On This Day: August 22nd
2008: Four comprehensive wins on the bounce, culminating with a 10:3 win over Britain’s Tony Jeffries, saw Kenny Egan stroll
Read More2008: Four comprehensive wins on the bounce, culminating with a 10:3 win over Britain’s Tony Jeffries, saw Kenny Egan stroll
Read MoreHe is Paddy Barnes ‘he can do what he wants’ according to fellow Irish fight legend Kenneth Egan. The ten-time
Read MoreBy Bernard O’Neill – IABA Press Officer Vladivostok, if loosely translated from Russian, means “to conquer the East”. The Irish
Read MoreBoxing has long been Ireland’s most successful Olympic sport, taking in 16 of our 28 medals in total. However, the
Read More1986: Barry McGuigan lost his WBA featherweight World title on a scorcher of an afternoon against the unheralded Steve Cruz
Read More2008: A glorious day in Poland saw Ireland claim six medals in the finals of the European Union championships. and
Read More2009 The final day of perhaps the most successful tournament Irish boxers have ever been involved in. At the EU
Read More2003: Light welterweight Paul McCloskey and light heavyweight Ken Egan claimed silver medals at the inaugural EU Championships in Strasbourg.
Read MoreWe started this week with news of Joe Rea’s plans to cause a shock, and his fellow Ballymena man couldn’t
Read More2005: A 23 year old Kenny Egan won his first of three EU gold medals with a come-from-behind victory in
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