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Undefeated Irish star Andy Murray will take to the ring at the MEN Arena in Manchester on Saturday night in a supporting role to gym mate Paul McCloskey who will be bidding to capture the WBA Light Welterweight title from Amir Khan.
Two time European Middleweight Champ, Matthew “Mack the Knife” Macklin has landed a high profile Las Vegas showdown with the legendary Ronald "Winky" Wright on April 9th. The fight will be the first of a lucrative promotional deal that Macklin has inked with Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions. The bout will take place at the MGM Grand on a live HBO pay per view event and will serve as the co-featured attraction to the clash between Mexican legend Erik “El Terrible” Morales and Argentinian power puncher, Marcos Maidana with the event being billed by Golden Boy as "Action Heroes".
Although the volcanic ash cloud crisis from earlier this year may have passed a new volcanic threat is on the horizon for Irish boxing and unbeaten Cavan star, Andy Murray. The reigning Irish Lightweight champ faces the stiffest test of his carer when he takes on World number 14 Claudinei “Volcano” Lacerda on the Hunky Dorys Fight Night at The Breaffy House Resort in Castlebar, Co. Mayo on Saturday, November 20th. The bout will be live on RTÉ TWO and Lacerda is brimming with confidence as he puts the final touches to his training in his native Brazil.
Willie Casey (121.25 Lbs) and Paul Hyland (121.5 Lbs) weigh in ahead of Saturday's first ever all Irish European title fight. Photo courtesy of Russell Pritchard / Press Eye.
Martin “Iron Man” Rogan makes his eagerly awaited comeback from injury this Saturday exactly a year to the day since his last fight. The hugely popular Belfast heavyweight returns to action on the Hunky Dorys Fight Night: Big Bang Theory at the University Arena in Limerick and he admits that he's almost as excited by the main event on Saturday as he is by his own ring return.
A rib injury has ruled Kiko Martinez out of his European title showdown with Willie “Big Bang” Casey on the Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the University Arena in Limerick on Saturday, November 6th. However Martinez's loss is Paul Hyland's gain with the Dubliner now stepping in to meet Casey for the vacant European title in what will be the first ever all-Irish clash for a European title.
Dublin's Paul Hyland will be out to cement his position as the Number 1 challenger for the European Super Bantamweight title when he takes on European rated Andrey Bogdanov at the University Arena in Limerick on November 6th on the Hunky Dorys Fight Night: Big Bang Theory.
Irish boxing's Young Gun's are set to fire in Ireland's West this November when the Hunky Dorys Fight Night comes to the Breaffy House Resort in Castlebar on November 20th. Headlining the event which will be live on RTÉ will be Cavan star, Andy Murray who is tied with European Light Welterweight Champion Paul McCloskey for the longest unbeaten run in Irish boxing. Murray will put his perfect 22 fight record on the line as he takes a step up in class to take on current World number 14 and WBO Latino Champ, Claudinei “Volcano” Lacerda. The 30-year-old Brazilian knockout artist is putting a possible World title shot on hold and his World ranking on the line in a bid to snap Murray's 5 and a half year winning streak.
Former two time World Champion Byron Mitchell has promised to end the hype surrounding unbeaten Cork based Cuban Luis "El León" Garcia when they meet at The University Arena in Limerick on November 6th on the Hunky Dorys Fight Night: Big Bang Theory. The scheduled 10 round bout will be part of the undercard to Kiko “La Sensación” Martinez's European title defence against Limerick's own Willie “Big Bang” Casey.
The Hunky Dorys Fight Night: Big Bang Theory at the University Arena, Limerick on Saturday, November 6th was already shaping up to be explosive with Kiko “La Sensación” Martinez defending his European Super Bantamweight title against Limerick's own Willie “Big Bang” Casey but extra TNT has been added to the night with the news that Belfast's Martin Rogan will make his return from injury on the card.