Dubois is a hugely watchable heavyweight, with real, visceral power in his fists, a great work ethic, and with something just a little tender about him

Robert Helenius failed a pre-fight drugs test prior to his recent heavyweight fight with former world champion Anthony Joshua, it has been revealed

The week we are talking is the week before his fighter, Cork light-middleweight Callum Walsh, takes to the ring in Los Angeles against Argentinian Juan Jose Velasco

Rita de Brún spies a sideboard inspired by butterflies, a two-bowl fountain kit, outdoor showers and garden screens

The Olympic champion would only fight as an amateur

Wales captain Owens will lead his “galvanised” team out at the Principality Stadium just 72 hours after a possible national squad strike was averted.

Thomas Byrne has rebutted suggestions the government was not willing to engage with all parties

Taylor's promoter Eddie Hearn has confirmed that costs have now blocked the plan.

"You don’t get a Christmas  unfortunately. That’s how it goes."

'Hurricane' Hogan (37) finally lifted a world belt after two previous unsuccessful attempts

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association ought to have listened to Bernard Dunne, Billy Walsh, and Kellie Harrington among others

Dublin City Councillors also called for Kellie Harrington's bout to be placed on the October bill

Taylor captured a split decision win with two judges awarding her the fight 97-93 and 96-93 and one judge dissenting for Serrano with a 96-94 score

The 20,000-seater Madison Square Garden now looks highly likely to be packed to the brim on Saturday night with 4,000 fight fans travelling from Ireland

Garda Niall Maguire said: "We all know the dangers of a one-punch attack."

Professional boxing in Ireland was also a victim of the Regency Hotel attack, never quite recovering

Harrington has revealed that Ireland’s elite amateur boxers are missing Bernard Dunne 'terribly' as uncertainty over the role of the IABA’s high-performance director drags on

The April 30 showdown with Amanda Serrano has been described as the biggest fight in female boxing history and is the first female fight to headline MSG in its 140 year history

Kinahan, who attempted to make a proposed all-British superfight between Fury and Anthony Joshua last year and is involved with several boxers, has become one of the most influential figures in the sport

Conlan was knocked out on the final round of his WBA featherweight title fight against Leigh Wood in Nottingham.

The Irish fighters both triumphed on the back of unanimous calls by their respective judges

Ireland's Olympic hero  made her return to the ring in style with a unanimous win over Sweden’s Agnes Alexiusson

Amanda Serrano hasn't given up on her hope  to fight Katie Taylor over 12 three-minute rounds next April

Taylor was speaking after the largest press conference she had ever faced ahead of her hotly-anticipated showdown with seven-weight world champion Amanda Serrano

When Katie Taylor looks back on her career one day, it will be the big nights probably more than the large collection of medals and belts that will count the most.

The much anticipated fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano has been confirmed for Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday April 30.

After retaining her undisputed lightweight title after a unanimous decision win over Firuza Sharipova in December, Taylor said she wanted to face Puerto Rican Serrano next

It can be hard to identify change in real-time but in 2021, you could almost feel the tectonic plates of progress moving under your feet

I have a plan. The question is what will happen to that plan when I get punched in the face

The sporting calendar doesn’t take long to gather pace. Soon fans thoughts will turn to flights and access to the big-ticket events. Simon Lewis selects five mega shows in 2022

Soccer is back on top as Ireland’s favourite sport, sharing top spot with Gaelic Games

The shortlist includes faces from the worlds of GAA, Olympic and Paralympic sport, horse racing, rugby, and soccer

Undefeated Taylor extended her professional record to 20-0 with a points victory in 10 rounds

Taylor remains characteristically unperturbed by any brash bravado. Halloween heralded 20 years since she partook in Irish boxing’s first sanctioned female bout.

The RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year shortlist features six history-making women among the eight nominees

The sports of skateboarding, sports climbing and surfing are all included, but boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon must earn their places back

Interview: Ireland’s favourite sportsperson on her faith, the family’s hard journey and why the potential mega-fight with Amanda Serrano will be worthy of making women’s boxing history

Two decades on from that watershed moment in women's sport in Ireland, Katie Taylor insists she has no designs on winding down just yet 

'I’ve travelled the world, had the ups and the downs,' reflects Jason Quigley, of his circuitous route to Friday night's title tilt.

Harrington has thrown her full support behind Dunne following the circulation of an unsigned document earlier this year that was highly critical of Dunne’s performance in his role

Dunne, who is currently on leave after overseeing last summer’s Olympic success in Tokyo, lodged a formal complaint to the IABA in September, alleging that he had been undermined

The defeat brings Ireland’s competitive interest in the tournament to a close

Summer successes for Kellie Harrington and Aidan Walsh last summer went some way to ridding the remnants of Rio, yet several legacy impacts still endure.

On nights out, whether celebratory in nature or more about drowning sorrows, players are reflecting: On where it went wrong or right, on standout scores, on turning points. On the season gone by and the season to come