Tales from the Ring

On this weeks podcast, I investigate just who may be considered as Ireland's hardest ever puncher. I look at our many champions records and go through the 10 boxers with the highest KO ratios. As well as statistics, I discuss other factors that have to be considered including, era, weight division campaigned and quality of opposition. Everyone will have their own opinions, so please let me know wh...

Just for a bit of craic, Paul Quinn and I look back at a great year of boxing with our first annual awards show. We make our picks from the following categories: - World boxer of the year - Irish boxer of the year - World fight of the year - Irish fight of the year - Knockout of the year - Funniest moment of the year - World prospect of the year - Irish prospect of the year Let us know if you agre...

Paul Quinn and I discuss all the main talking points from the past month in boxing. We give our views on who we felt was the deserving winner in the recent rematch between Olesandr Usyk and Tyson Fury this past weekend. We also cover the other fights on the card including the controversial contest between Johnny Fisher and Dave Allen. We then look back at some of the big fights involving Irish box...

Paul Quinn and I debate the Top 10 greatest comebacks in boxing history. We cover fights in which boxers come back from the brink of defeat to snatch victory, fighters who avenged defeats in rematches as well boxers who came back from long breaks to achieve great things. Do you agree with our selections? Have a listen and let us know what you think.

In this episode, I look back at the amazing John Breen stable of fighters from 1998-2019. I recap the early days above the Monaco Bar with champions such as Jim Rock, Eamonn Magee and Neil Sinclair. Who can forget some of the massive nights in John's career with Martin Rogan and Paul McCloskey during the mid 2000's. Other champions featured include Stephen Haughian, Kevin O'Hara, Andrew Murray, Ja...

Paul Quinn and I discuss all the main talking points from the past month in boxing. We give our views on who we felt was the deserving winner in the recent war between Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano and touch briefly on the Mike Tyson v Jake Paul circus. We also look back at some of the big fights involving UK fighters including Jack Catterall v Regis Prograis and Chris-Billam Smith v Gilberto Rami...

Patsy McKenna is a veteran trainer from Ardoyne in North Belfast. Patsy first started coaching at Sacred Heart ABC in the late 70's and was an integral part of the clubs success during the 1980-1990's. The club would produce multiple Irish champions throughout those years including the Magee’s, Corbett’s and more. It was Patsy's relationship with the youngest Magee brother, Eamonn that would bring...

Paul Quinn and I debate the Top 10 craziest moments in boxing. We cover some funny, scary and outright bizarre moments in the sport. Do you agree with our selections? Have a listen and let us know what you think.

Deirdre Gogarty is a true trailblazer of female boxing in Ireland. She was born in 1969 in Drogheda and after watching Barry McGuigan win the world title, decided she wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a world champion boxer. Back in the 1980's female boxing in Ireland was not seen as a viable option for many young girls, but Deirdre was determined to follow her dream. After training in...

This week’s special podcast is a look down memory lane at arguably the best boxing gym and stable ever to come out of Ireland, the famous Barney Eastwood stable of the 1980-1990's. Barney Eastwood was born in 1932 in Cookstown, Tyrone. He was a talented Gaelic footballer, winning the All Ireland Minor title in 1948. His love of boxing would begin after watching US soldiers box at the US Army base...

Paul Quinn and I chat all things boxing from the past month. We review the massive card in Saudi which featured the Undisputed Light-Heavyweight contest between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. We also give our thoughts on Fabio Wardley's 1st round knockout of Frazier Clarke, Ben Whittaker's bizarre injury and the Benn v Eubank scenes in the ring featuring Neymar. We also review the massive AJ V...

In this special episode I look back at Irish boxing's rich history in the Olympic Games on the 100 year anniversary of our very first tournament. I look back at every Irish medalist from our first, John McNally all the way up to our double Olympic champion, Kellie Harrington. In total 17 boxers have won 19 medals in boxing for the country. When you consider that the total amount of medals Ireland...

Paul Quinn and I debate our Top 10 Knockouts ever. We cover a range of fighters from different countries, divisions and decades. It's fair to say this list will be one that all boxing fan's will have their own opinion on. Do you agree with our selections? Have a listen and let us know what you think.

Paul Quinn and I chat about some of the main talking points from boxing over this past month or so. We preview the massive Wembley card happening this week featuring Anthony Joshua v Daniel Dubois and Anto Cacace v Josh Warrington and give our fight predictions for the entire card. We also review TJ Doheny's recent unsuccessful challenge for the undisputed Super-Bantamweight title against Naoy...

On the 30th anniversary of the Commonwealth Games which were held in Canada, I review the amazing achievements of the Northern Ireland boxing team back in 1994. I discuss the team members and their path to those games. I also rewind back to the Ulster championships that year to see who would be selected for the team. Some of the great names featured include; Neil Sinclair, Jim Webb, Mark Winters,...

Paul Quinn and I debate our Top 10 boxers who failed to reach their full potential in the sport. We cover a range of fighters from different countries, divisions and decades. It's fair to say this list will be one that all boxing fan's will have their own opinion on. Do you agree with our selections? Have a listen and let us know what you think.

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Paul Quinn and I chat all things boxing from the past month. We discuss the recent boxing shows featuring Irish boxers including Stevie McKenna's unreal slugfest on Sky Sports. We also talk about the explosive night at the SSE this past weekend which featured Tyrone McKenna topping the bill. The Olympic Games has been one of the most controversial ever for boxing. We talk about the Irish teams...

Paul Quinn and I debate our top 10 Irish boxers from our era of watching boxing. We go in depth about each boxer and their achievements. We cover boxers from different decades and debate who is the greatest boxer of all from our era. I wonder how many boxers featured you will agree with.

Paul Quinn and I debate our Top 10 favourite fights ever. We cover a range of fighters from different countries, divisions and decades. It's fair to say this list will be one that all boxing fan's will have their own opinion on. Do you agree with our selections? Have a listen and let us know what you think.

Noel Magee talks to me about how he started his journey as a boxer.

Wayne Alexander is a former British, European and WBU world champion. He grew up in Croydon, England and would go on to have a very successful amateur career. He talks about the highs of those early days, winning national titles including the 1994 Senior ABA title. He also had the disappointment of missing out on the Commonwealth Games in 1994 which still hurts him 30 years on. Wayne turned profes...

Paul Quinn and I chat about the main talking points from a packed month of boxing in June. We begin with the Matchroom v Queensbury 5 v 5 at the start of the month which included Deontay Wilders defeat to Zhang, Daniel Dubois beating Hrgovic and Nick Ball winning the world title. We then focus on the recent news of Anto Cacace facing Josh Warrington on the massive AJ v Dubois bill at Wembley stadi...

Paul Quinn and I debate our Top 10 punchers ever in boxing history. We cover a range of fighters from different countries, divisions and decades. It's fair to say this list will be one that all boxing fan's will have their own opinion on. Do you agree with our selections? Have a listen and let us know.

Roy Nash talks to me about his journey to becoming one of Irelands greatest amateur boxers of the 1980/90’s. Roy chats about his 7 Irish senior finals against fighters such as, John Lowey, Phillip Sutcliffe, Paul Griffin and Paul Ireland. We discuss his famous victory over the legendary, Johnny Tapia in front of his own fans at the Guild Hall, Derry. We also chat about his Commonwealth silver meda...