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Olympiversaries: Irish Boxing Celebrates Olympic Milestones

August 8th is a red letter day in the annals of Irish Olympic boxing. Today marks the 30th anniversary of

Kelyn Cassidy came close to joining an exclusive club last week. The Waterford fighter made a charge for a World

Boxing accounts for more than half the medals Ireland have won across 28 Olympic Games. Fifteen fighters, sixthteen Olympic medals,

Michael Caruth would like to see fell ow Irish boxing amateur legends Paddy Barnes and Katie Taylor hang up the

2006: Ten years ago Matthew Macklin and Jamie Moore did battle for Moore’s British light middleweight title in one of

2009: Katie Taylor whitewashed Turk Meryem Aslan Zeybek (11:0) in the final of the European Championships in Nikolayev, Ukraine. In

1995: Prince Nassem Hamed defended his WBO featherweight title for the third time at Dublin’s point depot. The unorthodox Sheffield

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

Bernard O’Neill – IABA Press Officer Sixty eight years after Mossy Doyle – the first Irish boxer to step into

Bernard O’Neill – IABA Press Officer At the 1988 Games in Korea politics once again denied boxing fans the opportunity