John Duddy moved a step closer to a world middleweight title shot with a ninth-round stoppage of American Anthony Bonsante at the Madison Square Garden Theatre.

JOHN DUDDY makes a long-awaited return to the ring at the Madison Square Garden Theatre tonight as he seeks to further his claims to a world middleweight title shot with a pay-per-view headline fight against Anthony Bonsante.

IRISH middleweight boxer Andy Lee has been forced to deal with yet another change of opponent just 36 hours before his scheduled appearance in New York.

FAME comes in many forms but even as John Duddy prepares to grab the spotlight in front of a sell-out crowd of adoring fans at Madison Square Garden tomorrow night, a female boxer on the undercard can already claim she has been lauded at the Oscars.

FRESH from her victory over German champion Yana Kultysheva at the weekend, Ireland’s world boxing champion, Katie Taylor, returns to the ring in Dungarvan on Friday night for the first all-women’s tournament at the Sports Centre.

JAMES Moore returns to the ring tomorrow night ready to kickstart his bid for a light-middleweight title after an almost five-month lay-off.