Irish Boxing
Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan [30(21)-4(3)] will fight for the first time since January of 2020 in Belgium later this month.
The light-middleweight world title hopeful will look to put middleweight defeat to Mexican Jaime Munguia behind him with victory on a 12 Rounds and Murphys Boxing promoted card.
The Cork favourite is penciled in to fight
Nodar Robakidze [15(5)-35(10)-6] at the Country Hall, Sart Tilman, Liege.
The well-traveled and experienced journeyman has to potential to give puncher O’Sullivan much-needed rounds but no doubt ‘Spike’ will be looking to win inside the distance.
Despite his inactivity, the Mahon native has managed to remain relevant. It’s believed the 36-year-old is high up the list of potential Oscar De La Hoya comeback foes. Indeed, there have been suggestions O’Sullivan is second in line to fight his Golden Boy boss. There have also been suggestions a light middleweight world title eliminator could be on the cards and the B
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After months of verbal jabs and low blows the biggest Australian boxing grudge match since Anthony Mundine vs Danny Green is set to take place.
Tim Tszyu and Michael Zerafa will finally take to the ring on July 7 at Newcastle Entertainment Centre to settle one of the biggest rivalries in Australian boxing.
The highly-anticipated showdown was announced this morning after months of Zerafa goading Tszyu, with a rematch clause in the fight contract.
The two fighters continued the verbal warfare at the press conference, despite Zerafa promising to keep a lid on his emotions. It lasted all of one minute before the Victorian fighter accused Tszyu of fighting Venezuelan taxi drivers while Tszyu returned serve by labelling his opponent a YouTube fighter.
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Domestic rivals Tim Tszyu and Michael Zerafa announced plans for a summer showdown in an entertaining press conference yesterday. The fight will be coming to the Newcastle Entertainment Centre on July 7, welcome news to the ears of Zerafa who had long been agitating for this fight.
Zerafa (28-4, 17 KO) is coming off a first-round TKO over a well-past-his-prime Anthony Mundine in a pretty unfortunate piece of matchmaking. Mundine is a legend in Australian boxing, but at 45 should not have been put in with someone like Zerafa.
Tszyu (18-0, 14 KO) last fought in March against two-time world title challenger Dennis Hogan, stopping him in the fifth round. Tszyu and Zerafa have several shared opponents, most notably fellow Aussie Jeff Horn.
Billy Joe Saunders jumps head-on with Canelo Alvarez, threatens to get out of the fight over a ring-sized dispute
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Billy Joe Saunders promised, win or lose, that he would have no excuse after Saturday’s planned fight with boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez. Now, Saunders threatens not to even enter the ring, as it has created a dispute over the size of the ring.
Saunders jumped on Tuesday to face Alvarez for the first time, and said he will not fight for less than a 24-meter ring.
“There’s a small squeeze that’s trying to fix everyone today,” Saunders said TALKkirola. I’ve left that up to the MTK management team here, which is actually quite a problem. The problem is that I’ve come here and they’re trying to get into a phone box in a boxing ring. [The stadium] it is hundreds and hundreds of meters long and they want to stick about 16 [or] 18 meter ring in the middle.