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Spike O’Sullivan: Jake Paul has a chance to prove he’s not a bluffer

I really don’t have a major problem with Jake Paul. Our sport is full of lads who have made a career for themselves with their mouth

Sun, 26 Feb, 2023

Jake Paul v Anderson Silva

Spike O'Sullivan: Fury, Katie and Jake Paul going places in 2023

How are those resolutions working out for ye all? We’re just three weeks into the new year so there’s still time to get going with the new routine or get the routine back on the rails

Sat, 21 Jan, 2023

Spike O'Sullivan: Usyk and Shields are my pound-for-pound king and queen of the ring

Spike O'Sullivan: Usyk and Shields are my pound-for-pound king and queen of the ring

Pound-for-pound rankings are the ultimate in pub talk. But it’s the best way we have of measuring who is the best in the fight game right now

Sat, 31 Dec, 2022

Craig O’Brien 10/11/2022

Spike O'Sullivan: In this age of influencers we don’t have enough real role models like Craig O'Brien

Craig O’Brien is still a hero to me, a real-life one who is making the world a better place

Fri, 18 Nov, 2022

Katie Taylor 28/10/2022

S Spike O'Sullivan: It can be easy to take Katie's greatness for granted. But we shouldn't

Katie Taylor’s made the impossible look and sound so normal for so long that a fight week like this can now come along and feel low key.

Sat, 29 Oct, 2022

EUBC Women's European Boxing Championships 2022 - Semi-Finals

S Spike O'Sullivan: Generation Katie comes of age with our seven wonders

Five Irish women will fight for European gold on Saturday with seven medals assured. Inspired by Katie, guided by Zaur Antia, this generation should be treasured

Fri, 21 Oct, 2022

Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn press conference at Glaziers Hall

S Spike O'Sullivan: Time to charge boxing cheats with attempted murder

I’ve fought 36 times as a pro. Five of them were likely against fighters who doped, maybe seven. That’s 20 per cent of my fighting life, in there against guys who were juicing

Fri, 07 Oct, 2022

Eric O’Donovan during his 5 hour skip in aid of the “Do it for Dan” fundraiser which was streamed live on Facebook 25/4/2020

Conversations with Eric Donovan: 'I look on my past as an asset now'

Eric Donovan's been through his share. Now, finally, he's preparing for the biggest fight of his life, writes his contemporary, Gary 'Spike' O'Sullivan

Fri, 23 Sep, 2022

Boxing - The O2 Arena

Spike O'Sullivan: I wanted Golovkin so badly it made me sick — now Canelo might end his career

The fight that absolutely consumed me in 2018 never happened and if Canelo Alvarez brings the fury and liver shots I expect on Saturday night, GGG's fighting days may be over

Sat, 17 Sep, 2022