Retirement thoughts in the past for Irish record holder Michaela Walsh

“I was going to walk away from boxing [but] I think I’ve found a way to enjoy it,” she said at the weekend.

CHAMPION: Michaela Walsh celebrates her win. Pic: ©INPHO/Dan Clohessy.

Michaela Walsh is aiming to end a two-year wait for international success after claiming a record 14th Irish Elite title having come close to hanging up the gloves before the Paris Olympics.

Now 32, Walsh has claimed eight major medals for Ireland on the international stage and represented her country at the Tokyo and Paris Games, but she found herself struggling prior to that appearance in the French capital.