Boxing Day: Ireland's top prospects for 2018
Ryan Burnett set the standard for Irish professional boxers in 2017 as he ended the year with the IBF and WBC bantamweight belts The island of Ireland has long been renowned for it's fighting heritage across all forms of the noble sport of boxing. This past decade brought major success to the amateur ranks at both the World Championships and the Olympic Games, and now the 'Fighting Irish' are really making their mark in the professional ranks on both sides of the Atlantic.