Michael Conlan was dropped and then stopped by English boxer Jordan Gill in the third defeat of his professional career. It will be a tough one to take for Conlan, dropped in the second round in front of his hometown crowd, and then stopped in the seventh as Gill took over with a flurry of […]

2 years ago

“You have already went to a meme level there calling Mick a Brit.” Carl Frampton hilariously had to stop Steve Bunce in his tracks for repeatedly referring to Michael Conlon as a ‘British fighter’ before the Irishman took to the ring for his world title fight. The ring walk for Conlan’s title fight against Luis […]

3 years ago

It was played during the team’s lap of honour. Leinster rugby have issued an apology for playing the Irish rebel song ‘Celtic Symphony’ by the Wolfe Tonnes, over the tannoy after their game against Connacht. Leinster won the game 41-12 and during their lap of honour afterwards, the tune was played out loud but was […]

3 years ago

“It’s always inspiring seeing your own countrymen or women take over the sport.” Back on October 20th, 2018, Conor McGregor was still coming to terms with his UFC 229 defeat to Khabib Nurmagomedov, but he shook it off for one night to go see Katie Taylor fight. McGregor sat ring-side, at TD Gardens in Boston, […]

4 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

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