Olympic hero Egan apologises as fame affects his fortunes

THOSE who have hammered Kenny Egan since his return from Beijing have failed to land the knockout punch and, last night, the Olympic silver medallist was back among his own.

The former Head of the High Performance Unit, Gary Keegan, issued a statement on behalf of the nine-times Irish senior champion yesterday in which Egan apologised to everyone affected by his recent activities outside the ring and, particularly, his failure to show up for Friday night’s international against the USA.

Egan was, in fact, staying with friends in New York for the weekend trying to evade media attention.