On This Day: August 20th
2008: The late Darren Sutherland comfortably defeated Venezuela’s Alfonso Blanco (11:1) to guarantee bronze at the Beijing Olympics. In the
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On This Day: August 7th
2012: Mick Conlan won a brilliant bronze at the London Olympics. The Belfast flyweight defeated Frenchman Nordine Oubaali (22-18) in
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Ireland at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics
By Bernard O’Neill – IABA Press Officer Ireland brought an eight-strong squad to the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, their second time
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On This Day: June 17th
1949: Mullingar’s Maxie McCullagh became the first Irish boxer to win a European gold outside of Ireland when he took
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