Tensions spill over with defeat for Paddy Barnes

Coach Billy Walsh’s absence from the Irish Olympic set-up has reignited tensions within the national boxing set-up as to why he resigned.

The news comes as boxer Paddy Barnes was surprisingly defeated in Rio yesterday by Spaniard Samuel Carmona Heredia on a split decision.

Despite his suspension, boxer Michael O’Reilly took to Twitter to commiserate with Barnes on his shock exit from the Olympic Games: “Hard luck @paddyb_ireland taught you did enough to win that.”