WHILE the excitement is building towards his eagerly-anticipated ‘Homecoming’ show at the SSE on June 30, Michael Conlan’s gaze is firmly set on Madison Square Garden this Saturday night when he faces Barcelona’s, Ibon Larrinaga (10-1, 2KOs) over eight rounds on the undercard of Vasyl Lomachenko v Jorges Linares (live on Box Nation from 2am). […]
Daily Belfast Pic of the Day
Please follow and like us:
‘Teeny’ dreams of handing Ward defeat
JAMES Tennyson believes his experience of the big stage can help him add the European and Commonwealth super-featherweight title to his WBA International strap against Martin J Ward in London on Saturday night. It will be almost two years to the day since his last outing in England when a weight-drained Tennyson was stopped in […]
Frampton and Donaire make weight ahead of featherweight showdown
CARL Frampton and Nonito Donaire both weighed-in under the featherweight limit of 126 lbs at the Europa Hotel this afternoon, ahead of their interim WBO title fight at the SSE Arena tomorrow night. The ‘Filipino Flash’ was first onto the scales and came in at 125.7lbs, with Frampton slightly less at 125.3 lbs. This is […]
Frampton and Donaire planning to hit the right note in featherweight dust-up
THE respect is there between Carl Frampton and Nonito Donaire – and not just in terms of boxing ability ahead of their interim WBO featherweight title clash at the SSE Arena. While both men occupy the upper echelons of world boxing, both also fancy themselves as decent singers. Donaire said he was ready to throw […]
‘Hunted’ Burnett begins new chapter in Cardiff cracker
IT is a new dynamic for Ryan Burnett this Saturday at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff when the Newington man defends his WBA bantamweight title against Yonfrez Parejo (21-2-1). Having fought for and won two world title belts in 2017 against Lee Haskins (IBF) and Zhanat Zhakiyanov, it is now the 25 year-old who is […]