Billy Walsh’s fairytale ending as row rages on

Former Ireland boxing head coach Billy Walsh has put his nightmare row with the sport’s chiefs behind him as he begins his “fairytale” new life in the US.

The former Irish head coach was officially unveiled by USA Boxing as the US Women’s National Team Coach yesterday and has already begun preparing them for the 2016 Olympics.

Speaking in Memphis, he declared: “It’s a fairytale for me. I’m from the working class area of Wolfe Tone Villas in Wexford and here I am now as USA head coach.