Every night during his training camp in Dublin, after he’s finished his stretching routine on the floor of the hotel room, Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan pulls out a pen and paper.

Joe Ward’s quest for World Elite gold ended at the hands of a familiar foe in Hamburg, Germany on Saturday night, but the Westmeath southpaw reckons time is on his side.

In a tale of two Las Vegas super fights, Jason Quigley admits the September middleweight showdown between Gennady Golovkin and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is the quality match-up. But, understandably, he cannot get away from the hype that surrounds the battle of you-know-who next weekend.

Newly crowned European Elite champion Joe Ward is being targeted by pro promoters in the countdown to the World Elite Championships which begin in Hamburg, Germany, on August 25.

Jason Quigley is desperate to make his mark in what he predicts will be remembered as the golden era of Irish professional boxing.

Kellie Harrington has vowed to strike gold next time out following her defeat to China’s Yang Wenlu is yesterday’s AIBA World Elite Championships 64kg final in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Such is the nature of Las Vegas undercards, early fights can be fought in front of a basically empty arena. So, but for a vociferous band of travelling Irish, Jason Quigley’s masterclass performance against James De La Rosa was seen, in person, by very few.

Former amateur star Jason Quigley has become one of boxing’s few genuine blue chip prospects since ditching the vest and turning professional two years ago. Tonight, the 24-year-old faces the biggest test of his career when he faces James De La Rosa in the first ever boxing event at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Former AIBA World No.1 ranked bantam John Joe Nevin continued his vendetta against southpaws in Virginia on Saturday night.

Joe Ward will finally make his bow at the 18th edition of the World Championships in Doha this afternoon, aiming to become the fourth Irishman to book a quarter-final place.

Billy Walsh is a man who is used to juggling stressful responsibilities, so having three Irish boxers compete in the evening session of the opening round of the world championships in Doha today should prove no problem.

Irish light-heavyweight Joe Ward eased into the last-16 of the European Elite Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria yesterday, but Dean Gardiner is out.

Ireland’s boxing head coach Billy Walsh declared the European Games a total success and believes this Irish team can break more records.

Boxers represent Ireland’s best hope of medals at the European Games which began in Baku last night.

Irish head coach Billy Walsh is planning to keep Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan busy in quality tournaments ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games.

Katie Taylor has warned that the amateur boxing game is in danger of losing its identity and effectively becoming obsolete due to recent moves to minimise the differences between it and the professional fight game.

Routes to Olympic qualification continue to multiply but that isn’t to say that getting there is any easier, writes Brendan O’Brien.

Two reversals on split decisions denied Ireland top spot in the medals tables for the second consecutive time at the EU Elite Men’s Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria on Saturday.

Boxing: Ireland will be involved in three finals at today’s European Union Elite Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

World silver medallist and 2013 European middleweight champion Jason Quigley has made his long awaited move into professional boxing.

Four Elite national boxing titles before his 21st birthday, where will it all end for Joe Ward?

It was national title number seven for Belfast's Paddy Barnes as he scored a unanimous decision over Hughie Myers at the Men's Elite Boxing Championships in Dublin.

Eric Donovan has dismissed speculation that he is turning pro following his withdrawal from 2014 National Elite Championships, which begin tonight at the National Stadium in Dublin.

There’s been little time to sit back and relax for newly appointed IABA CEO Fergal Carruth.

Derval O’Rourke and Ciarán Ó Lionáird have expressed disappointment at the level of funding they are set to receive in 2014.

Billy Walsh hasn’t diluted his ambition of Ireland finishing top of the boxing medal table at the next Olympic Games despite the raft of changes which threaten to squeeze the number of qualifiers under his charge.

AIBA Professional Boxing (APB) chiefs fear losing out on five top Irish boxers — after they failed to sign up John Joe Nevin.

Record-breaking jockey AP McCoy was named RTÉ Sports Person of the Year for 2013 on Saturday night.

The RTÉ Sports Person of the Year for 2013 is jockey Tony McCoy.

Turn on your TV for any length of time this next few weeks and sooner or later you are likely to be treated to recorded moments of rare magic

John Treacy has called for Irishboxing’s new chief to be afforded time and space to make his mark on the organisation as the sport faces the prospect of losing its best fighters.

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association is facing a crisis to keep its best boxers for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Irish middleweight Jason Quigley will move into a top four position in the AIBA rankings before Christmas to cap a year in which he has won European gold and World silver.

Ireland's World Amateur Boxing Championship medallists Jason Quigley and Joe Ward returned to a tremendous welcome at Dublin Airport shortly after 12.15 this afternoon.

Jason Quigley has won the silver medal at the Boxing World Championships.

Irish middleweight Jason Quigley has vowed to win gold at the AIBA World Elite Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan this morning.