Paddy Barnes hints at retirement as Michael Conlan wins at Madison Square Garden

Andy Watters

IN November 2017 Paddy Barnes lit up the SSE Arena when he beat Eliecer Quezada to win the vacant World Boxing Organisation Inter-Continental Flyweight title.

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End of the beginning for Michael Conlan as he returns to Madison Square Garden

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Katie Taylor targeting WBO title in rumble with Rose Volante in Philadelphia

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Jack O'Neill hoping to be king of New York on big weekend for Irish boxers in Big Apple

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Philadelphia, here I come for Katie Taylor - but homecoming off the agenda for now

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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.

Broken Brook faces eye socket surgery

Andy Watters 30 May, 2017

KELL Brook's heartache in losing his IBF welterweight title in his home city of Sheffield has been compounded by the news he is facing another operation to repair a broken eye socket.

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Seconds Out: Chad Magill leads the way as County Antrim come up trumps against Kildare select

Neil Loughran 05 Mar, 2019

COUNTY Antrim defeated a Kildare select 6-3 at Corpus Christi College on the Whiterock Road last Saturday, in what was a superb exhibition of underage boxing.

Michael Conlan says Hernandez rumble will show him how far he has come

Andy Watters 05 Mar, 2019

TWO years after his professional debut, Michael Conlan returns to Madison Square Garden to face experienced Mexican Ruben Garcia Hernandez on St Patrick's Day.

On this Day - Feb 28 1961: 'Clones' Cyclone' Barry McGuigan was born

28 Feb, 2019

BIRTHDAYS Peter Alliss (golf) - Television commentator who played in eight Ryder Cups, born 1931. Mario Andretti (motor racing) - Formula One champion in 1978, born 1940. Dino Zoff (soccer) - Itali...

'You want to see my nose - I look like the elephant woman': Pain game pays off for Irish champion Carly McNaul

Neil Loughran 26 Feb, 2019

BY her own admission, Carly McNaul isn’t one to make life easy for herself – or for the friends and family who sit at ringside watching her in action.

Tommy McCarthy takes on Richard Riakporhe for WBA Inter-Continental Cruiserweight title

Andy Watters 26 Feb, 2019

TOMMY McCarthy was just seven when his Jamaica-born mother passed away and he was brought from London to live with his dad’s parents in Lenadoon.

Anthony Cacace returns to action on undercard of James DeGale versus Chris Eubank junior

Andy Watters 23 Feb, 2019

Boxing: Anthony Cacace v Alan Isaias Luques Castillo (tonight, O2 London, free to air on ITV Box Office from 6pm) MASSIVE for a super-featherweight, Anto Cacace would give a good account of himself at welterweight and when you add in his sweet skills and the power he has in both hands, it’s easy to see why promoters are so sweet on west Belfast’s ‘Apache’.

Paddy Gallagher determined to take his chance to shine in York Hall WBO European title clash

Andy Watters 22 Feb, 2019

World Boxing Organisation European Welterweight Title: Paddy Gallagher (15-4) v Freddie Kiwitt (14-2) PADDY Gallagher had threatened to hang up his gloves unless he was given a world title path to follow and some decent exposure.

Anthony Cacace returns as Santa Cruz says he would travel to face Carl Frampton

Andy Watters 19 Feb, 2019

ANTHONY Cacace will make his long-awaited comeback in a 10-round super-featherweight contest against Argentina's South American featherweight champion Alan Isaias Luques Castillo on the undercard of James DeGale versus Chris Eubank jnr at London's O2 on Saturday night.

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