On Saturday evening Belfast’s Colm Murphy defeated Surrey’s Luke Pearson to clinch the vacant EBU silver title. Murphy looked in control throughout and rightfully got the unanimous decision to retain his perfect record and move to 15-0.
HAMMER Boxing and Conlan Boxing brought the show ‘Fresh Blood’ to the Devenish on Friday night. As part of this years Féile an Phobail the event promoted Belfast’s next generation of boxing talent. Twelve fearless fighters, two of whom made their professional debut, entertained the lively crowd in an evening of fiercely competitive boxing.
ST Paul’s Boxing Club is hosting a special fundraising event as a team of five Palestinian boxers make the journey from the West Bank to West Belfast to fight against an Irish Select Team.
BELFAST'S Caoimhín Agyarko is due back in the ring on 13th September in Windsor Park, Belfast to face England’s Ishmael Davis in a highly anticipated super-welterweight clash on the Donovan-Crocker undercard.
The Mighty Celt is not done. It has been rumoured that Tyrone McKenna could return to the ring this September to face Waterford’s Dylan Moran. The pair fought in an intense battle last December dubbed ‘War in Waterford’ which certainly lived up to its title. The scrap ended in a knockout win for the Belfast man just inside two rounds.
IRELAND'S Katie Taylor takes on Puerto Rican Amanda Serrano in their third clash this Friday evening in the heart of New York City, the centre of the boxing world, and the infamous Madison Square Garden.
Seán McComb made his return to the ring on Saturday night with an impressive win over Argentinian Alexis Torres. The six round Super Lightweight contest was the Public Nuisance’s first outing in 14 months following the highly contentious split decision loss to Arnold Barboza in New York last April. The Irishman has extended his record to an impressive 19-2.
BELFAST Met welcomed rising boxing stars from Sheffield City Boxing Club on Saturday, hosting a thrilling fight night at the Clayton Hotel to mark ten years of collaboration between the two cities’ top boxing academies.
NEWTOWNABBEY'S Steven Ward fought Cuban-Irish fighter Mike Perez in a cruiserweight clash on Saturday night in Ipswich’s Portman Road stadium. Both fighters now very much in the twilight of their careers knew they could not afford a loss. Time would unlikely facilitate any re-builds back into title contention and retirement surely beckoned for the defeated.
West Belfast’s Sean McComb is set to return to the ring later this month in Galway’s Pearse Stadium in what will be his first fight under new promoter, GBM Sports.
