Boxers to do battle for Fight Club crown

SIXTEEN heavyweights, some of whom have never stepped inside a ring before, will battle it out in what promoters have billed Fight Club night after the bare-knuckle film.

But any punters expecting blood on the canvas will be disappointed, as the organisers of the event promise the fights will be strictly within the Queensbury rules.

In the first event of its kind in Ireland, the competition pits heavy and light heavy contestants against each other. The 16 amateurs will fight at least one two, one and-a-half-minute rounds.