How the Gennady Golovkin fight fell apart for Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan
“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
Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan close to finalising Golovkin fight as date and venue are set
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
Canelo tests positive ahead of Gennady Golovkin rematch
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has tested positive for Clenbuterol ahead of his long awaited rematch with Gennady Golovkin on May 5. Clenbuterol is a sympathomimetic amine used by sufferers of breathing disorders as a decongestant and bronchodilator, but in sport, it is used as a muscle-building and weight-loss stimulant. Alvarez’s promoters Golden Boy Promotions have attributed the positive test […]
8 years ago