Andy Lee to fight ‘Kid Chocolate’
ANDY LEE is expected to fight Peter ‘Kid Chocolate’ Quillan in New York this coming April in his first defence of the WBO title. Quillan, a previous WBO Middleweight champion himself, has reportedly...
View ArticleChampion Andy Lee will be in Monte Carlo to cast eye over Golovkin-Murray
Newly-crowned WBO world middleweight champion Andy Lee will be in Monte Carlo on February 21 to oversee the WBA Super world middleweight title fight between Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin and Martin Murray and...
View ArticleBoxing – The Brooklyn Brawl
THIS SATURDAY night (Sunday morning Irish time) Andy Lee will defend his World Title against Peter ‘Kid Chocolate’ Quillin at the Barclay’s Center, Brooklyn New York. The fight, which will be broadcast...
View ArticleBoxing – Thomond Park could host Lee title fight
ANDY Lee’s fight with Peter Quillin last weekend proved once more, if it even needed proving, that you never know what will happen next in the world of boxing. Lee remains the World Middleweight...
View ArticleOpinion – Us versus them, again
SPACE, the final frontier, or, the thing that local sports journalists crave every week so they can cover as much sport as possible. Something that National media outlets do not often have a problem...
View ArticleBoxing – Action from Myles Casey’s European Games win
Pictures from Limerick’s Myles Casey flyweight bout at the European Game this morning. Casey defeated Ivan Fihurenka 29-28 in their last 16 bout. The Limerick fighter won two out of the three rounds...
View ArticlePics – Andy Lee versus Billy Joe Saunders Press conference
PICS from Andy Lee and Billy Joe Saunders’ press conference ahead of their ‘Showdown’ fight on September 19 at Thomond Park Limerick. Tickets are now on sale at ticketmaster.ie The post Pics – Andy Lee...
View ArticleBoxing – The Showdown at Thomond Park
ON SATURDAY September 19, reigning WBO Middleweight Champion and Limerick native, Andy Lee, will defend his World title against undefeated Billy Joe Saunders. This unique outdoor global boxing event...
View ArticleBoxing – Limerick’s Donovan qualifies for World Championships
Picture Brendan Gleeson LIMERICK’S Paddy Donovan (15) will fight at the 2015 AIBA World Boxing championships in St Petersburg Russia this September having won the Open Senior Cadet Championships at...
View ArticleBoxing – Andy Lee fight cancelled in Limerick. Moved to Manchester
ANDY LEE’S WBO World title fight with Billy Joe Saunders, scheduled for September 19 at Thomond Park, has been cancelled. The fight will now take place in Manchester on October 10. The fight has to be...
View ArticlePodcast – Sporting Limerick Podcast 2015 review
THIS week’s podcast from Sporting Limerick, reviews the highs and lows from 2015. Enjoy The post Podcast – Sporting Limerick Podcast 2015 review appeared first on Limerick Post Newspaper.
View ArticleBoxing – Andy Lee looks forward to weekend title bout
ANDY LEE will finally get to defend his WBO World title this Saturday night against Billy Joe Saunders. The bout, which was originally pencilled in for Thomond Park, will take place at the Manchester...
View ArticleBoxing – Edward Donovan European Boxing Champion Homecoming
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View ArticleBoxing – Limerick’s St Francis Club to double in size
Former World Champion Andy Lee has said his old boxing club St. Francis will turn out more national and potentially even world champions following an investment by the Department of Environment,...
View ArticleBoxing – Andy Lee Eyes Jacobs or Golovkin Title Return Fight
Irish middleweight fighter Andy Lee, (34W-3L-1D, 24KOs) is eager to return to the ring following some time off after his WBO world title majority decision loss to Billy Joe Saunders on December 19,...
View ArticleBoxing – Limerick fighters prepare for Worlds
TWO YOUNG Limerick boxers are currently in Moscow finishing up preparations before they box in the World Youth championships starting in St Petersburg at the end of this week. Patrick O’Donovan...
View ArticleAndy Lee hoping to get career back on track with win tonight
Limerick’s former middleweight boxing champion, Andy Lee, returns to the ring after a 15 month layoff tonight. The 32 year-old fights American, Keandrae Leatherwood, on the under-card of the highly...
View ArticleJust who’s in charge here?
In almost a century of Olympic competition Ireland has won 31 medals. Of those, 16 have come in boxing. Fighting is in our blood, we’re good at it. We might not be the fastest runners in the world, the...
View ArticleMarmite McGregor talking his way to fortune
There’s an unwritten rule in Irish sport, it goes a little something like this: ‘Should one of our people reach the pinnacle of their sport they automatically become a national hero.’ It doesn’t...
View ArticleLimerick boxer Graham joins the professional ranks
Irish professional boxing is going through a golden era with dozens of fighters joining the paid ranks in 2017. However, up until recently, Limerick had but just one professional boxer – former WBO...
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