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On This Day: August 13th

1966: Belfast boxing legend Jim McCourt won light welterweight gold at the Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jaimaca. The 1964 Olympic

1948: Dublin middleweight Mick McKeon (circled) defeated Frenchman Aime Joseph-Escudie at the 1948 Olympic Games. His third victory at the

2012: In what was the performance of the Games, John Joe Nevin outhussled Cuban star Lazaro Alvarez to guarantee bantamweight

1992: Michael Carruth won Ireland’s first, and currently only, men’s boxing Olympic gold medal. The Drimnagh boxer shocked Cuban favourite

2012: Mick Conlan won a brilliant bronze at the London Olympics. The Belfast flyweight defeated Frenchman Nordine Oubaali (22-18) in

1932: Jimmy McLarnin was defeated on a split decision by the recently dethroned World welterweight champion Lou Brouillard at the

1896: Limerick’s Jim Dalton outpointed Dubliner Mick Head over twenty rounds to claim the inaugural Irish lightweight title at the

2014: Paddy Barnes and Mick Conlan claimed top prize at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Light flyweight Barnes defeated talented

1952: Bantamweight John McNally defeated Korean Joon-Ho Kang to secure a silver medal for Ireland at the Helsinki Olympics. The

1999: Leeds-based Wexford welter Derek Roche defended his British title for the first time. Fighting Basildon’s Georgie Smith at the