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Ligoniel boxer is confident of third time lucky

Ligoniel boxer Damien Ramsey is up against it at the Andersonstown Leisure Centre on Friday night. But the North Belfast pugilist has been in this situation before and got the t-shirt.  Ramsey faces one of the best amateur heavyweights in Europe when he will come face-to-face in the ring against Holy Trinity’s Cathal McMonagle at the Ulster Elite Championship finals. The two boxers have met twice before with McMonagle coming out the winner on both occasions, the last time Ramsey...

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Loughrey aims for winning start

A year older and a year wiser, Antrim footballer James Loughrey is eager to get the  National League Division 3 campaign off to a winning start on Sunday afternoon when Liam Bradley’s troops entertain Sligo at Casement Park (throw-in 2pm). Football’s third tier represents unknown territory for the present Saffron panel although this weekend’s opponents are familiar foes. Antrim and Sligo slugged it out in Division 4 last season with both securing promotion.  Antrim topped the table and secured an...

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Superb Magee eyes world title shot

BRIAN Magee produced the performance of his life at the NRG Arena in Aarhus, Denmark, when he stopped local favourite Mads Larsen to claim the European super-middleweight title on Saturday. The Lagmore southpaw controlled the contest from the first bell, constantly troubling his opponent with body shots and had him on the floor in rounds five and six, before referee Erkki Meronen called a halt to the action when Magee dropped the Dane for the fifth time in the seventh...

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