Irish Athletic Boxing Association

[citation needed] In October 2024, an EGM of the association voted to disaffiliate form the International Boxing Association, on foot of a call from the International Olympic Committee to National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to cease their relationships with bodies affiliated with the IBA.

Although Antrim and Dublin are not among the four traditional provinces of Ireland, separate councils were set up due to large volumes of boxing clubs in these two areas.

Mary Agnes gained prior experience in fundraising events in San Francisco when she worked with Monsignor John Rogers.

WRE Murphy was recognized by Ulick O'Connor as the father of Irish boxing and earned 3 lifetime seats at the stadium.

[3][4] Michael Carruth, Katie Taylor, and Kellie Harrington are the only Irish boxers to win a gold medal in the sport.

An International Olympic Committee official said that the decibels hit 113.7 – the highest crowd levels recorded at London 2012 so far.

[citation needed] In 2017 Sport Ireland published a review, the ‘Rio Review’, which said the boxing team's performance at the 2016 Games was not ‘a blip in an otherwise outstanding success story’ but the result of ‘underlying failings in the high performance programme.’ The 212-page review on Ireland's Olympic and Paralympic campaigns also said blaming the departure of head coach Billy Walsh, questionable judging decisions and a positive drugs test only masked ‘the real root causes.’ The Irish Athletic Boxing Association's (IABA) high performance funding for 2017 was cut by €200,000.

Christle, in turn, claimed that the vote taken at that meeting was invalid, as there were insufficient members present to form a quorum.

Joe Christle was recognised by Sport Ireland, while five members of the board of directors approved David O’Brien as an alternative chairman, leading to deep divisions within the body.

[13][full citation needed] One day later the IABA board of directors (a majority of whom supported Christle's position as chairman) published a statement replying to Pat Ryan's letter, which had been leaked.

The board's statement also reiterated their intention to introduce a new IABA Rule Book as demanded by Sport Ireland.