She’s been named ‘Champion in Recess’ Katie Taylor has left fans shocked by announcing she will be stepping back from her boxing career. The light-welterweight champion won her trilogy fight with Amanda Serrano in New York on 11 July. The WBC then announced Katie would have to face mandatory challenger Chantelle Cameron to defend her […]

6 months ago

The movie also stars Caitríona Balfe, John Turturro and Kin’s Clare Dunne. The first trailer has hit the web for The Cut, a sports drama coming to cinemas in September in which Orlando Bloom (Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean) plays an Irish boxer. Directed by Sean Ellis (the Cillian Murphy and Jamie […]

8 months ago

How to stream Jake Paul vs Chavez Jr This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Jake Paul is back in the ring with a tough test against Mexican veteran Julio César Chávez Jr this weekend. The two will fight in Anaheim at the Honda Center with […]

9 months ago

JOE spoke to rising star and Dublin-based actress Ciara Berkeley about the homegrown indie thriller. If you missed it in cinemas last September, the Irish crime thriller movie Swing Bout is now available on digital download in Ireland and the UK. Taking place entirely backstage at a major boxing event, the lead character is ‘Terrible’ […]

11 months ago

We’re very excited about this ‘dark but great’ sports movie. One of JOE’s most anticipated upcoming movies is The Cut, a sports drama in which Orlando Bloom (Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean) plays an Irish boxer. Directed by Sean Ellis (the Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan-starring Anthropoid) and featuring amongst its cast […]

1 year ago

The Galway native had surgery on his brain a week ago. Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after his Celtic super-featherweight title fight at the Ulster Hall in Belfast. Cooney was stopped in the ninth round of his fight against Welshman Nathan Howells on February 1 and was taken to hospital, where he […]

1 year ago