Twelve boxers, five medals, two champions, and one very happy Zaur Antia

Antia’s coaching genius, his technical and tactical expertise, has been pivotal to the rise in standards since he arrived in Ireland 20 years ago.

ALL SMILES: Gold medallist Kellie Harrington, centre, alongside bronze medallist Dean Clancy, second from left, and silver medallist Jack Marley with coaches, from left, Noel Burke, Zaur Antia, Damien Kennedy and Eoin Pluck. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Twelve boxers, five medals, two champions, and one very happy head coach.

Zaur Antia isn’t one to go around trumpeting the Irish boxing team’s results at last week’s European Games, but with a year until the Paris Olympics, there was no disguising his ebullient mood at the Nowy Targ Arena in Poland over the weekend.