CARL Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz both weighed-in comfortably under the featherweight limit of 126 lbs today ahead of their eagerly-awaited WBA featherweight title dust-up at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn, New York tomorrow night. ‘The Jackal’ looked in incredible shape as he took to the scales, scaling 125.5lbs, one ounce heavier than the champion […]
Frampton and Santa Cruz weigh-in ahead of Saturday’s showdown
‘Troubled Belfast’- The 7th Annual Irish Pages Lecture
A major lecture, entitled ‘Troubled Belfast’ will take place today at the Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre in Armagh by poet, Chris Agee. The editor of Irish Pages offers a distillation of 37 years of his life in Belfast as an immigrant, focusing on the aftermath of the Good Friday Agreement. He reflects on […]
Chernobyl children in visit to Mossley Mill
THE night of April 25/26 1986 will go down in history as the worst nuclear power plant disaster ever in terms of cost and casualties. In total, 31 people died during the Chernobyl accident, but it is the long-term effects of the catastrophe that are still very much felt today by people living in Belarus […]
Get Out And Stay Out Rally Tells Dealers
Heroin dealers operating in the Waterworks were told the community will no longer tolerate their behaviour at a large public rally in the park on Wednesday night. Around 250 people, including residents, community leaders, teachers, youth workers, clergy and activists, gathered to hear Father Martin Magill and organiser Christina Sloan, a local resident, speak of […]
Burnett taking nothing for granted ahead of Ramirez defence
RYAN Burnett admits he knows little about Cesar Ramirez (12-2) who he defends his WBC International bantamweight title against at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on Saturday night. The challenger will be entering the ring outside of his native Mexico for the first time in his career and looks to be making a major […]
Frampton intends to prove Santa Cruz challenge is not a Brooklyn Bridge too far
CARL Frampton’s boxing career has been nothing short of remarkable, but on Saturday night at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn, New York, it could reach dizzying new heights. Back in February, ‘The Jackal’ became the first Irish boxer to unify titles when taking Scott Quigg’s WBA super-bantamweight title to add to his IBF strap and […]