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Paddy Barnes made history in 2012 by being the first Irish boxer to ever win two Olympic Medals at two consecutive Olympics – only two Irish athletes have managed this. The team that represented Irish boxing at the London 2012 Olympics has been the most successful IABA boxing Olympic Team since the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The London 2012 ...
The Irish Olympic Council was formed in 1922 [1] ... The 2024 Summer Olympics was the most successful Olympics in the history of the nation, ... gymnastics and boxing.
McNally was born and raised in the Pound Loney area of west Belfast. [1] He was the first person from Belfast and the first Irish boxer to win an Olympic medal. [2]In 1953, McNally won a bronze medal at the European championships and a gold in the Golden Gloves Championships representing Europe against the US in Chicago.
James Vincent McCourt (24 January 1944 – 19 June 2023) was an Irish boxer from Belfast, Northern Ireland. McCourt won a bronze medal for Ireland in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the lightweight division. He lost a hotly disputed 3–2 decision to Russian Velikton Barannikov in the semi-final. [1]
Matthew Flanagan (31 May 1897 – 3 March 1970) was an Irish boxer. [1] He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1928 Summer Olympics. [2] He won the 1931 ABA Heavyweight Championship. [3] He was also the 1925 Irish Cruiserweight champion and Irish Heavyweight champion from 1926 to 1929, losing the title in 1930 and regaining it in 1931.
Katie Taylor (born 2 July 1986) is an Irish professional boxer and former footballer.She was the undisputed and lineal world lightweight champion from 2019 to 2024, and has held the undisputed and lineal world super lightweight championship since 2023. [2]
He secured automatic Olympic qualification for the 2012 London games in the World Amateur Championships 2011. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he again captained the Irish boxing team, but went out in the last 16 to Stefan Härtel. [3] He bore the flag for Ireland at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. By 2015, he had moved up to ...
Ireland qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Barnes became the first when he qualified at the World Championships. [ 4 ] Nevin was the second, qualifying at the first European qualifying event. [ 5 ]