Boxing

BIOGRAPHY William 'Boy' Murphy competed in the men's middleweight boxing at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games and went on to compete at the Amsterdam 1928 Games - becoming one of the first Irish boxers to represent Ireland at two Olympic Games. Born in India, Murphy had won the Egyptian middleweight title as a seventeen-year-old before [...]

BIOGRAPHY Myles McDonagh made history at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games as the first Irish boxer to compete at two Olympic Games, having previously competed at the Antwerp 1920 Games - though that earlier appearance pre-dates the separate Irish Olympic representation established for Paris. A flyweight from the Falls Road in Belfast, McDonagh was eliminated

BIOGRAPHY Neil McLaughlin competed in the men's flyweight boxing at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, reaching the quarter-finals - losing only when the referee stopped his bout with the powerful eventual silver medallist Leo Rwabwogo of Uganda after a sustained and courageous display. A tea-blender from the St Eugene's Boxing Club in the Bogside district

BIOGRAPHY John Rodgers competed in the men's welterweight boxing at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, winning his opening bout before being outclassed by Anatoly Khokhlov of the USSR. From Lisburn, Rodgers was a late addition to the Munich squad when Jim McCourt - one of Ireland's greatest ever amateur boxers, with 496 contests and only

BIOGRAPHY Jim Montague competed in the men's light-welterweight boxing at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, winning his opening bout with a technical knockout before being outpointed by Ray 'Sugar Ray' Seales of the USA - the eventual gold medallist. A bus conductor from Belfast and a member of the Star Club, Montague began his campaign

BIOGRAPHY Christy Elliott competed in the men's light-middleweight boxing at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, winning his opening bout before being stopped in the second round of his next contest in what was described as one of the best rounds of boxing of the entire Munich Games. The only member of the Irish boxing team

BIOGRAPHY Charlie Nash competed in the men's lightweight boxing at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, reaching the quarter-finals before being disqualified against eventual gold medallist Jan Szczepański of Poland in a harsh ruling that deeply affected the Derry man. Nash outclassed the Danish boxer Erik Madsen in his opening bout and halted Mexico's Antonio Gin

BIOGRAPHY Willie O'Shea was the first Irish boxer to compete in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, entering the ring in the men's lightweight division against Jorge Diaz Hernandez of Chile, where he was outpointed. Still a serving member of the Irish Army at the time of the Games, O'Shea was part of a boxing team

BIOGRAPHY P.J. Lenehan competed in the men's welterweight boxing at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, winning his opening bout against Arne Sande of Denmark in a performance that made him one of the few Irish boxers to win a bout at those Games. Against the Danish boxer, Lenehan used a disciplined straight left to control

BIOGRAPHY Matt Flanagan carried the Irish tricolour at the Opening Ceremony of the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games before competing in the men's heavyweight boxing, where he was knocked out at the end of the first round by Arturo Rodriguez Jurado of Argentina - the eventual gold medallist. The silent count system used by the referee

BIOGRAPHY Jack Chase, an ex-Army man, competed in the men's middleweight boxing at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games. OTHER BOXING OLYMPIANSSEE ALL ATHLETES Adam NolanAidan WalshAndrew ‘Ando’ ReddyAndy LeeAoife O’RourkeBarry McGuiganBilly WalshBrendan DunneBrendan IrvineBrendan McCarthyBrian AndersonBrian ByrneBrian MageeCathal O’GradyChristopher ‘Chris’ RafterChristy McLoughlinDaina MoorehouseDamaen KellyDarren O’NeillDarren SutherlandDavid JoyceDavy LarmourDean ClancyEamon McCuskerEdward ‘Eddie’ TreacyEmmet BrennanErnest ‘Ernie’ SmithFrancis