# irish-boxing - Saturday 15 May, 2021
# Line 'em Up
# Line 'em Up
‘Mac Attack’ stopped Alexandru Jur in the sixth to defend his European title and set up an intriguing Ireland-v-England clash.
# irish-boxing - Sunday 2 May, 2021
# Andy's Winning Matches
# Andy's Winning Matches
The Kiwi began training with Lee in Dublin seven weeks ago.
# irish-boxing - Saturday 1 May, 2021
# Champion's Rally
# Champion's Rally
The Irish icon earned a razor-tight unanimous decision over her friend and foe from Liverpool in a modern classic.
# Impacto
# Impacto
The Belfast puncher was outgunned and halted by the unheralded Mexican, who transformed his career in just over two minutes.
# irish-boxing - Thursday 29 April, 2021
# Born For The Role
# Born For The Role
She has been a fighter all her life and a boxer for over half of it. At 40, she wants Eddie Hearn to give her the world-title shot she deserves.
# irish-boxing - Wednesday 28 April, 2021
# Back To The Future
# Back To The Future
The Irish icon won a thrilling London Olympics quarter-final between them, but the Liverpudlian knows how to tear up a script.
# irish-boxing - Wednesday 31 March, 2021
# A Boy Named Tszyu
# A Boy Named Tszyu
The Aussie was in ferocious form as he ironed out a couple of early complications and halted the Irishman.
# irish-boxing - Monday 29 March, 2021
# Home And Away
# Home And Away
Dennis Hogan faces a make-or-break fight with Aussie ‘second coming’ Tim Tszyu on Wednesday morning, live on eir Sport.
# irish-boxing - Friday 19 March, 2021
# Reboot
# Reboot
The Moate light-heavyweight shut out Marco Delgado on all three judges’ scorecards, improving to 3-1(2KOs) in a pivotal early-career fight.
# irish-boxing - Wednesday 17 March, 2021
# Mighty Joe
# Mighty Joe
After a dislocated knee on his ill-fated debut and the recent death of his friend and manager, Joe Ward starts again in earnest on Thursday night.
# irish-boxing - Thursday 25 February, 2021
# Podium Places
# Podium Places
Aoife O’Rourke and Brendan Irvine march on, while there was disappointment and frustration for Michaela Walsh.
# irish-boxing - Monday 22 February, 2021
# Dusting Off
# Dusting Off
Barnard Dunne’s Irish team are competing in Sofia in preparation for the summer’s final Olympic qualifiers.
# irish-boxing - Wednesday 17 February, 2021
# Star In Waiting
# Star In Waiting
A hand injury has forced the postponement of the Belfast icon’s upcoming world-title fight, opening the door for another prodigious Irish boxer.
# irish-boxing - Monday 8 February, 2021
# Surviving Success
# Surviving Success
The Dubliner won Olympic silver in Beijing in 2008 but faced a subsequent fight with severe alcoholism, an issue he’ll explore on Wednesday’s ‘Finné’.
# irish-boxing - Thursday 28 January, 2021
# Two-time SPOTY
# Two-time SPOTY
Taylor, who earned a thrilling rematch win over Delfine Persoon and headlined a major breakthrough for women’s boxing on Sky, last won the award in 2012.
# 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.
