Michael Gallagher in action at Youth Olympic Games in China


BY CHRIS MCNULTY MICHAEL Gallagher, the Finn Valley ABC’s hard-hitting heavyweight, will be in action at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games this weekend. Gallagher is in Nanjing, China, with a sixteen-strong Team Ireland, including three boxers – Gallagher, Mayo’s Ciara Ginty and Cork’s Christina Desmond – and the boxing gets underway on Saturday, August 23. […]

Jason Quigley powers to impressive win over Fernando Najera in Carson


BY CHRIS MCNULTY AT THE STUBHUB CENTER, CARSON JASON Quigley continues to catch the eye – of opponents and onlookers – as the Ballybofey man starred again in his victory over stubborn Mexican Fernando Najera in the StubHub Center, Carson, California on Saturday evening. Quigley pummeled the 27-year-old Tijuana taxi driver with a punishing array […]

Team Quigley: United by blood and bonded by desire to reach the top


BY CHRIS MCNULTY IN CARSON TEAM Quigley are hoping to following in the line of successful father-son combinations to reach the top of boxing’s pyramid. Jason and Conor Quigley could be mistaken for brothers. The Finn Valley ABC father-son team’s understanding of each other runs deep. Jason has often referenced his young days hitting the […]

Jason Quigley weighs in for Fernando Najera fight


BY CHRIS MCNULTY AT THE STUBHUB CENTER, CARSON, CALIFORNIA JASON Quigley (1-0) has weighed in ahead of his bout with Fernando Najera (1-3) in California’s StubHub Center tomorrow. Quigley touched the scales in the baking Carson heat at 161.8lbs. Advertisement The Ballybofey man is looking to make it two wins from two professional contests when […]

Winning all that counts for Jason Quigley ahead of Fernando Najera clash


BY CHRIS MCNULTY AT THE STUBHUB CENTER, CARSON CALIFORNIA JASON Quigley says his big aim this weekend is just to wake up on Sunday morning with his record reading 2-0. Following his stunning debut win over Howard Reece in Las Vegas, winning courtesy of an 82-second stoppage, the Ballybofey man takes on Mexican Fernando Najera […]

Jason Quigley to face Mexican Fernando Najera


BY CHRIS MCNULTY IN LOS ANGELES JASON Quigley will take on 27-year-old Mexican Fernando ‘Pantera’ Najera (1-3) in his second professional fight on Saturday in the StubHub Centre, Carson, California. Following his win by TKO over Howard Reece, just 82 seconds into his pro debut last month in Las Vegas, Quigley will face Najera, based […]

Jason Quigley ‘buzzing and ready’ for fight two


BY CHRIS MCNULTY IN LOS ANGELES THE scenery doesn’t particularly bother Jason Quigley. Based now in Marina Del Rey, a seaside community in Los Angeles, around 12 miles from Downtown LA, the Ballybofey man spends most of his time commuting around the boxing gyms of Angeltown. Advertisement The sights and the settings are one thing […]