ANDY LEE meets his toughest opponent so far in Senegal-born knockout specialist, Mamadou Thiam, for his May 15 assignment at the University Arena in Limerick.

World and European Lightweight Champion Katie Taylor is the latest addition to the Yanjing Fight Night at the University Sports Arena, Limerick, on Saturday, May 15.

LUKE THOMAS benefited from training alongside the three Cork-based Cuban professionals when he won his third successive national juvenile boxing title at the National Stadium last week.

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.

Former Olympian Michael Roche has said that he was deeply shocked to hear of the death of Irish middleweight Darren Sutherland in London yesterday.

IRISH boxing has a wealth of middleweight talent and two promising newcomers to the pro scene will be involved in an all-Dublin contest when DolPhil stage an eight-bout show at the City West Hotel on January 30.

MIKE “The Rebel” Perez is all set to dispel any doubts about his ambitions when he takes his professional boxing career to a new level at Neptune Stadium on Saturday night.

ARGENTINA’S Damian Marchiano has been confirmed as Bernard Dunne’s next opponent on the road to rehabilitation at the Hunky Dorys Fight Night in the National Stadium on July 12.

THE absence of four-time champion, Ian Tims, raised some eyebrows at this year’s national senior boxing championships.

TYSON FUREY weighed in for the national senior boxing championships at the National Stadium yesterday morning but he will have to produce evidence that he has been resident in the country for 12 months before he can take his place in the semi-finals tonight.

ERIC DONOVAN (St Michael’s Athy) who surrendered his featherweight title to clubmate, David Oliver Joyce, at this year’s national senior championships makes a significant move up the weights over the coming weekend when Ireland face Russia in back to back matches.

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) have today named an eight-man squad for the upcoming double header of international meetings with Russia in Dublin and Athlone.

NATIONAL senior lightweight champion, John Joe Joyce, is moving up to the light-welterweight division and will miss the GeeBee multi-nations boxing tournament in Finland next week.

HIGH Performance Director, Gary Keegan, will be awaiting the results of a meeting in Thailand this week when boxing’s world governing body, AIBA, could decide a new venue for the World Championships, which take place later this year.

THE Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) have named an eight man squad of national senior champions for the Geebee Multi Nations in Finland next month.

DARREN SUTHERLAND looks set to fulfil another ambition tonight by claiming a national senior title at the National Stadium.

Ireland and Britain recorded an impressive 6-2 victory over Cuba at Dublin’s National Stadium after Olympic champion Mario Kindelan was forced to withdraw at late notice.

THE 11 newly-crowned national senior boxing champions compete at the Four Nations Championships in Liverpool this week.

DAVID Oliver Joyce of St Michael’s, Athy proved that this year’s senior boxing championships were not just about one boxer.