blog picA new week and time to share the love for some of my favourite bloggers. Girlboxing You've met Malissa here before - interviews here from August 2011 - but she's really being upping the ante lately on the boxing front. All down to the... Read more »
Katie Taylor Four times World Champ
It's not often everyone in my house gets up at 8am on a Saturday morning to watch television. But when RTE announced they would show Katie Taylor's final bout at the AIBA World Champs, well it just had to be be done. So just in case you don't know... Read more »
Congratulations to Katie Taylor!
Quite the week for Irish boxer Katie Taylor - securing a place on the Olympic team and just this morning earning another appearance in the final of the AIBA World Championships. More than a few Irish people were waiting the results of that semi-final a... Read more »
Women’s amateur boxing in Ireland
Irish boxer Kelly Harrington is the latest boxer to decide that all-women's sparring days are the way forward. Harrington has competed at Senior Amateur level for Ireland.The Irish women's team trains in Dundalk, in the north of the country. Between tr... Read more »
Time to spar!
One of the main challenges for female fighters in Ireland is finding people to fight. A definite flaw in the plan you might say. So lately some women have been working around this problem by arranging all-women sparring days around the country. The fir... Read more »
