Irish Olympic bronze medallist and former British bantamweight and flyweight champion boxer Hugh Russell has died, aged 63.
Russell won bronze for Northern Ireland at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada and two years later took bronze for Ireland at the Moscow Olympics.
I've just heard the sad news that Hugh Russell passed away. As a BBBoC member and an ex boxer, he always had the fighters' best interest at heart. One of the nicest men you could meet. RIP Hughie pic.twitter.com/WN6QEthTRl Russell turned professional after Moscow and competed from 1981 to 1985. He retired as undefeated British flyweight champion.
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