Boxing

BIOGRAPHY Kurt Walker represented Ireland in the men's featherweight boxing event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, finishing joint 5th overall. He opened with a unanimous decision win over Spain's Jose Quiles, then produced one of the upsets of the tournament - beating top seed and reigning world champion Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov of Uzbekistan by split [...]

BIOGRAPHY Brendan Irvine was the captain of the Irish boxing team; and a flagbearer for Ireland at the Tokyo 2020 Games. He made his first Olympics in Rio 2016 at the age of just 20 where he was beaten in the last 16 by Ukbekistan’s Shakhobiddin Zoirov. He won 49kg silver at the 2015 European

BIOGRAPHY Michaela Walsh represented Ireland in the women's 57kg featherweight boxing event at two Olympic Games, making the round of 16 at both Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024. At Tokyo she lost a close fight to Italy's Irma Testa; at Paris she was beaten on a unanimous 5-0 decision by Bulgaria's Svetlana Staneva. Walsh grew