Lee Costello

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  • Tyrone McKenna on why boxing doesn’t always pay up

    Tyrone McKenna on why boxing doesn’t always pay up

    “I’m out at least five or six grand” Imagine going to work for 11 weeks straight, forehead shining with sweat, elbows gleaming with grease, your back well and truly “put into it”, only to be told that you won’t be getting paid. HR’s phone would be melting quicker than a microwaved Easter egg, strikes would […]

    5 years ago

  • Who wouldn’t want to grow up to be an Oisín Mullin?

    Who wouldn’t want to grow up to be an Oisín Mullin?

    Hell hath no fury like a scouser scorned as Gary Neville can testify to, after yet another barney with Jamie Carragher on Monday Night Football. The infamous “nobody wants to grow up to be a Gary Neville” line was brought up again during the latest row regarding Trent Alexander-Arnold’s omission from the England squad, but […]

    5 years ago

  • How Carl Frampton Inspired a City

    How Carl Frampton Inspired a City

    Just as Andy Murray inspired a generation of Scottish children to take up the sport of tennis, Carl Frampton has inspired the city of Belfast to lace up the gloves. Belfast almost boasts the same amount of boxing clubs as it does Titanic gift shops and that’s saying something. If you were to throw a […]

    5 years ago