Modern sport maybe awash with analytics, but boxing has never lent itself to trial by numbers.

MIKE ‘The Rebel’ Perez faces a defining moment in his fledgling pro fight career when he takes on Claudemir Diaz, a bulked-up heavyweight from Sao Paulo, at Neptune Stadium in Cork tonight.

PASCHAL COLLINS predicts a big future for Corkman Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan ahead of his pro debut, the undercard to the Billy Walsh/James Gorman Irish welterweight title fight at Neptune Stadium tomorrow night.

BILLY WALSH admitted yesterday that he was irked by the suggestion from Belfast opponent James Gorman that he only had temporary custody of the All-Ireland welterweight championship belt.

BILLY WALSH won his first national boxing title in City Hall back in 1985 when the championships were staged in Cork as part of the “Cork 800” celebrations where Sugar Ray Leonard was among the celebrities watching him perform.