Billy Joe Saunders believes the placid build-up to his bout against Andy Lee tonight will work in his favour.

’Youth Hostelling with Chris Eubank’ has just become a reality!

Promoter Frank Warren is ready to bring world championship boxing back to Ireland this summer should he arrange a deal to promote a showdown between WBO champion Andy Lee and Billy Joe Saunders. 

Andy Lee may be forced to scrap his plans for a world-title defence as his mandatory challenger Billy Joe Saunders has stepped up his efforts to book a date with the champion.

A date for the first defence of Andy Lee’s new WBO middleweight title could be arranged before Christmas and promoter Frank Warren has revealed that a homecoming show in Ireland is "a viable situation".

Stevie Collins Jnr put his nine-month injury lay-off behind him with a bizarre win in the early hours of Sunday morning in London, then set his sights on a pivotal 2015.

Tyson Fury "couldn’t give a hoot" what people think of him as a boxer but vowed to prove his worth in the ring against Dereck Chisora tonight.

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan will be back in big-time boxing action next month after the announcement that his fight with Anthony Fitzgerald has been rescheduled for November 15.

They never come back, according to boxing lore.

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Tyson Fury’s camp are touting Croke Park or Old Trafford as possible venues for a world title fight with one of the Klitschko brothers if Fury beats Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast tonight.

Chris Eubank has revealed he dreams of a return to boxing.

CALL it another of my prejudices if you like — I’ve already commissioned mugshot t-shirts for everyone on the sports desk to wear — but I’ve never quite understood one particular breed of sports fan.

STEVE COLLINS was back on some old, familiar territory in Cork last night to receive another belt, this time at Neptune Stadium where his brother, Paschal, was promoting the Irish middleweight title fight between Corkman Gary “Sp.ike” O’Sullivan and Ciaran Healy.

ENZO CALZAGHE has pledged his son Joe will not fall at the last hurdle of his professional career when he faces Roy Jones Jr at Madison Square Garden early tomorrow morning.

BERNARD DUNNE is under no illusion about the enormity of the task when he faces former champion, Esham Pickering, for the European Super Bantamweight title at The Point on November 11 where all the 7,000 available tickets are sold out.

Former boxer Chris Eubank has been charged with aggravated taking of a vehicle and driving away, police said today.

Frank Warren yesterday hailed Joe Calzaghe as the greatest British super-middleweight of the modern era and lamented the Welshman’s failure to meet fallen great Roy Jones Jr.

FORMER boxer Chris Eubank was arrested yesterday during a one-man protest against the military occupation of Iraq.

Former boxer Chris Eubank was arrested today during a one-man protest against the military occupation of Iraq.

Boxer Chris Eubank has tried to ban his teenage son from playing rugby - because he reckons the sport is too violent.

Joe Calzaghe has vowed to make history by holding on to his super-middleweight world title longer than former great Chris Eubank.

Anthea Turner's husband has admitted phoning the Celebrity Big Brother voteline repeatedly to try to stop her from being evicted.

Jack Dee was marched back into the Big Brother house by security guards after an escape bid failed.