Jimmy Mclarnin – A Boxing Legend
Those who follow the beginnings of boxing already know, no other sport has been the scene of so many tragedies
Read moreThose who follow the beginnings of boxing already know, no other sport has been the scene of so many tragedies
Read more1995: Ballymena’s Eamonn Loughran successfully defended his WBO welterweight title for the final time at the Ulster Hall in Belfast.
Read more2011: John Joe Nevin scored a 19:17 win over Uzbek Orzubek Shayimov to become the first Irishman to win two
Read more1934: Jimmy McLarnin, Ireland’s greatest ever fighter, reclaimed his World welterweight title at Madison Square Garden. Barney Ross had taken
Read more1930: The pound-for-pound greatest Irish boxer of all time, Jimmy McLarnin, knocked out reigning World lightweight champion Al Singer in
Read more1932: Jimmy McLarnin was defeated on a split decision by the recently dethroned World welterweight champion Lou Brouillard at the
Read more1903: Clare’s George Gardner knocked out Chicago-Bohemian Jack Root in the twelfth round at the International Athletic Club in Ontario,
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