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. 

Carl Froch has opted to vacate his IBF super-middleweight crown – leaving the door open for compatriot James DeGale to fight for the title in the coming months.

Forget being tired in the ring, Ireland’s newest world champion, Limerick boxer Andy Lee, must be exhausted with his seemingly endless homecoming.

Andy Lee and Adam Booth were in New York with Cork-Cuban heavyweight Mike Perez last July, but if feels much longer now, writes John Riordan.

You would have to go a long way before you find anybody with a bad word to say about Andy Lee.

Andy Lee could be set for a shock challenge for the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) middleweight title in Dublin this December.

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

Sergio Martinez is eager to shrug off his injury nightmare and re-establish his dominance of the world middleweight division when he returns from a 14-month absence to face Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden in New York on June 7.

Promoter Eddie Hearn admits negotiations over a rematch between Carl Froch and George Groves are proving “frustrating” but remains confident the scrap will eventually happen.

Last Saturday night I out-boxed a very determined man in Anthony Fitzgerald. Considering it was my first fight in nine months and my first under a new coach, I’m happy to take the points win.

Amir Khan has said he will immediately appoint a new trainer after confirming his split from Freddie Roach in the early hours of this morning.

Legendary trainer Emanuel Steward has demanded that boxing chiefs tackle the growing use of performance enhancing drugs in the sports.

Perhaps a collective sadomasochistic streak throughout the nation is to blame.

Andy Lee’s brave challenge to win the WBC world middleweight title came up short in the early hours of Sunday morning when beaten by Julio Cesar Chavez Jr by TKO in the seventh round at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.

Limerick southpaw Andy Lee will be targeting his first win of the year when he defends his North American title against the durable Saul Duran in Michigan this evening.

WHEN Matthew Macklin challenges Sergio Martinez for his WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine belts at the MSG Theatre in New York on St Patrick’s Day, Andy Lee will have more than a passing interest in the fight.

JOHN DUDDY’S former manager Craig Hamilton last night described the Derry boxer who retired on Tuesday night as “a true ambassador for the sport he loves and a world class person”.

PROMOTER Brian Peters spoke yesterday of his efforts to get Andy Lee and John Duddy into the ring and revealed that, despite a lucrative offer, both camps had rejected the deal because neither wanted to be tied into a bout with European champion, Matthew Macklin.

MIDDLEWEIGHT John Duddy’s hopes of a world title shot suffered a huge blow when he was unanimously outpointed by Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Boxing promoter Bob Arum has handed John Duddy a lifeline to a world title shot after putting the Irish contender on the Miguel Cotto-Michael Jennings undercard later this month.