Former World Champion Barry McGuigan is tipping his Super Bantamweight protégé Carl Frampton to follow in his footsteps by reaching the very top in the sport.

GARY ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan will take his professional boxing career to a new level when he challenges Ciarán Healy from Belfast for the vacant Irish middleweight title at Neptune Stadium in Cork on November 28.

Ricky Hatton’s next opponent is still unknown as his promoters attempt to arrange a defence against IBF mandatory challenger Ben Rabah.

BERNARD DUNNE will have to make a quick return to the drawing board in advance of his televised fight in Leipzig on Saturday night after the enforced withdrawal of the original opponent, Daniel Kodjo Sassau from Togo, who came up against visa problems.