The Galway native had surgery on his brain a week ago. Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after his Celtic super-featherweight title fight at the Ulster Hall in Belfast. Cooney was stopped in the ninth round of his fight against Welshman Nathan Howells on February 1 and was taken to hospital, where he […]

1 year ago

Let us know what score you get. Can you get 100 per cent in this ultimate boxing quiz? Why not celebrate the great sport in which so many Irishmen and women have succeeded? In this quiz we cover Ireland’s success at the Olympics, world champions, heartache, and then the last round is dedicated entirely to […]

2 years ago

Harrington claimed that ‘if it wasn’t for him women’s boxing would have progressed earlier than it has’. Katie Taylor’s father, Peter Taylor, has responded to Kellie Harrington’s criticism of him in her new book, where she claimed that “if it wasn’t for him women’s boxing would have progressed earlier than it has”. The Olympic gold […]

3 years ago

Unbeaten Irish middleweight Jason Quigley is set to leave Manny Robles’ ‘The Rock Gym’ in Carson, Los Angeles, to link up with new trainer Dominic Ingle at the Ingle Gym in Sheffield. Quigley moved to Los Angeles in 2014 after he was headhunted by ten-time world champion and leading promoter Oscar De La Hoya, who signed […]

8 years ago

‘Went down to Texas, yeah TEXAS!’

10 years ago

Pothole on Road to Rio

11 years ago