TYRONE McKenna is taking on a “banana skin” from France after his high-profile rumble with Tommy Coyle fell through.

EARLY in his professional career, Michael Conlan viewed Carl Frampton as his “dream fight” but now the emerging super-bantamweight contender says the all-Belfast clash would be “bad for the city”.

STANDALONE PICTURE(S) The only Irishman ever to win a boxing gold medal at the Olympics, Michael Carruth, was in Belfast last week when he brought a team from his Drimnagh club to face Holy Trinity.

MICHAEL Conlan’s next opponent is Argentina’s Luis Fernando Molina.

UNLIKE Carl Frampton, Jamie Moore didn’t have world class boxing skills, but he had a world class fighting heart to go along with top drawer dedication to training.

IT was while travelling Australia back in the Spring that it finally dawned on Sean Duffy.

JOSH Warrington would welcome Carl Frampton to Leeds United’s Elland Road for a stadium spectacular next year.

THE finals of Ulster Elite Championships are set for a return to their spiritual home at the Ulster Hall for the first time in six years.

ANOTHER opponent named, another little-known Mexican – but a completely different feel from the mid-June announcement of Carl Frampton’s ultimately ill-fated showdown with Andres Gutierrez.

The fight will be Frampton's first contest since moving from long-time manager Barry McGuigan's Cyclone Promotions to Frank Warren's stable of boxers.

THERE are now two men laying claim to the post of Ulster Council president after Derry’s Kevin Duffy received unanimous backing at Sunday’s re-run provincial election.

PADDY Barnes, who fights Spain-based Peruvian Juan Hinostroza (5-7-1) in Edinburgh on Saturday night, admits he never thought he’d appear on the same bill as Carl Frampton.

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CARL Frampton is “excited again” as he looks forward to returning to the ring at the SSE Arena on November 18.

CONRAD Cummings is hoping to feature on November’s ‘Frampton Reborn’ bill, after confirming his split from manager Barry McGuigan and trainer Shane McGuigan.

IRELAND has produced some great fighters down the years, but only Steve Collins has matched Carl Frampton’s achievement of winning world titles in two weight classes.