THE troubled Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) has lost another high-profile coach. Under McClean’s tutelage, Ireland enjoyed unprecedented success at international under-age level, winning ten World Championship medals, and 69 European Championship medals, including 12 gold. But those heady days are now a distant memory, as the latest ranking list published by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) illustrates. The only two other Irish male boxers to make the list are no longer active in amateur boxing. Michaela Walsh is 15th in the 57kg class, while European champion Aoife O’Rourke is tenth in the middleweight category.

Source: Irish Independent September 27, 2020 16:28 UTC