Ciarán Gallagher

RTÉ Sport contributor

Joy for Team Frampton as the Belfast boxer is confirmed as the IBF and WBA world champion

World champ Frampton unifies belts in Manchester

Carl Frampton is the unified IBF and WBA world super-bantamweight champion after a split-decision points win over Scott Quigg at the Manchester Arena on Saturday night.

Boxing • 28 Feb 16

Both fighters at the weigh-in ahead of Saturday night's showdown

Frampton stoking it up ahead of Quigg showdown

Carl Frampton has boasted that his support’s “invasion” of Manchester has already started after comfortably making weight ahead of his unified world super-bantamweight title fight against Scott Quigg.

Boxing • 26 Feb 16

Tensions rise with superstition on Frampton's mind

Carl Frampton has dismissed suggestions that he will struggle to make the 122lb super-bantamweight limit for his showdown against Scott Quigg, while a row over dressing-room allocation has erupted in advance of the bout.

Boxing • 25 Feb 16

Carl Frampton is confident that he will emerge victorious on Saturday night in Manchester

Frampton going 'away' to bring Quigg's belt home

Among the most prominent tattoos worn by Carl Frampton is an inscription of the Latin phrase “Veni, Vidi, Vici” inked on his chest.

Boxing • 23 Feb 16

Andy Lee was twice on the deck in the third round

Andy Lee loses his world middleweight title

Andy Lee has lost his WBO world middleweight title after losing out in a majority decision against Billy Joe Saunders in Manchester.

Boxing • 20 Dec 15

Matt Korobov (L) and Andy Lee during their fight for the WBO middleweight title in Las Vegas last December

Andy Lee ready to repeat world title heroics

Andy Lee maintains that he will celebrate the anniversary of his world title win in style by successfully defending his belt against Billy Joe Saunders on Saturday night.

Boxing • 19 Dec 15

Andy Lee: 'I feel like it could be one of my best fights.'

Andy Lee: All the pressure is on Saunders

Andy Lee has insisted the pressure is all on Billy Joe Saunders ahead of their WBO world middleweight title fight on Saturday night.

Boxing • 16 Dec 15

Spike O'Sullivan was withdrawn from the contest after seven rounds

Spike O'Sullivan 'upset' by Eubank Jr stoppage

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan’s corner opted to retire him at the end of round seven during his middleweight bout against Chris Eubank Jr at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday night.

Boxing • 13 Dec 15

David Oliver Joyce rocks Seán McComb with a straight right

Title hat-tricks for Walsh and O’Reilly in Dublin

Six defending champions retained their titles at the 2016 National Elite Championship finals in Dublin on Friday night, with Dean Walsh and Michael O’Reilly recording Irish title hat-tricks.

Boxing • 11 Dec 15

O'Reilly and Moylette through to National finals

World bronze medallist Michael O’Reilly and former European champion Ray Moylette both recorded wins on the second night of National Elite Championship semi-final action at the National Stadium on Saturday.

Boxing • 06 Dec 15