MTK Global said it had been the subject of ‘unfounded allegations’ that he had an ‘ongoing association with us and our fighters’.

THE pending outcome of appeals at several weight classes has resulted in the announcement of the boxing team bound for the Commonwealth Games being delayed.

ANTHONY Cacace doesn’t shy away from the love-hate relationship he’s had with boxing at times.

A YEAR has passed since they first met and you can bet that Tommy McCarthy will have had Chris Billam-Smith on his mind at some point of every day since.

?EXPERIENCED coach Michael Hawkins fears there is a danger of boxers suffering serious injury as a consequence of the controversial weight class reshuffle for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

OLYMPIC medallist Aidan Walsh made a successful return to the ring in Romania yesterday - but he was made to work hard in his first fight since last summer’s exploits in Tokyo.

IT is the words of the late, great Jimmy Magee that spring to mind as Barry Flynn tries to sum up John McNally’s place in Ireland’s illustrious amateur boxing story.

THE scene is set for Conlan-Wood II but Jamie Conlan says the English champion and his coach Ben Davison do not want to face his younger brother for a second time.

OLYMPIC hero John McNally “put Irish boxing on the map” when he returned from Helsinki with a silver medal in 1952, according to renowned trainer Gerry Storey.

ARMAGH Boxing Club celebrated a first All-Ireland success last week – and Aoife Dougan’s success story was just reward for the years of hard work done behind the scenes.

AFTER 10 years of almost constant training, James Tennyson decided the time had come to take a break but the two-weight world title challenger is back in training now and he predicts that the second chapter of his career will eclipse the first.

CARLY McNaul has never done things the easy way – and the next chapter in a colourful career could provide the biggest challenge yet.

TOMMY McCarthy wants to “right the wrong” of last summer in his rematche against Chris Billam-Smith at Manchester Arena next month.

TJ Doheny intends to bounce back from last summer’s loss to Michael Conlan against vastly-experienced Mexican knockout artist Cesar Juarez in Dubai tomorrow night.

CAOIMHIN Agyarko says Michael Conlan deserves another crack at Leigh Wood but doubts if the Nottingham fighter – who dramatically pulled victory from the jaws of defeat in Saturday night’s Fight of the Year contender – will want to face the Belfast man again.

FORMER national youth head coach Billy McClean is back helping a new generation of Irish boxers as they prepare for the European U18 Championships in Bulgaria next month.

MICHAEL Conlan says he wants a rematch with Leigh Wood after a barnstorming, see-saw epic ended in the first defeat of his career at Nottingham Arena.

WBA International Middleweight title: Caoimhin Agyarko (10-0) v Juan Carlos Rubio (18-1) OBSTINATE Mexican Rubio taught Caoimhin Agyarko that he won’t be able to blow everyone away with a backs-to-the-wall rearguard action over 10 rounds but Belfast’s ‘Black Thunder’ was a mighty impressive points winner in the chief support on Saturday night.

World Boxing Association featherweight title: Leigh Wood beat Michael Conlan TKO 12 THE sight of lifeless Michael Conlan tumbling through the ropes in Nottingham Arena on Saturday night is one no-one watching will easily forget.

MICHAEL Conlan’s world championship dream came to a brutal end when Leigh Wood recovered from being dropped in the first round to knock the Belfast man out in the last at a packed Nottingham Arena.