THE Boxing Council of the IABA will meet at 11am today to select a team for the World Championships while the boxers settle into their training camp in Assisi alongside Olympic hopefuls from Italy, Ukraine and Azerbaijan.

WILLIE “Big Bang” Casey is ready to return to the ring under new management for a tilt at the durable French super bantamweight, Daniel Kadjo, at the Limerick Institute of Technology on September 3.

WILLIE “Big Bang” Casey is about to face the best 122 lb puncher of all time.

GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX comes face to face with Willie “Big Bang” Casey at Hotel Montenotte in Cork this afternoon.

Ireland will become one of the most competitive countries in the world under the leadership of Fianna Fáil, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern claimed tonight.