Future bright for Irish boxing, says former chief Keegan

EXPECT more boxing medals from major championships over the coming years if not weeks was the message for the former head of the IABA’s High Performance Unit, Gary Keegan, yesterday.

Since masterminding Ireland’s three-medal haul at the Olympic Games in Beijing, he has moved to the Institute of Sport as Technical Services Director.

But yesterday he was back among his own when he joined the hundreds of supporters who assembled at Dublin Airport to welcome home the Irish youths team from the World Youths Boxing Championships in Mexico where they won four medals — a complete set of gold, silver and bronze.