Six-time Irish amateur champion Con Sheehan got his professional career off to a winning start with a points victory over Jonathan Rice in Los Angeles.

There is little need to shell out any dollars on a historical guide to the city of El Paso. 

The IBF super-bantamweight champion successfully defended his world title on Saturday night, stopping 25-year-old Californian challenger Chris Avalos (25-3) in the fifth round to extend his undefeated record to 20-0 (14 knockouts).

Carl Frampton retained his IBF super-bantamweight title with an impressive fifth-round stoppage of mandatory challenger Chris Avalos at a raucous Odyssey Arena in Belfast.

Andy Lee is hoping to make a November ring return after narrowly missing out on a world title shot against Miguel Cotto.

Katie Taylor will be out of competitive action for up to a month after suffering a hand injury in sparring – but the injury is not expected to impact on her European Union title defence this summer.

Tommy Hyde, who died yesterday, was a boxing legend.

THIS time last year Willie ‘Big Bang’ Casey was excitedly preparing for a world title fight with Guillermo Rigondeaux.

WILLIE ‘BIG BANG’ CASEY’S return to competitive boxing has been put on hold after a problem with the venue emerged yesterday.

WILLIE “Big Bang” Casey is ready to return to the ring under new management for a tilt at the durable French super bantamweight, Daniel Kadjo, at the Limerick Institute of Technology on September 3.

WILLIE “BIG BANG” CASEY will be back in the gym in two weeks, according to his trainer, Phil Sutcliffe, who admitted yesterday that they were all very disappointed with Saturday night’s loss to Guillermo Rigondeaux.

WITH a dazzling array of powerful punches delivered with pinpoint accuracy it took Guillermo Rigondeaux less than three minutes to end Willie “Big Bang” Casey’s world title hopes before a frenzied following at the Citywest Convention Centre on Saturday night.

Irish boxer Willie 'Big Bang' Casey failed in his bid to become WBA super-bantamweight champion at Citywest in Dublin last night.

A DREAM ending to the perfect fairytale would see Willie “Big Bang” Casey claim the belt at the Citywest Conference Centre tonight but even the Limerick man’s combination of heart, strength and a defiant attitude is unlikely to strip Guillermo Rigondeaux of his WBA world super bantamweight title.

THE spotlight may be on Willie “Big Bang” Casey’s clash with WBA champion Guillermo Rigondeaux tonight but another Irishman, Brian Magee, bids for the IBF world super-middleweight title in Montreal in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

WILLIE “BIG BANG” CASEY’S trainer Phil Sutcliffe has no fears for the Limerick man ahead of tomorrow night’s WBA World title fight at the Citywest Conference Centre.

KATIE TAYLOR sparred with world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux when he visited Limerick a few weeks ago and now she has been added to the undercard at the CityWest Convention Centre on Saturday night when the double Olympic champion defends his WBA super bantamweight title against Willie “Big Bang” Casey.

WILLIE “Big Bang” Casey has pushed his body to the limits of human endurance in preparation for next Saturday’s WBA world title fight with Guillermo Rigondeaux at Citywest Conference Centre.

ARMCHAIR sports fans are in for a treat next Saturday after RTÉ announced yesterday that Willie ‘Big Bang’ Casey’s attempt to take Guillermo Rigondeaux’s WBA world super bantamweight crown will be broadcast live.

WILLIE “Big Bang” Casey is about to face the best 122 lb puncher of all time.

ANTHONY FITZGERALD was handed the opportunity of a lifetime with a shot at the EBA European middleweight title as chief support bout to the Guillermo Rigondeaux-Willie Casey WBA title fight at City West on March 19 but he was also handed a difficult opponent in Affif Belghecham.

GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX will complete his preparations for his world title defence against Willie “Big Bang” Casey at a special training camp in Cork.

CONTRARY to earlier reports that the much anticipated WBA World Super bantamweight title fight between Willie “Big Bang” Casey and the Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux on March 19 would not be televised, it now appears that the fight will be shown on TV3.

GUILLERMO Rigondeaux yesterday told of the pain and anguish of leaving his wife and young son behind him when he left Cuba to pursue a professional boxing career.

THE promoters of the Guillermo Rigondeaux versus Willie “Big Bang” Casey world title fight have expressed regret at RTÉ’s decision not to televise the event.

WILLIE “Big Bang” Casey and Guillermo Rigondeaux came face to face at the Montenotte Hotel in Cork for the first time on Saturday ahead of their world title fight in March.

HE may have won two Olympic gold medals and two amateur world titles before claiming the WBA crown, but Willie “Big Bang” Casey has found Guillermo Rigondeaux “boring to watch.”

WILLIE “Big Bang” CASEY will touch gloves with the two-time Olympic champion Guillermo Rigondeaux for the WBA super bantamweight title at the Citywest Conference Centre on January 19 following agreement between the camps.

WILLIE ‘Big Bang’ Casey could be the ideal opponent for the two-time Olympic champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, according to the Cuban’s manager Gary Hyde.

PATRICK HYLAND will have an opportunity to reinforce his rating with the EBU and, ultimately, his claims for an early shot at a European title when he takes on Suate Laze at the Hunky Dory’s Fight Night in Breaffy House Resort in Castlebar on Saturday night.

CORKMAN Gary Hyde has signed a new deal that will kick-start the stalled professional career of two-time Olympic champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, considered by many to be the best amateur in boxing history.

Fidel Castro might bar Cuban boxers from competing in the world championships in the US and Beijing Olympics qualifying events to prevent possible defections.