Lee Haskins, the former IBF bantamweight champion, announced his retirement after losing to Davey Oliver Joyce in Belfast on Saturday night. The 37-year-old held the IBF title from 2015-2017 was stopped six seconds from the end of the fifth round on...
Former world champion Lee Haskins has identified the one key area which he feels will make the difference when he takes on David Oliver Joyce in less than two weeks’ time. Ex-IBF bantamweight champion Haskins (36-4, 14 KOs) faces Joyce (11-1, 8 KOs)...
Davey Oliver Joyce may already have had a fringe bauble to his name but he will be looking to add another when he returns to the ring in the first quarter of the new year. The former WBO European featherweight champion, who was eliminated in the quar...
World-ranked contender Kenny Demecillo of the Philippines will take on former world champion Lee Haskins in an International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight eliminator on October 21 in Manila after MP Promotions secured the rights to the fight...
Currently, there are three world champions in Puerto Rico. That figure, however, could increase during the first part of 2018. Undefeated Emmanuel "Manny" Rodriguez (17-0, 12 KOs) has two alternatives to reach his dream of winning a gold belt. He hop...
World Boxing Organization light flyweight champion Kosei Tanaka has returned his title, an informed source said Friday. The 22-year-old will likely aim for his third WBO title by moving to the flyweight class after capturing the minimumweight title i...
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Eddie Hearn has revealed the judge who farcically scored Lee Haskins the winner against Ryan Burnett had mistaken the two fighters' identities. Burnett won the IBF bantamweight title in only his 17th professional fight by producing a thoroughly polis...
By Elliot Foster - Undefeated Ryan Burnett (17-0, 9 KOs) became the newest champion in Belfast after scoring two knockdowns to win a twelve round split decision over Lee Haskins to capture the IBF bantamweight championship. Burnett excelled as he bec...
Boxing fans looking for their fix this weekend in the US might see slim pickings one week out from the Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev rematch. It depends what they have in their cable package. For fans with access to the AWE network (Saturday, 3 PM EST/12...
Lee Haskins has vowed to avoid complacency and prove he has not declined when he defends his IBF bantamweight title against Ryan Burnett. The 33-year-old faces his third challenger on Saturday, at Belfast's Odyssey Arena, having been considered fortu...
Ryan Burnett believes he has the perfect man in his corner in Adam Booth to get the gameplan right to take the IBF World Bantamweight title from Lee Haskins when they clash at the SSE Arena Belfast on Saturday June 10, live on Sky Sports. Burnett fac...
Eight Irish fighters have been confirmed for Eddie Hearn’s next big show in Belfast. The Matchroom chief hasn’t been to the city with a fight night since Carl Frampton’s victory over Kiko Martinez and he had hoped to return sooner. But due to the cha...
Ryan Burnett will challenge Lee Haskins for the IBF World Bantamweight title at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on June 10, live on Sky Sports. The unbeaten Belfast man gets his first World title crack on home turf and the 24 year old is looking to grad...
He tried and tried, but Emmanuel "Manny" Rodriguez never managed to get in the ring the former champion Omar Andres 'El Huracan' Narvaez. Apparently, he will have to settle for a win via a sanctioning body knockout over the Argentine veteran. This af...