Brett McGinty takes impressive win against Leon Gallagher


BY CHRIS MCNULTY BRETT McGinty turned in an impressive performance to gun down Leon Gallagher in a battle of two European bronze medal winners in the National Senior Cadet Championships on Saturday. In a hot-and-heavy 70kgs quarter-final, St Johnston man McGinty – who fights out of the Oakleaf ABC in Derry – had the edge […]


Jason Quigley to face Howard Reece in pro debut


BY CHRIS MCNULTY JASON Quigley is set for a professional debut against Howard Reece on Saturday night in the MGM Grand, Las Vegas. Quigley, snapped up this year by Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, will take on Reece, a 26-year-old Irish American, who hails from Belleview in Florida and who has eight pro […]


Countdown is on for Jason Quigley’s pro debut


BY CHRIS MCNULTY THE WAIT is almost over for Jason Quigley. The Ballybofey man will step upon the scales at the MGM Grand this week for the first time as a professional boxer, ahead of his pro debut on Saturday night at the famed Las Vegas venue. Advertisement The 23-year-old Finn Valley man has signed […]


Pain of defeat drives Austeja Auciute onto cloud 9


BY CHRIS MCNULTY SINCE she arrived back from a defeat to Amy Broadhurst in the National Open Youths in January, Austeja Auciute had only one thing on her mind. Last Saturday, the Finn Valley ABC woman scooped the ninth Irish title of her career, defeating Ciara Sheedy in the Under-18 64kgs final. Advertisement Over the […]