27th
08,08
Ireland is one of the countries that has produced great boxers and has won so many medals around the world. Too bad in the latest Olympics in Beijing, the only one Irish boxer that went to the final round, Kenny Egan in a light heavyweight match lost to Xiaoping Zhang from China 11 to 7. But he got the silver medal which is not bad at all since the last time a fighter from Ireland received a medal from the Olympics was in 1992.
So I got really interested in Ireland and its boxers. I just read about Ireland I wrote a review of an Irish boxing website a few days ago so I looked more and I got some interesting information I want you to know about the association.
The Irish Amateur Boxing Association was founded in 1911 following a meeting in Dublin. In 1937 the President of the Association at that time, General W.R.E. Murphy decided that it was time for the Association to have its own boxing stadium. The though became true 2 years later and the National Stadium was opened by Mr. Frank Aiken, T.D., the Minister of Defence.
The Association is really proud of that they are the only amateur boxing association in the world to have a stadium of its own that was custom built and which they manage and control. Thanks to General W.R.E. Murphy who first thought about this and made it become true.
If you are now starting to be interested in the Association, you can go to the website at http://www.iaba.ie/boxing/Main/Home.htm and check out other interesting information in the events each year or go see the latest news of Irish boxing or visit their Gallery which might make you interested more in Irish boxing and boxers.


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