DONEGAL middleweight Jason Quigley is expected to challenge Japan’s Ryota Murata for the WBA world middleweight title in Las Vegas on October 20.

HE shared the ring with some of the greats and brought the boxing public out in force any time he laced up gloves, but sadly Ray Heaney lost his biggest fight last week after a long battle with dementia.

Carl Frampton v Luke Jackson round by round Round one: Cagey opener.

THERE were only seconds left in the fourth round and when the bell went ‘clang’ Paddy Barnes should have been three rounds to one up against WBC flyweight champion Cristofer Rosales.

AN IBF featherweight title rumble with Josh Warrington, probably at Manchester’s MEN Arena and definitely before the end of this year is up next for Carl Frampton after he demolished Australian hopeful Luke Jackson at Windsor Park on Saturday night.

EVERYONE in the room joined in.

FORMER footballer Paul Gascoigne jokingly sparred with a heavyweight boxing champion when he appeared ringside at Belfast's Windsor Park.

THE fact that heavyweight Tyson Fury is on the undercard shouldn’t put people off, though undercard is where he belongs.

Welterweight: Lewis Crocker (6-0) v William Warburton (26-137-10) (TV Floater) LAST time Crocker appeared on a Frampton bill he nodded off in the changing-rooms as he waited for his slot as the ‘TV floater’.

Interim WBO Featherweight Title: Carl Frampton (25-1) v Luke Jackson (16-0) (tonight, Windsor Park, 10pm, live on BT Sport) RUMOUR has it that when Luke Jackson checked into his Belfast hotel, the chirpy receptionist enquired: “Are you over for the fight?” He could have answered: “Well, actually I am the fight,”, but he’s happy to fly under the radar knowing that if he shocks a packed Windsor Park tonight he’ll be recognised wherever he goes.

WBC Flyweight world title: Paddy Barnes (5-0) v Cristofer Rosales (27-3) (tonight, Windsor Park, 7.

WITH WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder barking smiling threats from the side of the stage, Tyson Fury weighed in for tonight’s Windsor Park rumble vowing to get “serious” against Francesco Pianeta.

AUSTRALIAN outsider Luke Jackson believes Carl Frampton’s career will be “pretty much over” if he beats the Belfast boy in his own back yard on Saturday night.

THROUGHOUT his stellar amateur and professional career Paddy Barnes has earned the reputation as a non-stop pressure fighter – yet Cristofer Rosales has urged the north Belfast man not to run away “like a wee chicken” when they face off tomorrow night.

TYSON Fury is unruffled by Deontay Wilder's plans to be ringside to watch his fight against Francesco Pianeta at Windsor Park on Saturday night.

IRISH coach Billy McClean has tipped up-and-coming Ulster pair Jude Gallagher and Caitlin Fryers to shine at the World Youth Championships in Hungary.

Back in the day: 20 years ago today..a look at some of the sports stories making the headlines on this day       

DON’T tell Paddy Barnes what he can’t do.

SIX years ago yesterday, Paddy Barnes made history by winning his second medal at the Olympic Games.