Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Spike O'Sullivan is again looking to upset the odds Stateside in January

Irish boxers looking for Spike in fortune in 2020

Ed Leahy casts his eye over the hopes and ambitions of Irish fighters for the twelve months ahead.

Nevin claims WBA International title

John Joe Nevin beat Freddy Fonseca to claim the Super Featherweight WBA International title at York Hall on Saturday night.

Boxing • 16 Nov 19

John Joe Nevin is unbeaten in eight fights

John Joe Nevin to return later this month

John Joe Nevin's long-awaited comeback will take place this month on a card in London.

Boxing • 01 Nov 17

John Joe Nevin is hoping for a return to the ring

John Joe Nevin hoping for quick return

John Joe Nevin has potential London and Belfast fight dates in his sights after his planned comeback bout was cancelled.

Boxing • 29 Sep 17

John Joe Nevin has been out of the ring for 13 months

Nevin set to make low-key comeback in London

John Joe Nevin hopes to revive his ambitions of professional glory, starting with a low-key comeback bout in England later this month.

Boxing • 13 Sep 17

John Joe Nevin has won all seven of his pro fights to date

John Joe Nevin clocks up another win in the US

John Joe Nevin maintained his flawless pro career with victory against Greg Coverson Junior in Hammond, Indiana in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Boxing • 26 Nov 15

The 'Power' was impressed with RTÉ documentary on the Mullingar boxer

Phil Taylor: John Joe Nevin is an inspiration

Sixteen-time champion of the world Phil Taylor has dedicated his Premier League Darts victory in Dublin to boxer John Joe Nevin.

Darts • 27 Mar 15

John Joe Nevin celebrates after a first round knockout against Jack Heath, his first fight since his comeback

No slow lanes for Nevin on road to recovery

Boxer John Joe Nevin has spoken about how he was “dragged right down to the bottom” in the wake of an attack that left him with two broken legs, and his plans to take the fast lane to a world title shot.

Boxing • 24 Mar 15

John Joe Nevin after his first round knockout victory

Nevin maintains 100% pro record

John Joe Nevin stopped Englishman Jack Heath in the first round at the 3Arena in Dublin to make it three wins from three in the professional ranks.

Boxing • 16 Nov 14

John Joe Nevin spoke about his horrific injuries

Nevin aiming to cap comeback from ‘lowest point’

John Joe Nevin has said doctors feared he would never walk properly again after an attack earlier this year, and that he ready to resume his quest for a world title with a win over Jack Heath.

Boxing • 15 Nov 14

John Joe Nevin's opponent Jack Heath arrives at the 3Arena on the back of two comprehensive defeats

Nevin primed for Irish homecoming

Olympic hero John Joe Nevin wants to become the biggest star in the Irish boxing firmament and insists that he cannot wait to fulfil his dream of fighting as a professional in his homeland when he takes on Jack Heath at the 3Arena in Dublin on Saturday.

Boxing • 11 Nov 14

John Joe Nevin's pro record now stands at 2-0

Nevin returns to ring with knockout victory

John Joe Nevin knocked out Calvin Stifford in the first round in the early hours of Sunday morning in North Carolina.

Boxing • 12 Oct 14

John Joe Nevin will be back in action on Saturday

John Joe Nevin set for return to the ring

John Joe Nevin will make his return to the ring in the USA on Saturday night after recovering from two broken legs suffered in an attack earlier this year.

Boxing • 11 Oct 14

John Joe Nevin has recommenced upper-body training

Nevin could fight again this year

John Joe Nevin is making a remarkable recovery from the attack that left him with two broken legs, and may return to the ring before the end of the year.

Boxing • 27 May 14

John Joe Nevin: 'I’m looking forward to putting this unfortunate part of my life behind me'

Nevin out of hospital & targeting autumn comeback

John Joe Nevin has been released from hospital, four days after a vicious assault that left the boxer with two broken legs, and is targeting a return to the ring in autumn 2014.

Boxing • 09 Apr 14

John Joe Nevin has been told by doctors on Tuesday that he has broken both his legs

Nevin told by doctors both of his legs are broken

Olympic silver medallist John Joe Nevin has been told by doctors in hospital that he has suffered two broken legs following an assault in Mullingar on Saturday, not just his right leg as was first diagnosed.

Boxing • 08 Apr 14

John Joe Nevin pictured with trainer Brian McKeown (2nd from R)

Nevin had bone 'sticking out of leg' after attack

Brian McKeown, the trainer of boxer John Joe Nevin, has revealed the horrific nature of the assault on the Olympian, which left his leg broken in two places and the bone “sticking out".

Boxing • 07 Apr 14

Dublin light-welter Jamie Kavanagh (r) beat Puerto Rico’s Andres Navarro

Nevin opens pro account with win in Boston

John Joe Nevin got his professional boxing career off to a winning start with a unanimous-decision victory over his Puerto Rican opponent in Boston.

Boxing • 18 Mar 14

John Joe Nevin will meet Porto Rican featherweight Albert Candelaria in Boston

Nevin set for professional debut

John Joe Nevin weighed in yesterday ahead of his professional debut in Boston on St Patrick’s Day.

Boxing • 17 Mar 14

John Joe Nevin has been training in the United States for the last two months

Nevin to fight Puerto Rican on Patrick's Day

John Joe Nevin will make his pro debut against Albert Candalaria in the House of Blues in Boston on St Patrick's Day.

Boxing • 27 Feb 14

Tommy McCarthy could make his professional debut in Boston on St Patrick's Day

McCarthy turns pro with Nevin’s stable

Irish heavyweight Tommy McCarthy has turned professional with the same stable which signed John Joe Nevin last October.

Boxing • 25 Jan 14

The Olympic silver medallist has been training at Bozy’s Dungeon Gym in Philadelphia

Nevin will make pro debut next month

John Joe Nevin will make his professional boxing debut next month but exact details of the fight have yet to be confirmed.

Boxing • 22 Jan 14

John Joe Nevin: 'I’m ready to give everything I have to become a world champion and bring the title belt back to Ireland'

Olympic medallist Nevin set to go pro

Irish boxer John Joe Nevin is to officially turn professional next Tuesday.

Boxing • 18 Oct 13

Ireland one down as Nevin turns professional

John Joe Nevin's absence from the Ireland boxing squad for next month's World Championships in Kazakhstan has left the squad without a representative in the bantamweight slot.

Boxing • 27 Sep 13

John Joe Nevin is now the number one ranked amateur bantamweight in the world

Nevin and Taylor now both No 1 in the world

John Joe Nevin is now the number one bantamweight in the updated world rankings published by the IABA, joining Katie Taylor as a top-ranked fighter.

Boxing • 02 Jul 13