# irish-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.
# irish-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.
# irish-boxing - Sunday 27 December, 2020
# irish-boxing - Saturday 19 December, 2020
# Double Whammy
# Double Whammy
Donegal’s McGinty had his whiskers checked by the larger Jan Ardon but passed his first test as a professional.
# irish-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].
# irish-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.
# irish-boxing - Saturday 12 December, 2020
# Brothers In Arms
# Brothers In Arms
Aaron became the first man in 79 to stop Jordan Grannum, while Stevie adjusted to halt another teak-tough veteran in MJ Hall.
# irish-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.
# irish-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.
# irish-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.
# irish-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.
# irish-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.
# irish-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.
# irish-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.
# irish-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.’
# irish-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.
# irish-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.
# irish-boxing - Thursday 27 August, 2020
# Hitman For Hire
# Hitman For Hire
The former Irish Elite amateur champion has seen his career take a temporary detour during the pandemic.
# irish-boxing - Saturday 22 August, 2020
# Repeat
# Repeat
Delfine Persoon said she believed Taylor deserved her unanimous decision following another close encounter between the two rivals.
# Legacy At Stake
# Legacy At Stake
Scrutinous eyes not only from Ireland but from all corners of the globe will be on her performance tonight, the weight of the world on her shoulders.
# Bogeywoman
# Bogeywoman
Delfine Persoon sets out to break Irish hearts and become arguably the greatest ever female professional boxer tonight.
# irish-boxing - Friday 21 August, 2020
# Straightener
# Straightener
The Belgian weighed in almost 2.5lbs heavier than she did for their original scrap, but was comfortably under the 135-pound limit.
# irish-boxing - Wednesday 19 August, 2020
# Disputed Champion
# Disputed Champion
Ahead of her eagerly anticipated rematch with Delfine Persoon on Saturday, Katie Taylor says she is ‘looking forward to shutting up everyone that has criticised me’.
# irish-boxing - Saturday 15 August, 2020
# Silver Lightning
# Silver Lightning
‘What an individual’, said the Matchroom chief of Donovan, who gained a huge amount in defeat – and indeed all week – at Fight Camp.
# irish-boxing - Thursday 23 July, 2020
# The Mask Of Zaur
# The Mask Of Zaur
Billy Walsh recalls his time working with Zaur Antia, Irish boxing’s media-shy head coach who has played a key role in almost 140 major international medals.
# irish-boxing - Thursday 16 July, 2020
# Shock Chance
# Shock Chance
The 29-year-old is one of less than a handful of names being considered for a proposed fight with the Mexican superstar.
# irish-boxing - Tuesday 7 July, 2020
# Straightener
# Straightener
A sequel to their June 2019 classic at Madison Square Garden, during which Taylor emerged as a controversial winner, is in the works.
# irish-boxing - Saturday 4 July, 2020
# Double Standards
# Double Standards
So many boxing figures performatively take the moral high ground when it comes to the sanctity of human life – until doing so might inconvenience them personally.
# irish-boxing - Tuesday 30 June, 2020
# Bad Blood
# Bad Blood
A tweet from Taylor sparked an online war of words between Serrano, Eddie Hearn and Lou DiBella, and female boxing’s biggest fight now looks unlikely.
# irish-boxing - Monday 29 June, 2020
# Change Of Guard
# Change Of Guard
Sandra Vaughan, who purchased the company in 2017, has stepped away during what she described as ‘transitional phase in the business’.
# Deja Vu
# Deja Vu
Bob Yalen has alleged that the backlash against Kinahan stems from ‘the hearsay testimony of biased parties’.
# irish-boxing - Friday 26 June, 2020
# Matchroom Square Garden
# Matchroom Square Garden
Ireland’s James Tennyson will also fight on one of Matchroom’s ‘Fight Camp’ shows, while there may be room yet for Jason Quigley to feature.
# irish-boxing - Thursday 21 May, 2020
# Pocket Rocket
# Pocket Rocket
The Brisbane-based Kilcullen native will train from McCullough’s American quarters ahead of significant potential fights on US soil.
# irish-boxing - Wednesday 20 May, 2020
# Farney Goes To Hollywood
# Farney Goes To Hollywood
Three ‘ordinary human beings’ from Monaghan have added a boxing legend to their arsenal as they try to do something extraordinary halfway across the world.
# irish-boxing - Monday 11 May, 2020
# Planting The Seed
# Planting The Seed
‘Whatever she brings, I’ll be able to bring it harder,’ said the seven-time world champion from Puerto Rico.
# irish-boxing - Monday 27 April, 2020
# Shadow Of Sydney
# Shadow Of Sydney
Ireland’s only boxer at the 2000 Olympics, Cork’s Michael Roche, reveals why his 16-year dream turned into a nightmare, and how it followed him home from Sydney.
# irish-boxing - Tuesday 7 April, 2020
# Home Improvements
# Home Improvements
Brendan Irvine sheds light on his fightback, Kevin McManamon’s quick thinking in London, and John Conlan being a dark horse on Call of Duty.
