Author name: Gavin O'Connor

A more light-hearted boxing article looking at how a Canelo Irish connection wouldn’t surprise one writer in the slightest. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is a name that screams out Irish! Okay it doesn’t, but everything about the man should appeal to Irish boxing fans after all, apart from his name that obviously needs an O’ in […]

Rigondeaux vs Lomachenko is arguably one of the best pure fights that could be made in boxing but who’s really to blame if it doesn’t happen? Type the word “genius” in to any word search engine and you will got the following: “Exceptional intellectual or creative power or other natural ability.” Now type “boxing genius”

If you’re a boxing fan the term ‘breakfast club’ might take on a slightly different meaning than what it might mean for others. One of the biggest problems with being a boxing fan and living in Europe, especially in the UK or Ireland – is having to be part of the ‘Breakfast Club’. It applies

Adrien The Problem Broner is now in a state of career limbo after a career that once promised so much early on. From the hit movie ‘The Layer Cake’ (2004): “Eddie Temple: You’re born, you take s***. You get out in the world, you take more s***. You climb a little higher, you take less

Carl Frampton misses weight at a shocker on the scales ahead of his homecoming fight this Saturday night in Belfast at the SSE Arena. Carl Frampton is known for his diligence and work ethic, so it came as quite the surprise today when he missed weight in Belfast. The man from Tiger’s Bay came in

Mikey Garcia vs Adrien Broner begs a lot of questions about the latter combatant more than anything perhaps. A potentially excellent fight. On Mikey Garcia vs Adrien Broner – in the words of a certain Jay-Z – if you’re having fight prediction problems I feel bad for you son I can see 99 problems and

Kovalev and Ward continue to evoke verbal jabbing by boxing fans online after two, in the eyes of some, still unsatisfactory fights. It is the issue currently dividing the sport of boxing, scroll through any boxing forum and read the comments in regards to both eventual outcomes and it’s crystal clear and evident as to