Boxing

BIOGRAPHY Damaen Kelly competed in the men's flyweight boxing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, reaching the quarter-finals before losing 13-6 to Bolat Zhumadilov of Kazakhstan - the world's top-ranked amateur flyweight at the time. From Belfast and coached by Michael Hawkins at Holy Trinity Boxing Club, Kelly was supported by the Olympic Aid-Atlanta Scheme [...]

BIOGRAPHY Cathal O'Grady competed in the men's heavyweight boxing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games as the youngest member of the Irish boxing team and the youngest boxer in the entire heavyweight division. From Enfield, Co. Meath, O'Grady established an early 6-3 lead in his opening contest against New Zealand's Garth da Silva before being

BIOGRAPHY Kevin McBride secured his place in boxing history on 11 June 2005 at the MCI Centre in Washington DC when he became the last opponent to beat the once-fearsome former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, forcing Tyson to quit on his stool at the end of the sixth round - the only time in

BIOGRAPHY Brian Magee competed in the men's middleweight boxing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, reaching the quarter-finals before losing to Mohammed Bahari of Algeria - who went on to win bronze. From Lisburn, Co. Antrim, and coached by Olympic team manager-coach Michael Hawkins at Holy Trinity Boxing Club in Belfast, Magee was regarded alongside

BIOGRAPHY Michael Roche competed in the men's light-middleweight boxing at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games - the only Irish boxer at those Games. Born in 1971 and brought up in Fair Hill on the northside of Cork city, Roche began boxing aged ten at the Sunnyside Boxing Club just off Blarney Street, winning six county

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BIOGRAPHY John Joe "Johnny" Joyce represented Ireland in the men's light welterweight boxing at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, winning his opening bout before losing to eventual gold medallist Felix Diaz of the Dominican Republic in one of the most controversial results of the Games. Joyce defeated Hungary's Gyula Kate 9-5 in the last 32,

BIOGRAPHY Darren O'Neill captained Ireland's boxing team at the 2012 London Olympic Games and bore the Irish flag at the closing ceremony - a fitting honour for one of the most respected figures in Irish amateur boxing. Competing at middleweight (75kg), he won his opening bout 15-6 against Nigeria's Muideen Olalekan Akanji before losing 19-12

BIOGRAPHY Adam Nolan represented Ireland in the men's welterweight boxing at the 2012 London Olympic Games, winning his opening bout before losing in the round of 16. From Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Nolan is the second Wexford-born boxer to qualify for the Olympics after his coach Billy Walsh, and a member of Bray Boxing Club -

BIOGRAPHY Joe Ward represented Ireland in the light-heavyweight division at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. He was eliminated in the round of 16 by Ecuador's Carlos Andrés Mina on a controversial split decision, having received two points deductions from the referee during the bout. Ward came to Rio as one of the pre-tournament favourites, having

BIOGRAPHY Steven Donnelly represented Ireland in the welterweight division at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. He defeated Algeria's Zohir Kedache in the round of 32 and Mongolia's Byamba Tüvshinbat in the round of 16 before losing to Morocco's Mohammed Rabii in the quarterfinals. His route to Rio was an unlikely one. He had previously represented

BIOGRAPHY David Joyce represented Ireland in the lightweight division at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. He defeated Andrique Allisop of the Seychelles by unanimous decision in the round of 32 before losing to Azerbaijan's Albert Selimov in the round of 16. Joyce qualified for Rio after winning a box-off against Turkey's Volkan Gockek at the