ANDY LEE bounced back from his defeat to Brian Vera with a confident points victory over European Union middleweight champion Affif Belghecham at the University Arena in Limerick on Saturday night.

TYSON FURY may be the new English heavyweight champion but he left nobody in any doubt about his Irish roots when he made his Dublin debut at the O2 on Saturday night.

PHILIP SUTCLIFFE speaks highly of featherweight, Willie “Big Bang” Casey, and last night the Limerick southpaw justified the praise lavished on him by the former European bronze medallist with a second round victory over Calosa Caolho De Jesus from Brazil at the INEC in Killarney.

BERNARD DUNNE got his career back on track at the Breaffy House Resort in Castlebar on Saturday night when he out-pointed tough Felix Machado, in what was his first fight since Kiko Martinez stripped him of his European super-bantamweight title last August.

THE much vaunted John Duddy ‘Homecoming’ gave fans what they wanted in the form of a stand-up fight with Alessio Furlan that went to within 25 seconds of the final bell before referee Emile Teidt halted proceedings.

SHORT route wins for the Walsh brothers, a successful re-launch for Neil Sinclair and first visits to the canvas for Paul McCloskey and Stephen Haughian resulted in thrill-a-minute entertainment for boxing fans at Cork City Hall on Saturday night.