Boxing

BIOGRAPHY John Lowey competed in the men's light-heavyweight boxing at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, recording two victories before being eliminated in the quarter-finals. Hampered by a fractured knuckle in his left hand, he was eliminated on a split decision to Nyamaagin Altankhuyag of Mongolia. OTHER BOXING OLYMPIANSSEE ALL ATHLETES Adam McLeanAdam NolanAidan WalshAndrew ‘Ando’ [...]

BIOGRAPHY Martin Brereton competed in the men's light-welterweight boxing at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, losing his opening bout to Cuba's Jose Aguilar who stopped him in the first round. From Edenderry, Co. Offaly, Brereton was part of an eight-man Irish boxing team that competed in Moscow from a strong base of preparation, including a

BIOGRAPHY Gerard 'Gerry' Hawkins competed in the men's light-flyweight boxing at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, losing a unanimous decision to Bulgaria's Ismail Mustafov - an opponent who, in the subsequent years, was voted the Bulgarian boxer of the twentieth century, winning the World Championship title in 1982, four European amateur titles, a bronze medal

BIOGRAPHY Finbar Patrick 'Barry' McGuigan won the WBA featherweight professional world title on 8 June 1985 at Loftus Road, London, defeating the legendary Panamanian Eusebio Pedroza in one of the most celebrated nights in Irish sporting history. His path to the world title began in earnest at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, where he lost

BIOGRAPHY Tommy Corr competed in the men's lightweight boxing at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, defeating one of his Lake Placid training sparring partners Arigoma Chiponda of Zimbabwe in his opening bout before losing a majority decision to a Nigerian opponent in his second contest. The Irish boxing team at LA was based at

BIOGRAPHY Samuel Storey competed in the men's light-middleweight boxing at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Sam lost his opening bout to Italian Romolo Casamonica - a boxer described as 'the Italian gypsy', who executed what Dr Tom Hunt describes as 'a demolition job' in the third round after Storey had shaded the opening round

BIOGRAPHY Paul Fitzgerald competed in the men's featherweight boxing at two Olympic Games - the 1984 Los Angeles Games and the 1988 Seoul Games. From Arklow, Co. Wicklow, Fitzgerald was a five-time national senior champion and a superb defensive boxer who had been based in the United States since 1984. At Los Angeles he won

BIOGRAPHY Kieran Joyce competed in the men's light-middleweight boxing at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, winning his opening bout before losing a disputed majority decision to Finland's Joni Nyman. The result was a controversial one that typified Olympic boxing at the time, noting that Joyce's opponent was cautioned on a number of occasions for

BIOGRAPHY Paul Griffin competed in the men's featherweight boxing at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. Ranked fifth in the world and European champion, Griffin was Ireland's leading medal prospect for Barcelona. However, his Olympic dreams lasted less than four minutes and ended in nightmarish circumstances. His opponent, the strong Zambian southpaw Steven Chungu, was cautioned

BIOGRAPHY Paul Douglas competed in the men's heavyweight boxing at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, reaching the quarter-finals in what Dr Tom Hunt describes as a performance that surpassed expectations, winning two bouts before losing to triple European champion Arnold Vanderlijde of the Netherlands. From Belfast, Douglas dominated the Swedish champion John Pettersson 8-1 in

BIOGRAPHY Francis Barrett (known as Francie Barrett) carried the Irish flag at the Opening Ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, becoming the first member of the Irish Travelling community to represent Ireland at the Olympics - a moment of profound cultural and social significance in a ceremony that also celebrated Mohammed Ali and Martin

BIOGRAPHY Paul Buttimer competed in the men's light-flyweight boxing at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, losing his opening bout to Nigerian boxer Moses Malagu by 8 points to 12. From Cork and a member of Sunnyside Boxing Club, Buttimer's struggle to make the weight limit was complicated by a knee injury that had interfered with