O’Sullivan lined up for world title eliminator

It’s been a week of contrasting fortunes for Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan.

The Cork native saw the defence of his IBO international middleweight title against Liverpool’s Joe Selkirk fall through on Monday.

Then, 24 hours later, it emerged he will now appear in a world title eliminator this summer. It is a long overdue good news story for a man whose career had stalled due to a handful of cancelled bouts.