Irish boxers Ray Moylette and Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan will headline a professional boxing card in Mayo on Friday night as Moylette looks to extend his undefeated record while O’Sullivan will look to bounce back from his knockout loss to David Lemieux in September. Moylette will take on Christian Uruzquieta for the WBC international lightweight title […]

7 years ago

He’s active but he’s not that active

7 years ago

“Tea or coffee?” Craig O’Brien, Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan’s main training partner asks me at the back of a Centra store in Corduff. O’Brien and O’Sullivan have come to meet me below their Celtic Warrior Gym to discuss how a world title fight with middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin fell through for Spike when he was the […]

8 years ago

Irish Middleweight Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan is close to finalising a deal to fight undefeated Kazakh boxer Gennady Golovkin at the StubHub Center in Los Angeles, California, next month. The news was first reported by Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times and a source close to Spike told SportsJOE that a date of May 5 […]

8 years ago

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan’s potential world title fight with middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin could be in jeoporady after the Kazakh boxer was linked to a fight with unbeaten 21-year-old Jaime Munguia (28-0, 24 KOs). According to ESPN’s lead boxing writer Dan Rafael, Golovkin could now fight the Mexican boxer on May 5 at the MGM […]

8 years ago

What a chance this could be for Spike. Update 2.56pm: Spike O’Sullivan has released a statement saying he has agreed to meet Gennady Golovkin on May 5. pic.twitter.com/zxXGC4EaP3 — Gary Spike OSullivan (@spike_osullivan) April 4, 2018 “My job as a professional boxer is to say yes to fights and to make sure I’m ready for […]

8 years ago