A “Whip” round in Belfast!

Nicaraguan Cristofer “The Whip” Rosales, will make the first defense of his WBC flyweight title in Northern Ireland, on August 18.

His rival will be former Olympian Paddy Barnes, on a card starring  Carl Frampton, at Windsor Park in Belfast.

Barnes has only 5 fights as pro, with only one knockout, but with a solid career in amateur boxing, winning two Olympic bronze medals, at the 2008 Beijing Games and London 2012, he`s already been around the block.

In his most recent fight last November, Barnes defeated Nicaraguan Eliécer Quezada by KO. He will face Rosales, almost a year after that last fight.

Rosales, on the other hand, dished up and dished out a mighty big  surprise on April 15, when he knocked out Daigo Higa, in nine rounds, to win the WBC flyweight crown.