Michael Carruth felt ‘shanghaied’ by radio debate

Olympic gold medallist Michael Carruth has claimed that he was “Shanghaied” during the course of a heated RTÉ radio debate on coach Billy Walsh’s controversial departure as Irish boxing’s head coach last October.

Carruth, who won welterweight gold in 1992, found himself in a tricky position on Joe Duffy’s Liveline show as a number of callers were lined up to discuss Walsh’s decision to leave as Head Coach of the elite High Performance Unit, for a new role in the US.

Carruth, whose brother Fergal is Irish Amateur Boxing Association chief executive, felt that he was “attacked” on air and didn’t realise how many other contributors would be involved in the discussion.