Cork welterweight Noel Murphy in title bout in February

Cork welterweight Noel Murphy will fight for his first title in the professional ranks at the National Stadium on Saturday, February 25, the Boxing Union of Ireland (BUI) confirmed.

The unbeaten Macroom southpaw, who has won eight times boxing out of New York, meets Avelino Vazquez with the BUI Celtic belt on the line. Vazquez hails from Galicia in Spain.

“The BUI have sanctioned the bout involving Noel Murphy for the BUI Welterweight Celtic title. The opponent is from Galicia which qualifies as part of the Celtic diaspora,” said Mel Christle, BUI president.