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Keary coming for big guns after taste of international action

Neil Loughran

STANDALONE Asda’s charity, the Asda Foundation, has donated an £800 ‘U18 Better Starts’ grant to Duke’s Boxing Gym in Omagh.

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Irish hearts hope for Katie Taylor win in rematch against Chantelle Cameron

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Olympic champion Harrington backs high performance director Bernard Dunne

Neil Loughran 16 Nov, 2021

OLYMPIC champion Kellie Harrington has given her backing to Irish high performance director Bernard Dunne - and hopes the former world champion stays put for the foreseeable future.

Phoenix rise from the flames after official opening of new gym

Neil Loughran 30 May, 2017

THEY have gone from pillar to post and back again many times over the past 15 months, but finally Phoenix Boxing Club in Lurgan have moved into their new home.

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Chantelle Cameron: Katie Taylor wants to settle the score but I'll win again in Dublin

Andy Watters 23 Nov, 2023

CHANTELLE Cameron sent Katie Taylor a “sincere” message a few days after she'd beaten her in May. She's still waiting on the reply. Did she expect one? Probably not, the contract for Saturday night's rematch had already been prepared by then and, although she is always absolutely respectful, Katie Taylor...

"I just want to fight..." Time for talking is over as Katie Taylor promises revenge in Cameron rematch

Andy Watters 23 Nov, 2023

KATIE Taylor is sick of talking. There's nothing left to say and she just wants to let her hands go back in that Dublin ring and avenge her loss to Chantelle Cameron last May. There was a different vibe about yesterday's final press conference. Taylor is on the brink – another loss to Cameron and that's...

Tyrone McKenna: Pride on the line as East and West collide in Battle of Belfast

Andy Watters 20 Nov, 2023

PRIDE is on the line says Tyrone McKenna as the minutes tick away towards his east versus west ‘Battle of Belfast' with Lewis Crocker on December 2. The derby rumble has been compared to the legendary Hugh Russell-Davy Larmour battles back in 1980s. The sadly-departed ‘Wee Red' (who will be sorely missed...

Eric Donovan: Jude Gallagher in pole position for Olympic qualifier after Irish championship joy

Neil Loughran 20 Nov, 2023

BEHIND closed doors assessments may take place in the weeks and months ahead – but Eric Donovan believes it would be “a big mistake” if Irish coaches looked beyond Jude Gallagher for February’s World Olympic qualifier in Italy

Katie Taylor vows vengeance when Cameron arrives for Dublin rematch * Joe Ward tops the bill in Donegal

Andy Watters 13 Nov, 2023

SAME opponent, same prize, same weight, same venue… The big difference - and the only one that really matters says the woman herself - will be Katie Taylor's performance when she gets back in the ring against Chantelle Camerson at the 3Arena in Dublin on November 25. That's the way it has to be for Taylor...

Special night to celebrate Tyrone and Fermanagh's stars of the ring

Neil Loughran 13 Nov, 2023

IF you were to take the last week as a sample size, the health of boxing in Fermanagh and Tyrone is looking pretty good.

Jude Gallagher proves too strong for Dylan Eagleson in Stadium showdown

Neil Loughran 10 Nov, 2023

Boxing: Irish Elite Championships JUDE Gallagher reignited his Olympic ambitions with a brilliant victory over friend and fellow Commonwealth Games gold medallist Dylan Eagleson at the National Stadium on Friday night. Two of the most exciting talents in the country, the pair shone brightly in Birmingham...

“Nobody has pushed me yet..." Tiernan Bradley fighting his way to the top

Andy Watters 06 Nov, 2023

TIERNAN Bradley has been a professional for almost three years' now. He has fought in Spain, Belgium, on both sides of the border and in England and, on Friday night, he'll have the ninth fight of his career at the Brighton Centre in Sussex. Who has pushed him hardest so far? “Nobody,” he says. “Nobody...

Conor McGregor comeback: "Never doubt him," says sparring partner Bradley

Andy Watters 06 Nov, 2023

CONOR McGregor will be back in action early next year, predicts his former sparring partner Tiernan Bradley. Omagh native Bradley was part of the training camp when ‘The Notorious' prepared for his one and only professinal boxing match against pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather back in 2017. McGregor...

Dylan Eagleson versus Jude Gallagher a stadium classic in the making

Neil Loughran 06 Nov, 2023

THINK of some of the most hotly-anticipated bouts at the National Stadium through the years – Carl Frampton's all-or-nothing war with David Oliver Joyce, Joe Ward's ascension to Kenny Egan's light-heavyweight throne, even the bruising battle between Grainne Walsh and Amy Broadhurst earlier this year....

Dan Hardy: Francis Ngannou display against Tyson Fury 'biggest upset in boxing'

Reuben Rosso-Powell, PA 30 Oct, 2023

Hardy believes Ngannou - who signed a multi-fight deal with mixed martial arts league PFL in May - did the "unthinkable" and said he had him winning the fight on his own scorecard.

Road warrior Tommy bids for European cruiserweight glory

Andy Watters 30 Oct, 2023

IT'S Tommy McCarthy's birthday on Saturday and what better way to celebrate than becoming European cruiserweight champion for the second time? McCarthy travels to Poland on Thursday and will face Michal Cieslak, the 28-2 local hero whose losses have come in world title rumbles in Kinshasa (scene of the...

Dylan Eagleson: I'm ready to bounce back with a bang in pursuit of Olympic dream

Neil Loughran 30 Oct, 2023

IT has been a frustrating year for Dylan Eagleson – but the talented 20-year-old is hoping to emerge from the shadows with a bang at the upcoming Irish elite championships

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