EX-BOXER
ROY NASH
A TRUE IRISH CHAMPION
This Months Ex Boxer Profile is on Roy
Nash. Roy was a star attraction in the four
corners of the country throughout the 80's
and 90's and was involved in some of the
greatest fights the National Stadium had
ever seen. An all action fighter who never
shirked from any opponent.
Roy began boxing aged 10 and boxed for only two
clubs, Strathfoyle ABC and The Ring Boxing Club,
Derry. From these two clubs he competed in over
300 amateur fights and represented his country on
52 occasions winning tournaments Nationally and
Worldwide. KO Monthly's Fran Long caught up with
the Derry legend and brought him on a trip down
memory lane.
KO: What support did you receive that enabled
you to achieve all your great amateur boxing
honours:
Roy: My mother and father and great coaches, Dan
Friel, Patsy Harkin, Damien McDermott, Charlie
Nash, Tommy Donnelly and John Daly and the
coaches that travelled on International trips (Austin
Carruth, Mick Dowling) etc.
KO: What where your greatest
Achievements:
Roy: How long have you got!!! 2 Ulster and Irish
Juvenile titles,1 Junior Ulster and Irish Title,
winning the Best Boxer Award in 1983 in Dublin.
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I won 4 National Senior Titles, 8
Ulster Senior Titles,
Commonwealth Games Silver
Medallist, 5 Multi-National Gold
Medals along with 1 Silver and 1
Bronze , winning them at 2 weight
divisions, Bantamweight and
Featherweights and also boxing
Lightweight in an Ulster Senior
Final in 1992. I also beat 2 Cuban
International Boxers in one
weekend in 1986, in The National
Stadium on the Friday night and
The Kelvin Hall (Glasgow) Sunday
night. I have also boxed at the
European Championships in Athens 1987 losing to
Dieter Berg (East German and Euro Champion)
and the World Championships in 1989 losing out to
Istvan Kovacs (Hungarian) who was World Junior
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