retained his world title against fellow Briton Dillian Whyte and extended his unbeaten record to 33 fights.
The mobile phone video shows Tyson leaning over the back of his seat repeatedly striking the unidentified man in the head.
Bob Yalen has been leading the boxing management company for four years.
The world heavyweight champion takes on Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.
Kellie Harrington is ready to take on the world again after a few weeks in which she won Strandja gold, sang on the Late Late, and married her partner Mandy.
Boxing figures may disown Kinahan publicly in light of US sanctions but privately, his influence on the sport is unlikely to wane.
Eric Donovan is ready for one last European title tilt in the ring, but he’s already winning outside of it.
He was once crowned the honorary bantamweight champion of Germany after beating the country’s three previous title-holders inside 12 months.
‘Boxing will always be my number one sport, but as long as I’m able to keep everything going, I will.’
The Mayo man’s corner threw in the towel in the final round after two quick fire knockdowns.
The 35-year-old came back to Ukraine to defend his family as soon as Russia invaded his home country on 24 February.
New Zealand’s two-time Rugby World Cup winner and Limerick’s former middleweight world champion teamed up for a short night’s work in Sydney.
Roscommon senior footballer O’Rourke won a 4-1 split in her 70kg final, while Dubliner Fay was dominant in her 54kg decider.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle is Catterall’s MP in Chorley.
The four boxing greats have enlisted in their country’s military as Russia’s invasion continues.
Fury’s co-promoter Frank Warren was also scathing about Whyte’s “disgraceful” absence.
Earlier on the card, Limerick’s Paddy Donovan, trained by former middleweight world champion Andy Lee, improved his record to 8-0
The Tokyo Olympians took gold in Sofia, neither of them losing a fight in the eyes of a single judge all week.
Bivol (19-0, 11 KOs) has held the WBA light-heavyweight title since 2016, defending it 10 times.
The Olympic lightweight champion and the 2019 European middleweight champion marched into Friday’s semis with dominant displays.
The self-styled Gypsy King has vowed to give Dillian Whyte ‘all the respect he deserves’.
The Olympic champion was fighting competitively for the first time since her Tokyo final win over Beatriz Ferreira.
