He has given several interviews about having to check several bodies laid out in a hospital morgue in order to identify that of his brother William, who was killed during the Bloody Sunday massacre.
[2] Nash was a member of his local St. Mary's boxing club, and won the junior championships at provincial level.
Nash fought well at the 1972 Olympics but was knocked out of the competition in a quarterfinal by the eventual winner, Jan Szczpanski of Poland.
It wasn't until 1980 that Nash finally got the chance to fight Watt – this time for the World Boxing Council lightweight title.
This gave Nash a chance to answer his critics after the defeat to Watt earlier that year, but he then lost his next defence to Giuseppe Gibilisco after being knocked out in the 6th round.