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# boxing - Sunday 16 June, 2013
Open Thread: Who’d be your sporting dad?
With Father’s Day upon us, we want to know which sporting hero you think would be a great dad.
# boxing - Monday 10 June, 2013
Here’s how you celebrate a shocking knock out
Some punch though, in fairness.
# boxing - Saturday 8 June, 2013
Nevin and Quigley win European boxing gold for Ireland
The win sees the 24-year old climb to the top of the AIBA world rankings.
Broken nose puts Barnes out of European Championships final
The Belfast fighter will receive a silver medal after being withdrawn from this afternoon’s fight.
# boxing - Friday 7 June, 2013
Conlan makes it a perfect day for Irish boxers in Minsk
Conlan, John Joe Nevin, Paddy Barnes and Jason Quigley will all fight for European gold in Minsk this weekend.
# boxing - Tuesday 4 June, 2013
4 more wins as Ireland’s boxers move into medal contention
Adam Nolan was the only Irish boxer to lose his last 16 bout at the European Championships in Minsk today.
# boxing - Monday 3 June, 2013
Conor McGregor takes Pajo ‘The Punisher’ Hyland down to Chinatown
Nothing like a good hosing to clear the Bank Holiday cobwebs.
Bad day for the Irish at European Championships
There was heartbreak for Joe Ward while Michael Conlan’s win was the only positive in Minsk this afternoon.
# boxing - Friday 31 May, 2013
Attempted shooting at Offaly sports gym
A man attempted to fire two shots at another man in the gym but his gun failed to discharge.
# boxing - Thursday 30 May, 2013
Carl Frampton splits with Eddie Hearn and joins rival promoter Frank Warren
The European champion’s next fight, against an opponent still to be announced, will be in Wembley Arena on 20 July.
# boxing - Wednesday 29 May, 2013
Macklin: ‘Each setback has just made me more determined’
Matthew Macklin has warned Kazakh champ Gennady Golovkin that even boxing’s greats hit a bump in the road.
# 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
Barnes, Nevin named in squad for European Boxing Championships
The IABA has picked a 10-man squad for the European Championships in Minsk next month.
# 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
Lennox Lewis has been tweeting a UL student with some exam tips
“Get some sleep.” Solid.
# 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
‘We’re 2 old guys trying to sort a grudge’ – Steve Collins on his boxing comeback
File the planned bout with Roy Jones Jr. in the ‘bad idea’ category.
# 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
SLIDESHOW: Katie Taylor is still very good at boxing
The Bray woman beat Yulia Tsiplakova for her third win since the Olympics.
# boxing - Thursday 14 March, 2013
# boxing - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
Slideshow: Boxer hunts down Twitter troll, swift apology ensues
Curtis Woodhouse offered £1,000 to the first person who could provide him with the address of his abuser.
# 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
Senior champions still in the dark over box-off plans
Three-time national champion Adam Nolan says he’s not sure if he’ll be automatically named in the Ireland squad for the European Championships later this year.
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