Michael Carruth has said he expects to see Billy Walsh and Zaur Antia re-appointed to their positions as head coach and technical coach of boxing’s High Performance Unit, but only after “a bit of niggling”.

John Joe Nevin set up the fight of the Olympic boxing finals when he out-fought world champion Lazaro Alvarez in a thrilling semi-final bout at the ExCeL yesterday.

Irish Olympic medals are something like London buses — you wait for ages for one to come along and then three arrive together.

Katie Taylor arrives in London today — well in advance of her bid for Olympic glory, which begins on August 5 when she will enter the inaugural women’s boxing tournament at the quarter-final stages, with a guaranteed bronze medal for the winner.

The head of Irish boxing has welcomed the choice of Katie Taylor as Ireland’s flag bearer at the London 2012 opening ceremony.

Jedward-mania hit the streets of Dublin as the pop duo carried the Olympic Torch through the capital.

The thousands who witnessed yesterday’s tour of the Olympic torch were indicative of public interest.

Jedward-mania hit the streets of Dublin today as the pop duo carried the Olympic Torch through the city.

Thousands of people have converged on St Stephen's Green in Dublin for the final event of the Olympic Torch Relay.

The Olympic Torch has crossed the border on an historic visit to the Republic today in a symbol of the peace process.

It might be the closest Ireland ever gets to hosting the Olympics, but the visit of the Olympic torch to Dublin today is being celebrated like an Irish gold medal in the London games later this summer.

The Olympic Torch will visit the Belfast slipways where the Titanic was built today as it begins its five-day relay through the North before arriving in Dublin later in the week.

More than 40 torchbearers will carry the Olympic flame through the streets of Dublin when it tours the only city outside the UK.

More than 40 torch bearers will carry the Olympic flame through the streets of Dublin when it tours the only city outside the UK.

Kilkenny’s Henry Shefflin has been chosen by the GAA as their representative to carry the Olympic torch in Croke Park in June.

Irish Olympic officials are leaving no stone unturned in their efforts to ensure a smooth and controversy-free procession for the Olympic torch when it makes its historic appearance in Ireland this summer.

WILLIE “Big Bang” Casey has pushed his body to the limits of human endurance in preparation for next Saturday’s WBA world title fight with Guillermo Rigondeaux at Citywest Conference Centre.

WILLIE CASEY will provide Kiko Martinez with an opportunity to explore the “Big Bang” theory when he challenges the Spaniard for his new European super bantamweight belt on what will be an historic night’s boxing at the University Sports Arena in Limerick on November 6.

BACK in 1992 Derval O’Rourke watched Gail Devers suffer a crashing fall after clearing the final hurdle when looking certain to claim the Olympic gold medal.

LIMERICK super-bantamweight, Willie “Big Bang” Casey has been handed the chance of a lifetime by Matchroom Sport by calling him up as replacement for Wayne McCullough, who has to withdraw from the Super Bantamweight Prizefighter event at York Hall, Bethnal Green, on May 29.

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.

Birmingham-born Irish boxer Matthew Macklin will team up with revered American trainer Freddie Roach as he steps up his bid to win a world title, it has been announced.

PROMOTER Brian Peters has rejected Wayne McCullough’s request for a world title showdown with WBA super-bantamweight champion Bernard Dunne.

Promoter Brian Peters believes that Wayne McCullough is still some way from a crack at newly-crowned WBA World Super Bantamweight champion Bernard Dunne.

Wayne McCullough has issued an open letter to Bernard Dunne proposing a fight with the newly-crowned WBA super-bantamweight champion.

OLYMPIC middleweight bronze medalist Darren Sutherland produced another eye-catching victory in his second professional fight last night.

KENNY EGAN will make his first public appearance in the ring since Beijing in the semi-finals of the national senior championships tonight at the National Stadium.

How was Ultimate Fighting converted from ‘human cockfighting’ to a multi-million dollar brand? The only way to find out was by getting into the famed Octagon, suggested a brave Adrian Russell.

Legendary trainer Freddie Roach isn’t allowing a battle with Parkinson’s Disease curtail his development of a new era of boxing superstars. Simon Lewis spoke to him in Los Angeles.

IRISH boxers have brought the country to heights not reached since Melbourne in 1956 as Darren Sutherland claimed a third Olympic medal in Beijing.

Middleweight Darren Sutherland will bid to become the third Irish boxer to make it through to the semi-finals of the 2008 Olympics Games at the Workers Indoor Arena in Beijing at around 1pm today.

It WAS nice to have something to cheer about in the Olympics.

The chances of the five-man Irish boxing team having a successful campaign in Beijing next month could all hinge on the draw, according to women's boxing star Katie Taylor.

Steeped in the past achievements of legends like Barry McGuigan and Wayne McCullough, Ireland’s five-strong boxing squad heads to Beijing in fine shape to add their own chapter to their nation’s illustrious fighting history.

Wayne McCullough insists he will never return to the ring after announcing his retirement yesterday.

Former World champion Wayne McCullough quit on his stool and then announced his retirement from the ring this morning after his fight in the Cayman Islands.

IRELAND will have five boxers in this year’s Olympic tournament in Beijing, the biggest representation since Barcelona in 1992 when Michael Carruth and Wayne McCullough won their gold and silver medals.

FORMER world amateur heavyweight champion, Mike ‘El Rebellio’ Perez, is set to make Cork the base from which he will challenge the world professional heavyweight title in a dramatic move that is sure to send shockwaves throughout the boxing world.

BERNARD DUNNE will be more than an interested spectator at the Kings Hall in Belfast on Saturday night when Wayne McCullough relaunches his boxing career against Kiko Martinez.

WAYNE McCullough says he is ready to shock European champion Kiko Martinez and then go on to fight for the world super-bantamweight title in 2008.

FORMER world champion, Wayne McCullough, is set to challenge the Spaniard, Kiko Martinez, who shocked the Irish boxing public with his first round victory over Bernard Dunne in August.

ERIK MORALES accepted on Saturday night what most people in boxing were all too aware of – thousands of punches to the head have taken their toll on a great warrior.

As Bernard Dunne prepares to make the second defence of his European super-bantamweight title, Wayne McCullough has thrown down the gauntlet to his fellow Irishman.

Belfast boxer Wayne McCullough has withdrawn from his Irish comeback fight later this month.