Another incredible own goal by Ireland. In the seedy underhanded underworld of boxing, where promises go to die and false hope is bred, the one crusader of truth was the shining light that is Katie Taylor. The Irish boxing sensation has delivered on everything promised of her throughout her career; every challenge, every obstacle, every declaration of […]

3 years ago

‘King of the North – I’m back on top now.’ Kell Brook stopped Amir Khan with a dominant display in the 6th round to claim victory in Manchesters AO Arena on Saturday night. The past decade has been full of animosity between the pair as the boxers had initially met in the ring as amateurs […]

4 years ago

“I just wanted that acknowledgement and that respect.” Well, it’s only a decade later than everyone had originally wanted to see it, but I guess it’s better than never, as Amir Khan and Kell Brook will finally face each other in the ring this weekend. To say they have a long lasting rivalry would be […]

4 years ago

“He’s in cuckoo land!” The fact that Amir Khan and Kell Brook are fighting each other now, 10 years later than it was first called for, highlights everything that’s wrong with boxing. In what should be the purest of sport, where differences are settled in the ring, and the best fight the best – politics, […]

4 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

He took a knee

9 years ago