Gavan Casey
9 articles · The 42
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Francis Ngannou is exactly what Anthony Joshua and heavyweight boxing needed
By Gavan Casey
THERE WAS A catharsis to watching Joseph Parker beat Deontay Wilder from pillar to post in Saudi Arabia on the Saturday before Christmas. It was nothing against Wilder who, behind his often…
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Callum Walsh hoping to take ‘half of Cobh’ to New York as he earns Madison Square Garden bow
By Gavan Casey
CALLUM WALSH WILL take the next step in his burgeoning boxing career when he headlines The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York, on Thursday 9 November. The 42 can confirm that…
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Daniel Kinahan in boxing: The beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?
By Gavan Casey
TOP RANK FOUNDER and CEO Bob Arum was the first of professional boxing’s major stakeholders to apparently disown Daniel Kinahan after US, EU and UK law enforcement agencies took unprecedented joint action…
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‘He wants to be on TV so badly’: Roach believes Pacquiao win will set up Mayweather rematch
By Gavan Casey
MANNY PACQUIAO?S TRAINER Freddie Roach believes Floyd Mayweather will fight the winner of Pac-Man?s encounter with Adrien Broner in two weeks? time. Roach believes Mayweather participated in his recent boxing exhibition versus…
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Sickening luck as apparent freak hip injury forces Burnett to retire on his stool and concede world title
By Gavan Casey
RYAN BURNETT ENDURED a sickening stroke of misfortune as he lost his WBA world title to Nonito Donaire after suffering what looked to be a freak hip injury in the fourth round…
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‘He talks about knocking me out cold; I?ve never been down on the canvas in my career – he has!’
By Gavan Casey
SPIKE O?SULLIVAN?S WAR of words with upcoming opponent David Lemieux continued apace during a conference call with the media on Wednesday. The Cork middleweight faces the former IBF World middleweight champion from…
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Spike O’Sullivan and team pull plug on potential Golovkin showdown
By Gavan Casey
IRISH MIDDLEWEIGHT GARY ?Spike? O?Sullivan will not be fighting Gennady Golovkin on 5 May. A deal had long been agreed in principle between the two fighters? camps, but following widespread speculation that…
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‘Don’t mention all those ‘men’ like Frampton’: Rigo plotting career-defining upset of Lomachenko
By Gavan Casey
GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX SAYS he was forced to take the risk of leaping two weights to face pound-for-pound rival Vasyl Lomachenko due to the lack of competition both in his own and neighbouring…
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‘Belfast or Dublin, live on ESPN’: Bob Arum eyeing massive homecoming for Michael Conlan
By Gavan Casey
BOB ARUM SAYS Top Rank have their eyes on a homecoming fight for Michael Conlan ?in the first six months? of 2018, and believes the Belfast super-bantamweight can emulate Manny Pacquiao in…