Boxing
# boxing - Thursday 23 May, 2013
Carl Froch apologises over Kessler ‘kill’ comments
“On Saturday night, if I have to, I will kill him. It sounds brutal, it sounds horrible, but that is what this means to me.” Grim.
# boxing - Sunday 12 May, 2013
# boxing - Saturday 11 May, 2013
Carl Frampton set to fight on David Haye undercard next month
The European champion had been hoping for a bout in Belfast but a fight in Manchester could help his world title ambitions.
# boxing - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
# boxing - Sunday 5 May, 2013
Floyd Mayweather is still undefeated and $32m richer after battering Robert Guerrero
The WBC welterweight champions won on points in Las Vegas last night.
# boxing - Saturday 4 May, 2013
Ireland’s boxers were just too good for France last night
London Olympians Paddy Barnes, Michael Conlan, John Joe Nevin and Adam Nolan were all in action in Cork.
# boxing - Friday 3 May, 2013
Floyd Mayweather repeatedly called a ‘woman beater’ by next opponent’s dad
Mr Guerrero wasn’t shy when he got a hold of the mic last night.
# boxing - Wednesday 1 May, 2013
Audley Harrison has retired from losing in the first round of fights
He’ll always be an Olympic champion though.
# boxing - Saturday 27 April, 2013
From the brink: Khan picks himself up from Diaz blow to take decision
The Olympic silver-medalist was down in the fourth, but edged out the Mexican by a unanimous decision.
# boxing - Thursday 25 April, 2013
Andy Lee lines up May date in Washington DC
Lee is expected to face Detroit southpaw Darryl Cunningham when he returns to the ring next month.
# boxing - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
Game of Murderball, Joe? Ireland’s boxers tried wheelchair rugby tonight
There was no shortage of big hits in tonight’s exhibition match in Clontarf.
# boxing - Sunday 21 April, 2013
Tyson Fury celebrates K.O win by serenading boxing fans
He’s a little bit country.
# boxing - Friday 19 April, 2013
‘The lads found out through Twitter. No one had the dignity to ring me’ – Walsh
After the disappointment of last week, Ireland’s boxing coach is relieved that the Elite International with France is back on.
# boxing - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
Steve Collins and Roy Jones Jr to finally meet — for a Q&A in the Red Cow
If they’re not going to fight this is the next best thing, right?
# boxing - Friday 12 April, 2013
WATCH LIVE: Donegal’s Willie McLaughlin fights in the WSB semi-finals
McLaughlin takes on Ukranian middleweight Ievgenii Barabanov later this evening — and you can watch it here.
Golovkin bleeds too, says confident Matthew Macklin as world title showdown confirmed
The pair face off in Connecticut this summer.
# boxing - Thursday 11 April, 2013
# boxing - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
Hansen tasked with retaining World Cup in 2015, opens door to Sonny Bill
In other news, Paddy Wallace has yet to decide his 2015 holiday plans.
# boxing - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
Not Marquez again? Pacquiao plans non-US September bout
The Middle-East could be in store for a big fight night.
# boxing - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
# boxing - Monday 1 April, 2013
Can sport save mankind?
The United Nations says yes. Well, kind of.
# boxing - Thursday 28 March, 2013
David Haye announces his comeback, has presumably recovered from sore toe
Watch out, Klitschkos — David Haye says he’s coming to get you.
# boxing - Saturday 23 March, 2013
# boxing - Thursday 14 March, 2013
# boxing - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
# boxing - Sunday 10 March, 2013
Sports film of the week: 26 years – The Dewey Bozella Story
Draw the curtains, lock the door and take the battery out of your phone for this truly inspirational story.
# boxing - Friday 1 March, 2013
Open thread: what would your entrance music be if you were a boxer?
Jump Around is banned.
# boxing - Thursday 28 February, 2013
Taylor targets ‘the 1%’ as she reinvents herself for new challenge
Eleven words to give boxers everywhere nightmares: “I still feel like I have a lot more to give.”
# boxing - Monday 25 February, 2013
Katie delights on her show-stopping night
Olympic champion Katie Taylor launched her “Road to Rio” campaign with a second win in the space of 48 hours last night.
# boxing - Sunday 24 February, 2013
Katie Taylor thrills home fans with emphatic win
A sold-out crowd watched the Olympic champion punch her way past Germany’s Maike Klueners in Dublin tonight.
# boxing - Saturday 23 February, 2013
Ward pens brutal final chapter in Egan’s story
Olympic silver medallist Kenneth Egan retires following Joe Ward’s devastating defence of his national light-heavyweight title.
Taylor shows her class in first fight as Olympic champion
Katie Taylor comfortably beat Poland’s Karolina Graczyk in a four-rounder on National Elite Finals night in Dublin.
# boxing - Friday 22 February, 2013
Have you heard about boxer ‘Irish Psycho’ Tony Bates making an impression in Australia?
The Dubliner is making a comeback to the ring this weekend.
# boxing - Thursday 21 February, 2013
Tony Thompson makes outlandish statement about drugs in sport
The heavyweight veteran comes up against Britain’s David Price, who disagrees strongly with his views, in Liverpool this weekend.
# boxing - Tuesday 19 February, 2013
Money’s back: Floyd Mayweather to fight Robert ‘The Ghost’ Guerrero, leaves HBO
Mayweather, 35, holds a record of 43 wins in as many fights, including 26 KOs.
# boxing - Sunday 17 February, 2013
You have to see this photo of Mike Tyson giving Evander Holyfield a giant bear hug
No ear-nibbling this time.
# boxing - Saturday 16 February, 2013
Irish National Elite Championships: Conlan and Nolan progress to respective finals
Two of Ireland’s Olympians were both victorious at the National Stadium last night.
Euro star Frampton was ‘the one that got away,’ says Walsh
European super-bantamweight champion Carl Frampton has the talent to go all the way to the top, says Billy Walsh.



























































