Higgins and Donovan rumble in Neptune cracker

HEAVYWEIGHTS Eamonn Higgins (UCC) and Martin Donovan (OLOL) claim top billing on Friday night when Cork County Board host a charity boxing show in aid of the Alzheimer’s Association at Neptune Stadium (7pm).

UCC student Higgins is the reigning British and Irish Universities champion and was a runner-up in the recent national intermediate championships.

Limerick man Donovan won an intermediate title at welterweight in 2002 before moving up through the weights to establish himself as one of the top heavyweights in the country — losing narrowly to Niall Kennedy (Garda) in this year’s senior championships.