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Excitement has been brewing at a steady pace since it was confirmed Tyrone McKenna and Lewis Crocker will fight at

REVISED – Ireland’s Olympic Boxing Medal Winners

Boxing accounts for more than half the medals Ireland have won across 29 Olympic Games. Before Tokyo Irish boxing boasted

Boxing accounts for more than half the medals Ireland have won across 28 Olympic Games. Fifteen fighters, sixthteen Olympic medals,

2015: Tyson Fury ended ten years of Ukrainian dominance in the heavyweight division with a shock win in Duesseldorf. The

1899: Dundalk’s ‘Sailor’ Tom Sharkey challenged for the World heavyweight title at the Conney Island Athletic Club in New York.

2003: Longford’s Michael Gomez rolled back the years to cause a huge shock and defeat British super featherweight champion Alex

1962: In possible the biggest all-Irish fight ever, Belfast’s Johnny Caldwell and Freddie Gilroy did battle at the King’s Hall

Ireland took home its largest ever haul of Olympic boxing medals – matched in London 2012 – from the 1956

Boxing has long been Ireland’s most successful Olympic sport, taking in 16 of our 28 medals in total. However, the

There has been some sad news today with the passing of 1956 Olympic bronze medalist Freddie Gilroy at the age