Amy Broadhurst Alludes To UK Allegiance Switch In Order To Keep Olympic Boxing Dream Alive
World Champion boxer Amy Broadhurst has broken her silence on what her next move might look like after her Paris 2024 Olympic dreams were dashed last week, alluding to a potential allegiance switch from Ireland to the UK. This comes as the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) bestowed their pick for the final Olympic qualification tournament in Bangkok in May …
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Amy Broadhurst And Lisa O’Rourke Overlooked For Final Chance To Qualify For Paris 2024
Amy Broadhurst and Lisa O’Rourke, both former world champions, find their Olympic dreams dashed after the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) has decided against affording them a final opportunity to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Despite Broadhurst’s glittering amateur career, which includes world, European, and Commonwealth titles won in 2022, the decision has left her devastated and frustrated: “I wouldn’t …
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Ireland to Host Boxing Powerhouse Ukraine in Paris 2024 Olympic Preparation Match
Ireland will host one of the world’s strongest boxing nations, Ukraine, in an international in preparation for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The event is set to take place in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, and is the first such Elite international to take place in many years. Ukraine will bring a full squad of Olympic weight boxers to contest against Ireland …
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Seconds Out: Celebrating International Women’s Day with the Mammy of Irish Boxing, Anna Moore
The Mammy of Irish Boxing, so named by Kellie Harrington during the Tokyo Olympics, is being celebrated for her vast contribution to Irish Boxing with a keynote film released to mark International Women’s Day. Anna Moore, of St. Francis Boxing Club, Limerick, joined the Irish Boxing Family in the late 1960s, and was a vital force in the development of …
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Confirmed: All we know so far about Taylor vs Cameron III
Taylor vs Cameron III has been in the works since the Bray boxer avenged the Northampton fighter back in November to poise a trilogy for the ages, with the meantime’s speculation mostly populated with where the third instalment might take place. While that particular detail looks to be all but officially ironed out, what has emerged this week is that …
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This latest sucker punch for Taylor’s Croke Park dream could be a detrimental knockdown
Katie Taylor’s Croke Park dream may not come to be realised, with the Government clearing up some recent suggestions that they had engaged in preliminary talks to arrange her trilogy fight with Chantelle Cameron at the historic venue. Speaking at last week’s GAA Annual Report launch, Croke Park Stadium Director Peter McKenna had mentioned that “Matchroom and Brian Peters, Katie’s …
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The Mental Struggles of a Female Boxer: Amy Broadhurst | Dove x Nike
A person’s relationship with their father is often thought of as one that can define the course of their life, and that’s amplified tenfold if you ask boxer Amy Broadhurst. Since she was five years old, her father Tony encouraged her and her brothers into the boxing club, transforming their relationship and bringing it into a whole new dimension, one …
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Chantelle Cameron takes aim at Eddie Hearn and referee at Taylor fight
Chantelle Cameron takes aim at Eddie Hearn and has come out swinging after her loss to Katie Taylor in the 3 Arena last month, discrediting the referee’s performance on the night, as well as the actions of her Matchroom boxing promoter. Speaking with the BBC today, the Northampton fighter spoke of how she feels it’s her “against the world now” …
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Amanda Serrano forced to vacate title as organisations refuse to take a stand for gender parity in boxing
Amanda Serrano, Katie Taylor’s dance partner for that unforgettable fight at Madison Square Garden in April 2022, has had to vacate her WBC title this week after the organisation refused to allow her to fight 12 three minute round fights. The Puerto Rican made history recently when she put on the first contest of that nature versus Danila Ramos back …
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Síofra Lawless The Newest Boxing World Champion From Bray
Síofra Lawless shines with historic gold at World Junior Boxing Championships. Witness her dominance in the 63kg division, securing victory for Ireland’s Four Kings BC
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