Frampton finally lands shot to become first ever three-weight world champion from these shores
‘There is nobody stopping me from becoming the island of Ireland’s only ever three-weight world champ,’ said the Belfast sporting icon.
‘There is nobody stopping me from becoming the island of Ireland’s only ever three-weight world champ,’ said the Belfast sporting icon.
The Clonmel boxing great will not bid to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics after his familial and personal circumstances changed last year.
The Irish-American, who built or accrued over 100 companies and was renowned for his philanthropy, died following a short battle with Covid-19.
Donegal’s McGinty had his whiskers checked by the larger Jan Ardon but passed his first test as a professional.
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].
The Irish icon has retained the prestigious end-of-year award and also remains top of the BWAA’s pound-for-pound rankings.
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.
Aaron became the first man in 79 to stop Jordan Grannum, while Stevie adjusted to halt another teak-tough veteran in MJ Hall.
The Belfast man moved to 28-3, 24KOs as he destroyed Irish-Canadian Josh O’Reilly inside the first three minutes.
‘Lilywhite Lightning’ has a couple of fights in the pipeline as he stares into a potentially career-defining year.
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.
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.
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.
The Irish icon dropped Miriam Gutierrez and hurt in her several rounds but had to settle for an almost-perfect unanimous decision.
The 21-year-old stylishly outpointed a worthy opponent in Wakefield.
Katie Taylor on her free-to-air fight this Saturday, her cultural significance in professional boxing, and the debate over female fighters’ earnings.
‘I’m the roughest, toughest bad boy out of Belfast, and I’m the first black Irish European champion.’
The 20-year-old went into her opponent’s home gym and beat her into submission, earning a career-altering TKO6 victory.
The Croatian tasted the third round for the first time as a professional but it was Kennedy who tasted defeat in Milton Keynes.
The former Irish Elite amateur champion has seen his career take a temporary detour during the pandemic.
Delfine Persoon said she believed Taylor deserved her unanimous decision following another close encounter between the two rivals.
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.
Delfine Persoon sets out to break Irish hearts and become arguably the greatest ever female professional boxer tonight.
The Belgian weighed in almost 2.5lbs heavier than she did for their original scrap, but was comfortably under the 135-pound limit.
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’.
‘What an individual’, said the Matchroom chief of Donovan, who gained a huge amount in defeat – and indeed all week – at Fight Camp.
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.
The 29-year-old is one of less than a handful of names being considered for a proposed fight with the Mexican superstar.
A sequel to their June 2019 classic at Madison Square Garden, during which Taylor emerged as a controversial winner, is in the works.
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.
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.
Sandra Vaughan, who purchased the company in 2017, has stepped away during what she described as ‘transitional phase in the business’.
Bob Yalen has alleged that the backlash against Kinahan stems from ‘the hearsay testimony of biased parties’.
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.
The Brisbane-based Kilcullen native will train from McCullough’s American quarters ahead of significant potential fights on US soil.
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.
‘Whatever she brings, I’ll be able to bring it harder,’ said the seven-time world champion from Puerto Rico.
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.
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.