{"id":538159,"date":"2026-04-18T17:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/538159\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T17:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:53:13","slug":"boxing-carlisles-john-joe-carrigans-latest-impressive-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/538159\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing: Carlisle&#8217;s John Joe Carrigan&#8217;s latest impressive win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Cumbrian made short work of opponent Harley Hodgetts in their super welterweight contest.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Carrigan won by knockout in the first round after flooring Hodgetts with a clinical left-handed shot.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    HUGE SHOT! \ud83d\udca5<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why John Joe Carrigan&#8217;s known as the \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b \ud835\udc01\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc32 \u2728<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CollinsLorente2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#CollinsLorente2<\/a> | Live NOW on DAZN \u25aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5REnuDQkKi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/5REnuDQkKi<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DAZNBoxing\/status\/2045213001435770901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 17, 2026<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  His 31-year-old opponent from Portsmouth was unable to continue and the KO made it three wins from three since Border City Amateur Boxing Club star Carrigan turned professional last year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The teenage Cumbrian&#8217;s latest victory came on the &#8216;Score 2 Settle&#8217; card at Glasgow&#8217;s OVO Hydro on Friday evening, which was headed by the Nathaniel Collins versus Cristobal Lorente fight.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Carrigan, who now trains at the Tenacity gym in Hartlepool and is signed to Frank Warren&#8217;s Queensberry Promotions, is one of the top-rated young boxers in the country.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  After his title-strewn amateur career included the world under-19 title last year, Carrigan turned pro and claimed victories against Dawid Przybylski and Danny Costello.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Carrigan, from Todhills, is managed by the legendary American, Shelly Finkel, as he aims to make a major mark on the professional boxing scene.\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cumbrian made short work of opponent Harley Hodgetts in their super welterweight contest. Carrigan won by knockout&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-538159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}