USA coach Billy Walsh, left, and Ireland coach Zaur Antia at the Paris 2024 Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament at E-Work Arena in Italy. Photo: Ben McShane/Sportsfile
Former Ireland boxing supremo Zaur Antia is to reunite with Billy Walsh in a coaching capacity as they bid to ignite USA’s Olympic boxing programme for the LA Games.
Antia, 62, finished up as the IABA’s head of coaching in November after spending over 20 years producing 10 Irish Olympic medallists and multiple world champions.