# irish-boxing - Saturday 18 September, 2021
# The Old Dog
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# The Old Dog
The Irish-boxing great rolled back the years as he reached the 86kg semi-finals.
# irish-boxing - Sunday 5 September, 2021
# You Best Not Miss
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# You Best Not Miss
Katie Taylor wants all the belts at 140 and 147 pounds. It sounds like an extra career’s worth of hassle, but it might take only two fights.
# irish-boxing - Saturday 4 September, 2021
# Aaaand Still
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# Aaaand Still
Taylor earned a shutout victory on the judges’ scorecards, improving her professional record to 19-0(6KOs).
# Land Of Her Father
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# Land Of Her Father
Katie Taylor is embracing the opportunity to fight in her father’s hometown, which she visited with her family throughout her childhood.
# irish-boxing - Friday 3 September, 2021
# Texas Forever
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# Texas Forever
‘I don’t plan on fighting Katie Taylor’s fight. I don’t plan on standing in front of her and letting her do what she does best.’
# Marching On
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# Marching On
The undisputed champ and her challenger comfortably made weight for tomorrow night’s world-title contest.
# irish-boxing - Thursday 2 September, 2021
# The Boss
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# The Boss
Eddie Hearn wants Katie Taylor to headline at Madison Square Garden versus Amanda Serrano, ‘but we’ve got to get it over the f***ing line.’
# irish-boxing - Tuesday 31 August, 2021
# Real Recognise Real
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# Real Recognise Real
‘The young girls growing up actually watching Kellie win that gold medal: you have no idea what that’s going to do for kids in that area.’
# irish-boxing - Sunday 29 August, 2021
# Statement Made
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# Statement Made
The Belfast man boxed masterfully at times, hurting his opponent on several occasions as he retained his British title.
# irish-boxing - Tuesday 17 August, 2021
# Options
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# Options
The Olympic champion says her next move must suit her partner, Mandy Loughlin, as well as her family.
# Wayne's World
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# Wayne's World
Boxing opened Wayne McCullough’s eyes long before he carried the tricolour at Seoul ’88.
# irish-boxing - Saturday 14 August, 2021
# One Of The Greats
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# One Of The Greats
Kellie Harrington’s Olympic gold medal might be the Georgian’s crowning moment.
# irish-boxing - Tuesday 10 August, 2021
# Bolt From The Blue
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# Bolt From The Blue
Aidan Walsh has gone from beaten semi-finalist at the national championships to Olympic medallist in just over two years.
# Home Sweet Home
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# Home Sweet Home
‘Everyone is saying, ‘Ah, you’ve a great community. Your community is fantastic.’ Sure I’m saying that forever, like!’
# irish-boxing - Monday 9 August, 2021
# Options
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# Options
Gavan Casey explores three potential avenues for Ireland’s third Olympic boxing champion, all of which may appeal to her for different reasons.
# Dublin 1 World Nil
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# Dublin 1 World Nil
The bus will take in on its route Portland Row, Harrington’s home street.
# irish-boxing - Saturday 7 August, 2021
# Falls Park
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# Falls Park
The Belfast man impressed as he beat Portlaoise’s former world champion by unanimous decision to edge closer to world-title contention.
# irish-boxing - Monday 2 August, 2021
# Emotional
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# Emotional
Walsh drafted Walker into Ireland’s High Performance Unit as a 17-year-old in 2012, but trained Duke Ragan to victory over the Irishman in Tokyo.
# irish-boxing - Monday 26 July, 2021
# Blow
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# Blow
Belfast’s Brendan Irvine lost out in his round 32 flyweight bout earlier this morning.
# irish-boxing - Saturday 24 July, 2021
# Job Done
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# Job Done
Featherweight Kurt Walker overcame a third-round cut to march on to the last sixteen.
# irish-boxing - Friday 23 July, 2021
# Luck Of The Draw
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# Luck Of The Draw
A cruel draw and a different scene make it difficult to see a talented team replicating the success of Beijing or London.
# irish-boxing - Thursday 1 July, 2021
# Where There's A Will
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# Where There's A Will
Jessica McCaskill: from homelessness to investment banking, willing a Katie Taylor fight into existence, and becoming a living legend in her own right.
# irish-boxing - Wednesday 30 June, 2021
# Derby
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# Derby
Former professional world champion Doheny will face former amateur world champion and ranked contender Conlan in the latter’s backyard.
# irish-boxing - Tuesday 8 June, 2021
# Full Steam Ahead
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# Full Steam Ahead
The Dubliner was a cut above the Englishwoman and will likely be named the top seed for Tokyo, leaving her two fights from an Olympic medal.
# irish-boxing - Sunday 6 June, 2021
# Family Fortunes
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# Family Fortunes
The Belfast boxers sealed their places in Tokyo within 45 minutes of each other in Paris.
# irish-boxing - Friday 4 June, 2021
# Boxing
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# Boxing
Five out of five for the Irish in Paris. Not a bad start.
# irish-boxing - Thursday 3 June, 2021
# Turning The Page
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# Turning The Page
After a turbulent 18 months, Jason Quigley kept alive the prospect of turning a good career into a great one and put smiles on faces back home.
# irish-boxing - Saturday 15 May, 2021
# Line 'em Up
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# Line 'em Up
‘Mac Attack’ stopped Alexandru Jur in the sixth to defend his European title and set up an intriguing Ireland-v-England clash.
# irish-boxing - Sunday 2 May, 2021
# Andy's Winning Matches
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# Andy's Winning Matches
The Kiwi began training with Lee in Dublin seven weeks ago.
# irish-boxing - Saturday 1 May, 2021
# Champion's Rally
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# Champion's Rally
The Irish icon earned a razor-tight unanimous decision over her friend and foe from Liverpool in a modern classic.
# Impacto
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# Impacto
The Belfast puncher was outgunned and halted by the unheralded Mexican, who transformed his career in just over two minutes.
# irish-boxing - Thursday 29 April, 2021
# Born For The Role
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# Born For The Role
She has been a fighter all her life and a boxer for over half of it. At 40, she wants Eddie Hearn to give her the world-title shot she deserves.
# irish-boxing - Wednesday 28 April, 2021
# Back To The Future
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# Back To The Future
The Irish icon won a thrilling London Olympics quarter-final between them, but the Liverpudlian knows how to tear up a script.
# irish-boxing - Wednesday 31 March, 2021
# A Boy Named Tszyu
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# A Boy Named Tszyu
The Aussie was in ferocious form as he ironed out a couple of early complications and halted the Irishman.
# irish-boxing - Monday 29 March, 2021
# Home And Away
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# Home And Away
Dennis Hogan faces a make-or-break fight with Aussie ‘second coming’ Tim Tszyu on Wednesday morning, live on eir Sport.
# irish-boxing - Friday 19 March, 2021
# Reboot
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# Reboot
The Moate light-heavyweight shut out Marco Delgado on all three judges’ scorecards, improving to 3-1(2KOs) in a pivotal early-career fight.
# irish-boxing - Wednesday 17 March, 2021
# Mighty Joe
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# Mighty Joe
After a dislocated knee on his ill-fated debut and the recent death of his friend and manager, Joe Ward starts again in earnest on Thursday night.
# irish-boxing - Thursday 25 February, 2021
# Podium Places
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# Podium Places
Aoife O’Rourke and Brendan Irvine march on, while there was disappointment and frustration for Michaela Walsh.
# irish-boxing - Monday 22 February, 2021
# Dusting Off
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# Dusting Off
Barnard Dunne’s Irish team are competing in Sofia in preparation for the summer’s final Olympic qualifiers.
# irish-boxing - Wednesday 17 February, 2021
# Star In Waiting
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# Star In Waiting
A hand injury has forced the postponement of the Belfast icon’s upcoming world-title fight, opening the door for another prodigious Irish boxer.
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