History is on Taylor’s side here. Katie Taylor will fight Chantelle Cameron this Saturday just five months after suffering her first professional defeat against the English woman, but the short turnaround could be in her favour. Last time around Cameron shocked everyone by putting on a stellar performance, and beating the home fighter at her […]

2 years ago

“I feel like Conlan isn’t as efficient as me makes out.” Many of us as still getting our heads around what was an all-time classic, on Saturday night, between Leigh Woods and Michael Conlan. The Belfast boxer headed to Wood’s home-town of Nottingham and put on one hell of a show. Had he been up […]

4 years ago

‘I want to see him and have a drink with him.’ Leigh Wood needed a 12th round knockout, in the final pulses of an all-time classic, to defeat Michael Conlan at the Motorpoint Arena, on Saturday night. The Nottingham native successfully defended his WBA featherweight world title by handing Conlan his first professional loss. Wood, […]

4 years ago

Michael Conlan lost his World title fight to Leigh Wood but the Belfast man can hold his head high. That’s because, having out-boxed the world champ for the guts of 12 rounds and having boxed himself to an utter stand-still, Conlan literally left everything he had out in that ring. Defeat will sting and it […]

4 years ago

Conlan had been leading on the scorecards. Michael Conlan suffered a final round KO against Leigh Wood on Saturday night in Nottingham. The Irish boxer was ahead on the scorecards and comfortably the superior boxer in the bout. Conlan, however, was knocked out of the ring in the final round. Wood mounted an incredible comeback […]

4 years ago

“Top boy, all the best.” Declan Rice has wished Michael Conlan well ahead of the Belfast boxer’s world title fight on Saturday night. Conlan takes on English fighter Leigh Wood in a WBA featherweight world title bout in Nottingham, and he is expected to be cheered on by a large Irish contingent The Olympic bronze […]

4 years ago