Lost nowadays in all the enduring hype about Ronnie Delany’s 1500m gold medal at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne is the fact Ireland came back from Australia with four other medals; Fred Tiedt (silver), Johnny Caldwell, Fred Gilroy and Anthony Byrne (all bronze) — all in boxing.

FROM some of the early reports from Beijing it was beginning to look like we were going to have to be content that nobody drowned in the pool or got lost on the running track, but then the boxers came to the rescue. Sure we’re famous the world over for fighting.

IRISH boxers have brought the country to heights not reached since Melbourne in 1956 as Darren Sutherland claimed a third Olympic medal in Beijing.