Irish Amateur Boxing Association

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association (Irish: "Cumann Dornálaíochta Amaitéaraí na hÉireann") is the governing body of amateur boxing in Ireland. It was founded in 1911 following a meeting in Dublin.

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The IABA organises amateur boxing on an All Ireland basis in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, with each of the four provinces having their own council and additional councils for County Dublin and County Antrim.cite web | author= | title="Profile of the Irish Amateur Boxing Association" | work=IABA| url=http://www.iaba.ie/boxing/Main/IABA-profile.htm| accessdate=6 November | accessyear=2007] cite web | author= | title="IABA Affiliated Clubs" | work=IABA| url=http://www.iaba.ie/boxing/Main/Clubs.htm| accessdate=6 November | accessyear=2007]

National Stadium

In 1937, the IABA proposed to construct a stadium solely for the purposes of boxing. The National Boxing Stadium was the first purpose built boxing stadium in the world and was opened by Frank Aiken in 1939.cite web | author= | title="Over ninety years of Irish Amateur Boxing" | work=IABA| url=http://www.iaba.ie/boxing/Main/IABA-history.htm| accessdate=6 November | accessyear=2007]

The stadium is still owned by the association and has been used by the IABA for over 60 years as the venue of their national and international contests. [cite web | author= | title="Facilities at The National Stadium" | work=National Stadium |url=http://www.nationalstadium.ie/nationalstadium/Main/Facilities.htm| accessdate=13 July | accessyear=2007]

Olympic performance

Irish boxers have won twelve medals at the Olympic Games [cite web | title="Olympic Medal Winners" |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp | publisher=International Olympic Committee |accessdate=6 November | accessyear=2007] . Ireland has won more medals in boxing than in any other Olympic sport. Michael Carruth won Ireland's only gold medal in boxing in the welterweight class at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

ee also

*Boxing Union of Ireland
*Ireland at the Olympics

External links

* [http://www.iaba.ie/boxing/Main/Home.htm Official site]

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