Boxing: Boxing history will be made in Cork on Thursday night when the New York Fire Department enter the ring in Ireland for the first time.

New York firefighters who battled the Twin Towers terrorist attacks on 9/11 are among a contingent of boxers taking to the ring in a friendly tournament against gardaí and members of a Co Cork boxing club.

John Joe Joyce tops the bill when the Rylane and An Garda Síochána Boxing clubs display their talents at Cork’s Rochestown Park Hotel on Saturday night (8pm).