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Boxing legend Ricky Hatton is hoping to come to host a top boxing show in Galway by the end of the year.

“It has been all go, madness really.” Welcome to the life and times of Kenny Egan. Silver medalist at the Beijing Olympics, a laudable spell as the Irish Boxing team captain, but finding the correct balance since the summer has been tricky.

Kilkenny’s Darren O’Neill will line out with the Irish World Boxing Championship squad next month when they compete in the World Championships in Milan. Darren will compete in the 75kg Middleweight division.

Boxing fans will get the chance to meet an Olympic hero when Kenny Egan comes to Kilkenny in the coming weeks.

The news of 27 year old Irish boxer, Darren Sutherland’s death came as a major shock to people across the country after he was found dead at his flat in south London on Monday last.

Professional boxing makes a welcome return to Galway on Saturday week at Leisurelandand tickets are selling fast for the event organised by Olympic hero Francis Barrett.

There was a famous fight in this town in the state of Maine, once upon a time. Sonny Liston and Cassius Clay — later Muhammed Ali — came to Lewiston to fight for the heavyweight championship of the world. John Delahunty remembers the excitement in town. He now runs a legal firm. On this evening of November 4 2008 he is working in a voluntary capacity. He is keeping an eye on election polling stations for the Democrats. “Right across there in the town sports centre. That’s where it all happened,” says John. “It was the mid 1960s.”