Walsh proves the true king of ‘kaizen’

A month or so before the London Olympics, Billy Walsh travelled down to the Garda Training College in Templemore for a coaching course with a difference.

To help prepare him for some of the pressure situations he might encounter ahead, the organisers hired method actors. One simulation took place in the men’s room, with an actor-athlete locked inside a lavatory, the scenario being the eve of an Olympic fight. “It’s always about you,” the athlete seethed. “It’s always about Billy Walsh.”

That moment right there told you everything about the kind of coach Billy Walsh is and what kind of coach he isn’t.