Rogan pulls no punches in Sandy Row abuse row

Former Commonwealth heavyweight champion Martin Rogan has questioned the actions of Sandy Row Amateur Boxing Club after they compiled a 57-page report outlining verbal and physical assaults sustained by their members over the course of a decade.

The incidents are understood to have taken place between 2000 and 2010, with a complaint being made to the PSNI regarding a specific incident when their boxers were subjected to sectarian abuse two years ago on North Queen Street. It is being dealt with as a hate crime.

Rogan, a former amateur from Belfast who has tried to heal old wounds by making his professional bouts cross-community events, said he was disappointed by such a move.