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‘Boxing in Donegal: A history’
Written by DonegalLive reporter Chris McNulty, ‘Boxing in Donegal: A history’ explores the foundations of the sport in Donegal and deals with its growth and development in the decades prior to 1950, when an organised structure was put in place.
The County Donegal Boxing Board, under the Presidency of Dr JP McGinley, was founded on September 18, 1950, at a meeting in St Conal’s Hospital, Letterkenny, and the first recorded tournament under the new Board’s auspices was 70 years ago, in March 1951.
‘Boxing in Donegal: A history’ was written in conjunction with the County Donegal Boxing Board and endorsed by the IABA and the Ulster Boxing Council, charting over 100 years of boxing history.
The foreword comes from former WBO middleweight champion and Irish boxing legend Andy Lee, while the book also contains a persona piece by Donegal TD Joe McHugh, who boxed for Carrigart Boxing Club.
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