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
Read moreBoxing accounts for more than half the medals Ireland have won across 29 Olympic Games. Before Tokyo Irish boxing boasted
Read moreBoxing accounts for more than half the medals Ireland have won across 28 Olympic Games. Fifteen fighters, sixthteen Olympic medals,
Read more2011: John Joe Nevin scored a 19:17 win over Uzbek Orzubek Shayimov to become the first Irishman to win two
Read more2012: Mick Conlan won a brilliant bronze at the London Olympics. The Belfast flyweight defeated Frenchman Nordine Oubaali (22-18) in
Read more1980: Belfast flyweight Hugh Russell defeated North Korean Ryon-Sik Yo on a 3-2 split decision to guarantee himself bronze at
Read moreBy Bernard O’Neill – IABA Press Officer Hughie Russell wrote another illustrious page in the history of Irish boxing at
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