News broke today that the hotly anticipated featherweight rematch between defending champion Karl Hodgers (Louth Thai) and challenger James E O’Connell (Courage) would not go ahead. At Cage Kings Dublin last March, Hodgers shocked those in attendance with a first-round TKO victory over defending champion O’Connell to lift the title. Since then Courage’s O’Connell has been in terrific form, most recently, winning a unification fight against Aaron O’Callaghan (Siam Warriors) last October to become the ISKA Muay Thai European + Irish and WBC International champion. Meanwhile Hodgers headed to Thailand for a training camp with team Sasiprapa before taking on Reece Thompson for the WBC European title which he lost on decision. When the rematch was announced it caused excitement … Continue reading Cage Kings Cork loses huge featherweight title rematch