The Sligo boxer was beaten by an agonisingly tight split decision by Jordan’s Obada Alkasbeh.
Gavin Cooney reports from Paris North Arena PERHAPS THE MOST terrifying part of life as an Olympian is how suddenly it can end.
But Dean Clancy’s Paris Olympics are now a thing to be discussed in the past tense, passing into personal history during nine messily ferocious minutes against Jordan’s Obada Alkasbeh at Paris’ North Arena. And while Clancy won the final round – admittedly helped by his opponent’s docked point – he was eliminated on a painfully split decision. Clancy led 29-28 on two of the judges’ scorecards, and trailed 29-27 on another. Two judges had the fight at 28-28 apiece, and so were asked to nominate their winner. Both went with Alkasbeh, condemning Clancy to a first-hurdle exit.
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