Modern sport maybe awash with analytics, but boxing has never lent itself to trial by numbers.

Joe Ward will make his professional debut in New York in October.

Undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor is set to head back to this side of the Atlantic in November to kick off an assault on a second weight class.

Billy Joe Saunders became a two-weight world champion after he defeated Shefat Isufi last night.

As the normal chaos of a Saturday night in Las Vegas began to kick off around him, Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan was content sipping a cup of tea. It was only hours before that he was knocked out with a single, blurring slash of David Lemieux’s left hand but the Mahon native did not feel like he had been in a fight whatsoever.

"Irish sensation Katie Taylor returns to The O2 to defend her WBA and IBF world titles."

Cork middleweight Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan admitted that defeat in Los Angeles would have been ‘devastating’ in his quest for a world title.

Katie Taylor could move up a weight in 2019 if she unifies her division by the end of the year.

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan is hoping his management can pull off a major coup with confirmation of the biggest fight of his life as he hopes to land a Las Vegas shot at middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin.

Latest: Gary 'Spike' O'Sullivan has said “yes to fighting GGG” and is awaiting the outcome of negotiations to confirm the world-title bout.

Gennady Golovkin and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez fought to a draw in the hotly-anticipated world middleweight title showdown in Las Vegas.

In a tale of two Las Vegas super fights, Jason Quigley admits the September middleweight showdown between Gennady Golovkin and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is the quality match-up. But, understandably, he cannot get away from the hype that surrounds the battle of you-know-who next weekend.

Andy Lee has hailed Ryan Burnett’s upcoming world-title unification Belfast bout as the “biggest fight to ever happen in Ireland”.

Walking from a snow-capped Madison Square Garden to Times Square with Michael Conlan only a year ago would have taken all of 10 minutes.

Andy Lee returned to the ring with a whisper more so than a bang following a 15-month absence.

Lost somewhere amidst the furore surrounding Michael Conlan’s professional bows at Madison Square Garden on St Patrick’s Day, Limerick’s former WBO world middleweight champion Andy Lee returns to the ring after a 16-month absence.

Katie Taylor’s return to the ring this weekend is set to kickstart a busy run of at least seven fights this year for the former Olympic champion.

There was a brief lull in proceedings during Saturday’s action-packed card at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center as Floyd Mayweather made his way out to ringside.

Michael Conlan has revealed that Conor McGregor will carry the Irish tri-colour when he steps into the ring for his fight as a professional boxer next year.

Kell Brook has defended trainer Dominic Ingle amid criticism of his decision to throw in the towel during his WBC and IBF middleweight title defeat by the fearsome Gennady Golovkin.

Andy Lee says he will target Gennady Golovkin, arguably the most feared boxer on the planet, once he gets past mandatory challenger Billy Joe Saunders.

Q: Why did you choose the hard life of professional boxing?

Andy Lee believes if he holds onto his belt, that a fight with middleweight kingpin Gennady Golovkin is inevitable.

Andy Lee and Adam Booth were in New York with Cork-Cuban heavyweight Mike Perez last July, but if feels much longer now, writes John Riordan.

You would have to go a long way before you find anybody with a bad word to say about Andy Lee.

Jorge Sebastian Heiland made a mockery of the bookies’ odds which ranked Matthew Macklin as a 1/20 favourite ahead of their WBC world middleweight title eliminator on Saturday night, but, in hindsight, Father Time was the most difficult opponent for the home fighter.

Andy Lee is hoping to make a November ring return after narrowly missing out on a world title shot against Miguel Cotto.

It’s very nearly five years since Poonsawat Kratingdaenggm floored Bernard Dunne and thousands of onlookers at the O2, but Matthew Macklin has promised that he is the man to finally bring big-time boxing back to this country.

Boxing: Mike ‘The Rebel’ Perez wasn’t making any excuses for his defeat in New York on Saturday night.

Andy Lee is backing Mike ‘The Rebel’ Perez to seal his bid for a WBC World Heavyweight Championship title shot in New York tonight.

Who knows what’s going through Mike Perez’s head this week?

Irish favourite Matthew Macklin will hope to secure a fourth shot at a world title when he takes on Jorge Sebastien Heiland in an official eliminator for the WBC middleweight crown at the National Stadium in Dublin on August 30.

Promoter Eddie Hearn admits negotiations over a rematch between Carl Froch and George Groves are proving “frustrating” but remains confident the scrap will eventually happen.

It’s difficult to assess the survivor guilt that will accompany Mike “The Rebel” Perez back into the ring this weekend.

Irish middleweight Andy Lee has thrown down the gauntlet to Matthew Macklin to face him in 2014.

Cork-based Cuban heavyweight Mike ‘The Rebel’ Perez secured a major scalp on Saturday night when overcoming the previously undefeated Russian Magomed Abdusalamov at Madison Square Garden.

Matthew Macklin felt the full force of Gennady Golovkin’s power on Saturday night when the undefeated middleweight retained his WBA and IBO titles with a devastating third-round stoppage.

Matthew Macklin came up short once again in his bid to win a portion of the world middleweight crown after being brutally knocked out in the third round by the unbeaten WBA World 160lb champion Gennady Golovkin.

Matthew Macklin faces a third world title bid in Connecticut tonight. John Riordan spoke to him in New York City this week.

When Harlem is hot, there aren’t many other places in the world where history seems to drip down so readily from the fire escapes and battered neon signs.

In other championship action in the Odyssey, local favourite Martin Lindsay, game but outclassed, was well beaten on points by the extremely talented if also arrogant Welshman Lee Selby for the British & Commonwealth Featherweight title.