Comment: Loss of Billy Walsh has led to implosion of Irish boxing2016-08-15 · Irish Times
The defeat of Katie Taylor in her first fight in Rio brings boxing in a full circle. A week beginning with scandal has ended in disappointment as Paddy Barnes and Joe Ward failed to live up to expectations, Michael O'Reilly was sent home and is…
Fresh blow for Irish boxing as Zaur Antia considering move to Canada2016-08-12 · Irish Independent
After an intensely stressful week for the Irish boxers in Rio, he is said to be considering his options, with spirits in the camp remaining fragile after shock defeats for Paddy Barnes and Joe Ward preceded by the failed drug test of Michael O'Reilly…
Ward and Reilly both claim gold medals2009-05-06 · RTE Online
Irish duo Joe Ward and Michael Reilly both claimed gold medals at the 10-nation Heydar Aliyev Cup in Baku, Azerbaijain. Irish captain Ward, from the Moate club in West Meath, beat Georgian light middleweight Sekhnias Nikoloz 4-0 and Reilly, of the…