Winning US state titles, sparring with Anthony Joshua and fighting live on Sky Sports, Niall Kennedy has had quite the career so far

The former MMA star posted on Twitter saying “[color=#14171a; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ‘Segoe UI’, Roboto, Ubuntu, ‘Helvetica Neue’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f5f8fa; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none]I’m boxing Manny Pacquiao next in the Middle East.”[/color]

The Portlaoise southpaw took his professional record to 22 wins from 23 fights with a sixth-round stoppage victory over Jesus Martinez in Chicago last weekend.

Christina Desmond and Amy Broadhurst have missed out on medals at the women’s World Boxing Championships in Siberia.

Cork boxer Christina Desmond has claimed a huge scalp at the Women’s World Championships by defeating England’s Commonwealth gold medallist Sandy Ryan.

Michael Conlan is promising a career-best performance as he returns to action in Belfast this weekend.

Michael Conlan’s replacement opponent for his August 3 fight has been confirmed.

Ireland enjoyed seeing three boxing medal hopes progress on Day 4 of the European Games in Minsk – but Dean Gardiner and Kieran Molloy have bowed out at the hands of experienced Eastern European hard men.

Unanimous points victories for Michael Nevin, James McGivern and Regan Buckley have continued Ireland’s positive boxing run at the European Games in Minsk – but heavyweight Tony Browne is out.

Boxing, cycling, judo and shooting are occupying Irish thoughts on day two of the European Games in Minsk.

Katie Taylor, the undisputed lightweight world champion, has returned home to Ireland.

Katie Taylor became undisputed lightweight champion after receiving a razor-thin majority decision against Delfine Persoon in a contest which will go down as a genuine watershed moment for women’s boxing.

The International Olympic Committee announced the safeguarding of boxing at next year’s Tokyo Games but its executive board has recommended the suspension of the International Boxing Association.

Billy Joe Saunders became a two-weight world champion after he defeated Shefat Isufi last night.

“This is going to be without a doubt the biggest challenge of my career and the biggest fight of my career… both amateur and professional.”