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
Read more
michael carruth
Ireland’s World Championships Medal Record
Kelyn Cassidy came close to joining an exclusive club last week. The Waterford fighter made a charge for a World
Read more
Those That Went Before – Ireland’s Olympic boxing medal winners
Boxing accounts for more than half the medals Ireland have won across 28 Olympic Games. Fifteen fighters, sixthteen Olympic medals,
Read more
‘Get Out Now’ – Michael Carruth urges Katie Taylor and Paddy Barnes to retire
Michael Caruth would like to see fell ow Irish boxing amateur legends Paddy Barnes and Katie Taylor hang up the
Read more
On This Day: September 29th
2006: Ten years ago Matthew Macklin and Jamie Moore did battle for Moore’s British light middleweight title in one of
Read more
On This Day: September 20th
2009: Katie Taylor whitewashed Turk Meryem Aslan Zeybek (11:0) in the final of the European Championships in Nikolayev, Ukraine. In
Read more
On This Day: August 31st
1995: Prince Nassem Hamed defended his WBO featherweight title for the third time at Dublin’s point depot. The unorthodox Sheffield
Read more
On This Day: August 8th
1992: Michael Carruth won Ireland’s first, and currently only, men’s boxing Olympic gold medal. The Drimnagh boxer shocked Cuban favourite
Read more
Ireland at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics
Bernard O’Neill – IABA Press Officer Sixty eight years after Mossy Doyle – the first Irish boxer to step into
Read more
Ireland at the 1988 Seoul Olympics
Bernard O’Neill – IABA Press Officer At the 1988 Games in Korea politics once again denied boxing fans the opportunity
Read more