Billy Walsh leading USA Olympic boxing renaissance: 'The biggest thing is probably my Wexford accent'

This is USA's most successful Games since Sydney in 2000 and, as we all know, the man who has picked this sleeping giant of a boxing nation up off the canvas is none other than Billy Walsh.

Billy Walsh: ‘For USA Boxing this will be a great boost with four medals.’ Picture: Inpho

Anyone back home stumbling out of bed to see Kellie Harrington guarantee herself an Olympic medal yesterday had already missed the latest chapter in what has been the biggest Irish success story of these Games.

Keyshawn Davis’ split-decision defeat of Russia’s Gabil Mamedov maybe 45 minutes earlier meant that the 22-year-old from Norfolk, Virginia would be standing on another podium later this week and it was the fourth medal banked here by the USA.