Indian boxing: Irish great Bernard Dunne named High Performance Director

New Delhi, Oct 17 (PTI) Irish boxing legend Bernard Dunne, who has produced Olympic and world champions, was on Monday named High Performance Director for Indian boxing.

A renowned name in world of boxing, Dunne will be joining Indian team following a successful five-year stint with Irish Athletic Boxing Association, serving in same position.

42-year-old, who has won WBA World Championship (2009) and European Championship (2007), will take over position which was left vacant after Santiago Nieva's departure.

"India has huge boxing talent and its boxers have been performing exceedingly well," said Dunn.

"It will be a great opportunity for me to work with m and contribute to ir success. I'm very excited to join team and take standards of Indian boxing to a new high altoger," he ded.

Indian boxers have produced brilliant performances in last few years at prestigious events including World Championships, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games.

arrival of Irishman surely comes as a significant step for development of Indian boxing.

"We are delighted to announce Bernard Dunne as high-performance director of Indian team. He was a legendary boxer and has also done exceptionally well while working with Ireland team," Boxing Federation of India President Ajay Singh said.

"As a federation, we are focussed on doing everything that is required for our boxers to bring glory to country. This is a major boost to our aim of winning medals at Paris Olympics." During Dunne's tenure with Ireland team, Kellie Harrington emerged Olympic champion in Tokyo as well as world champion in 2018.

He also guided Amy Brohurst and Lisa O'Rourke to gold medals at last World Championships, and Aidan Walsh to bronze medal at 2020 Olympic Games.

Dunne led Irish high-performance boxing team from 2017 to 2022, and under his leership y performed at highest level, winning European, World and Olympics gold medals.

Dunne, who has 13 national titles to his name, has joined Indian boxing elite programme at Patiala. PTI APA AH AH