Characters and ability to take on the world has come to define the sport in Ireland
It’s the kind of personal reaction people can understand. Boxers are their own people and personalities and they are trusted to express themselves as they see fit. Think Michael Conlan at the Rio Olympics: his dad, John, by his side, his heart ripped out by judges since implicated in corruption and Michael giving them and the International Olympic Committee both profane barrels straight to camera. No other sport.In boxing, there is no real media training.
Dean Clancy emerged after winning his quarterfinal and booking a ticket to Paris and spoke about how his grandfather had died a few days previously and was buried on the day he fulfilled a lifetime ambition. “I’m only 21,” he yelled between grief and elation, barely believing that he was going to the Olympic Games.
Broadhurst lost her quarterfinal fight in Poland. She’s not in the Olympics. She had to move up to the 66kg weight division because her world championship weight is not an Olympic category and her more natural 60kg lightweight is where Harrington resides. Broadhurst didn’t turn up for media. No issue. She posted her thoughts online.“Heartbroken isn’t the word,” she said. “I always thought my destiny was the Olympic Games. I believed I was born for boxing.
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