Matthew Macklin may quit despite narrow win

Matthew Macklin edged his ‘must-not-lose’ fight on Saturday but admits he is still considering drawing a line under his 15-year career.

The 33-year-old said before this fight against Brian Rose that if he failed to win at London’s 02 Arena, he would walk away from the sport after 41 fights.

But the Tipperary man did just enough to claim a victory against Rose, the younger, fresher man at 31, to claim a majority decision and keep a light beneath his boxing career.