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The Irish Athletic Boxing Association organises, develops, fosters and controls amateur boxing across Ireland (including Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland); it is the national governing body (NGB) for amateur boxing. Boxing clubs in Ireland are represented and supported at county, provincial and national level.
Deirdre Nelson was granted a professional boxing licence by the British Boxing Board of Control in February 1999, which gave her the right to box anywhere within the European Boxing Union. However, the Boxing Union of Ireland (BUI) forbid her to box until guidelines on women’s boxing were issued by the European Boxing Union in September 1999.
Swords Boxing Club is based at Sluagh Hall, a former military facility which is shared with Fingallians GAA club. [61] Fingal Boxing Academy, which is affiliated with the Irish Amateur Boxing Association and located in Rivervalley, Swords, was the first boxing club in Ireland to train female boxers and has trained several national champions.
Pages in category "Boxing venues in the Republic of Ireland" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. N.
Straight Blast Gym Ireland (also known as SBG Ireland) is a mixed martial arts academy and professional team based in Dublin, Ireland. It is run by John Kavanagh, and is part of Straight Blast Gym International. [1] The team has produced several Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighters, the most notable being Conor McGregor.
Taylor first began boxing in 1998, aged 12. Her father coached her and her two older brothers, Lee and Peter, at St Fergal's Boxing Club, which operated out of a former boathouse in Bray. At 15, in 2001, [16] she fought in the first officially sanctioned female boxing match in Ireland, at the National Stadium, and defeated Alanna Audley from ...
Esker Amateur Boxing Club has hosted the first-ever All-Female Amateur Boxing tournament in Ireland. It has grown to become the World's largest female-only boxing tournament in 2019 with 19 countries spread over three continents attending. Esker Boxing Club has been running a long campaign to build its own permanent clubhouse.
Dornálaíocht is the Irish word for boxing, dorn meaning fist. The style or stance used in dornálaíocht, a form of bare-knuckle boxing, is sometimes reflected in Irish caricatures such as that of the Notre Dame Leprechaun. [citation needed] The lead hand stays at a greater distance from the body than in modern boxing.