Earlier this week, a box-off to decide Ireland’s super-heavyweight representative for next month’s European Championships was mooted to take place this evening. Instead of that fight taking centre stage, Irish boxing has been hit by yet another crisis — one which could last a far longer distance than the three rounds originally expected to be contested between Martin Keenan and Dean Gardiner at the National Stadium.

Zaur Antia revealed he rebuffed a number of coaching offers from rival countries before taking up his position as Irish boxing’s interim head coach.

One week on from Michael Conlan’s world championship final win, officials from the Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) were last night preparing a defence for the increasing criticism launched at them following the resignation of Billy Walsh.

The furore around the departure of our greatest boxing coach Billy Walsh could set a dangerous precedent as another Irish talent is forced into exile, writes Michael Clifford

The Minister for Sport Michael Ring has said that he thought that a deal to keep Billy Walsh as head coach of the Irish High Performance Unit had been agreed.

Billy Walsh “has not tendered his resignation”, according to a statement issued by the Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) last night.

Maiquetia, the city in Venezuela where Paddy Barnes will tonight look to seal his place in next year’s Olympic Games, last made the news in 1999 when mudslides devastated the region and caused tens of thousands of casualties.

Ireland’s elite amateur boxers are to be catered for in a state-of-the-art training facility in the National Sports Campus.

Ireland’s gold medal magnet Katie Taylor arrived home to a rapturous reception yesterday after winning her fifth World Elite lightweight title in Jeju, South Korea — and she is already targeting further success.

Italia Thunder have drafted Ireland’s London 2012 bronze medallists Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan into their squad for the 2015 World Series of Boxing (WSB) season.

There’s been little time to sit back and relax for newly appointed IABA CEO Fergal Carruth.

Billy Walsh hasn’t diluted his ambition of Ireland finishing top of the boxing medal table at the next Olympic Games despite the raft of changes which threaten to squeeze the number of qualifiers under his charge.

John Treacy has called for Irishboxing’s new chief to be afforded time and space to make his mark on the organisation as the sport faces the prospect of losing its best fighters.

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) has confirmed Fergal Carruth is the new chief executive of the organisation