GARDAÍ are carrying out an investigation into alleged financial irregularities at a Co Cork boxing club.

World lightweight champion Katie Taylor chalked up her third victory of 2007 following a comprehensive victory over German national champ Yana Kultysheva in Cork last night.

THE wife of a prominent member of the Irish Amateur Boxing Association, who was shot dead early last Sunday morning, yesterday asked for prayers to be said for the family of the man who has been charged with his murder.

BOXING was John Mahon’s life, friends said yesterday. The self-employed painter and decorator had been involved in Irish amateur boxing for more than 45 years and was one of the sport’s most prominent and well-respected figures.

NEWLY crowned national intermediate champion Dara O'Sullivan (Fr Horgan's) will be back in action at the Abbey Hotel in Ballyvourney tomorrow night when Rylane and Macroom boxing clubs combine to stage an exciting tournament.