Fitzgerald threatens to kill ‘eejit Spike’ as boxing tensions soar

While Matthew Macklin is the star attraction of this weekend’s fight card at the 3 Arena, more evidence was offered at the final pre-fight press conference to suggest that the bitter showdown between Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan and Anthony Fitzgerald will steal the show as their war of words spilled over into a physical altercation, followed by a kiss yesterday.

Macklin meets Argentina’s Jorge Sebastian Heiland in a WBC world-title eliminator in what is expected to be a competitive affair, but the Cork-Dublin undercard battle promises fireworks.

The pair have been engaged in trash talk on social media for years and their face-to-face meetings have been just as colourful as their tweets.