Countdown to Paris, fighting outside the ropes and the loss of legends – a year in Irish boxing
With the Paris Olympics looming large on the horizon, Neil Loughran looks at where Irish boxing stands after an at-times tumultuous 2023...
11 November 2023; Jude Gallagher of Two Castles Boxing Club, Tyrone, left, is declared victorious over Adam Hession of Monivea Boxing Club, Galway, after their featherweight 57kg final bout at the IABA National Elite Boxing Championships 2024 Finals at the National Boxing Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile (Seb Daly / SPORTSFILE/SPORTSFILE)