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3rd July 2014
12:01pm BST

Eddie Hearn will promote Dublin show August 30, National Stadium for Macklin. Then poss Lee fight at O2 in Nov. Story in @irishsunsport
— Kevin Byrne (@KevooByrne) July 3, 2014
Macklin's fight marks the beginning of a big few weeks for Irish fight fans because on September 6 Belfast's Carl Frampton takes on Kiko Martinez for the IBF super-bantamweight title.
The pair met last year last year in a tight contest, until the Belfast man unleashed his decisive blow to claim Martinez’s European title and the Tiger Bay native will have a home town crowd behind him once again.The rematch, being held at the Titanic Quarter in Belfast, is expected to be a sell out which would make it Northern Ireland's largest ever boxing crowd.
If Frampton can land punches like this again on the Spaniard then JOE would be confident of seeing a new Irish champion.
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