British and Commonwealth super-featherweight champion Royston Barney-Smith has ambitions to "mix it with the best" at 130lbs after an impressive win in Dublin. The 22-year-old from Southampton put on ...

Barney Eastwood, one of Northern Ireland's best known business and sporting figures, has died aged 87. Mr Eastwood was a bookmaker, boxing promoter and property developer. Born in Cookstown in 1932, ...

Royston Barney-Smith said that he "needed to step up to another gear" for Saturday's win against Danny Quartermaine. "Sugar Boy Roy" outclassed his opponent at the O2 Arena on the way to a unanimous ...

ROYSTON BARNEY-SMITH has revealed he dominated Reece Bellotti on Saturday while boxing with a BROKEN HAND. The 22-year-old picked up the injury just two rounds into their 10-round showdown at the ...

MATTHEW BARNEY'S dream of fighting for the European title has been shattered for a heart-breaking FOURTH time. The Southampton man had agreed separate dates to box Germany's Thomas Ulrich for the ...

Barney-Smith has big ambitions in boxing. The teenager, born January 4, 2004, intends to become Britain's youngest ever world champion. To do this, he would have to break Prince Naseem Hamed's record.

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Boxing promoter and bookmaker Barney Eastwood has died at the age of 87. Eastwood, from Holywood, Co Down, died on Monday at the Ulster Hospital on the outskirts of Belfast after a period of illness.