Boxing

BIOGRAPHY John Joe Nevin won a silver medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the bantamweight division. Nevin is from Mullingar, County Westmeath and developed his career with St Michael’s Boxing Club. Nevin is a two time Olympian, competing at Beijing 2008 and at London 2012, where he progressed to the final with victories [...]

BIOGRAPHY Michael Conlan won the bronze medal in the flyweight division at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Conlan is from Belfast and developed his career through the amateur system with St John Bosco Boxing Club, establishing himself as one of Ireland’s leading boxers. He also competed at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games where he narrowly

BIOGRAPHY Katie Taylor won the gold medal in the women's lightweight boxing event at the London 2012 Olympic Games, becoming the first ever Olympic women's champion and Ireland's first Olympic boxing gold medallist since Michael Carruth in 1992. She was Ireland's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Taylor dominated the tournament, winning all four bouts,

BIOGRAPHY Darren Sutherland won a bronze medal in the middleweight division at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Sutherland was from Dublin and boxed out of St Saviour’s Academy, where he developed into one of Ireland’s leading amateur boxers. At Beijing 2008 he secured a podium finish with a series of victories before losing in the

BIOGRAPHY Paddy Barnes won bronze medals in boxing at both the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic Games. He is a three time Olympian and was the flag bearer at this third Games, Rio 2016. Barnes is from Belfast and boxed with the Holy Family Boxing Club, emerging as a leading light flyweight on the

BIOGRAPHY Kenneth Egan won a silver medal in the light heavyweight division at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Egan is from Clondalkin, Dublin and started his boxing career with his local club, Neilstown Boxing Club. At Beijing 2008 he progressed to the final with victories over opponents from China, Cuba and France before claiming silver

BIOGRAPHY Wayne McCullough won a silver medal in the bantamweight division at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games. McCullough is from Belfast and trained at the Holy Trinity Boxing Club. At the 1996 Olympic Games he progressed to the final with victories over opponents from Kazakhstan, Canada and Thailand before securing silver. He went on to

BIOGRAPHY Hugh Russell won a bronze medal in the flyweight division at the 1980 Moscow Olympics - Ireland's first Olympic medal in 16 years since Jim McCourt's boxing bronze in Tokyo in 1964. He defeated opponents from Iraq, Tanzania and North Korea before losing to Bulgaria's Petar Lessov in the semi-finals. Known as "Little Red"

BIOGRAPHY Jim McCourt won a bronze medal in the men's lightweight boxing at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games - the sixth boxing medal in Ireland's Olympic history and the only Irish medal won during the three Olympic Games of the 1960s. Born on 24 January 1944 in Leeson Street, off the Lower Falls Road in

BIOGRAPHY Tony Byrne won a bronze medal in the men's lightweight boxing at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games and served as flag bearer for Ireland at the Opening Ceremony of those Games. Born on 7 June 1930 in Hardman's Gardens, Drogheda, Byrne was introduced to boxing at the local Tredagh Boxing Club at twelve by

BIOGRAPHY Freddie Gilroy won a bronze medal in the men's bantamweight boxing at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. He reached those Games only after his workmates at the Beltex textile plant in Belfast raised the £600 required to fund his place on the aeroplane - a collection that began with a church gate fundraiser in

BIOGRAPHY John Caldwell won a bronze medal in the men's flyweight boxing at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. It was the fourth boxing medal won by Ireland at those Games and one of the most courageous performances of the entire tournament, competing in his semi-final with two badly swollen eyes from his quarter-final bout and