Classic Irish Boxing Archives - Page 4 of 8

John McNally won Ireland’s first Olympic boxing medal 70 years ago today

Today marks the 70th anniversary of Ireland’s winning of a first ever Olympic boxing medal. On this day, at the

Amy Broadhurst and Lisa O’Rourke made history on Thursday. The Dundalk and Castlerea fighters became the first duo to fight for, and

Bernard Dunne has resigned from his position as High Performance Director. The former super bantamweight champion of the world took

The fighter that inspired Ireland’s most inspirational sporting star is backing her to win the ‘biggest fight in female boxing

Team Ireland fighters know who they will fight first in the Golden Belt – Nicolae Linca multi nations tournament after

8 December 2008 – By Mark Doyle Oisin Fagan has revealed that he fractured his ankle during the first round

Christian Preston’s debut lasted as long as it took for him to land a punch. The 20-year-old had to wait

In 1901 by Lake Michigan, Gerald Hurley was born in Chicago, Illinois. His grandfather was John Hurley who had taught

Katie Taylor [17(6)-0] will put her four lightweight world titles on the line against former amateur rival Natasha Jonas [9(7)-1(1)]

By Cian Manning The Brown Bomber, Joseph Louis Barrow more commonly known as Joe Louis had been the longest single