Paddy Barnes: record, next fight and profile →
Paddy Barnes will walk out to challenge Cristofer Rosales for the WBC world flyweight title at Windsor Park on Saturday for what will be a deafening and, according to ‘The Leprechaun’ “defining”, occasion.
Paddy Barnes (5-0, 1 KO) has already made history in his boxing career after netting two Olympic medals, a bronze at the Beijing Games in 2008 and another one at London 2012, yet he believes the record books will be opened again next weekend when he meets Cristofer Rosales (27-3, 18 early) for the WBC flyweight title at Belfast’s Windsor Park next Saturday night in only his sixth professional fight.
UMAR SADIQ wants to face English super-middleweight champion Darryll Williams in his fourth professional ?ght. Both men are in action on Saturday’s big bill at London’s o2 Arena, but will only be sharing the dressing room corridor on this occasion. Sadiq, 30, who gave up a lucrative accountancy career to box professionally will be having his third professional ?ght, but is in a rush to face his fellow Londoner.
Carl Frampton will realise a career-long dream when he defends his WBO Interim World Featherweight Title against Luke Jackson on the pitch at Windsor Park, Belfast, on August 18, on a card that also features Paddy Barnes challenging for the WBC World Flyweight title and the second fight of Tyson Fury on the comeback trail.
Paddy Barnes will get a world title crack when he returns. The former WBO European flyweight champion has been out of action since last November. Barnes will be back between the ropes on August 18, however, and will feature alongside long-time friend Carl Frampton. Frampton, the WBO interim featherweight champion, will headline at Belfast’s Windsor Park, exclusively live on BT Sport, when he defends his title against Australia’s number five-rated WBO Oriental champion Luke Jackson.
Paddy Barnes will return to the ring towards the end of the summer. The former WBO European flyweight champion has been out of action since last November. Barnes will be back between the ropes on August 18, however, and will feature alongside long-time friend Carl Frampton.
Despite having only five professional bouts under his belt, Paddy Barnes is already targeting the biggest fights at Flyweight. The Triple-Olympian is coming off a career-best performance against Eliecer Quezada in November. He halted the Nicaraguan in the sixth round with a crushing body blow to score his first career stoppage and pick up the WBO Inter-Continental belt.
Paddy Barnes outlined his credentials as a major player in the second tier of the flyweight division with a crushing stoppage. The three-time Olympian got rid of Eliecer Quezada by count out in round six, exclusively live on BT Sport and BoxNation. Barnes is now 5-0 after the win, which was undoubtedly his best performance in the pro code to date.
Paddy Barnes believes his elite amateur experience will be key when he takes to the ring on Saturday night at the SSE Odyssey Arena. Belfast native Barnes features on a stacked undercard in support of his friend and MTK Global stablemate Carl Frampton, who returns to the ring in a headline featherweight bout against Mexico’s Horacio Garcia, live on BT Sport and BoxNation.
Paddy Barnes warmed up for a fight in his home city with his fourth professional success. The 30-year-old triple Olympian, who won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, advanced his pro ledger with a points victory over Juan Hinostroza. The fight began TV coverage, exclusively live on BoxNation, of MTK Scotland’s ‘Capital Collision’ card at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh.