Irish boxing legend Bernard Dunne, who has produced Olympic and global champions, was once on Monday named the Prime Efficiency Director for Indian boxing.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Oct 17, 2022 15:22 IST
Bernard Dunne showed as India’s new high-performance director (BFI Picture)
Via India Nowadays Internet Table: Irish boxing nice Bernard Dunne has been named the high-performance director (HPD) for Indian boxing. A famend title on the earth of boxing, Dunne shall be becoming a member of the Indian staff following a a success five-year stint with the Irish Athletic Boxing Affiliation, serving in the similar place.
The 42-year-old, who has received the WBA International Championship (2009) and the Eu Championship (2007), will take over the location which was once left vacant after Santiago Nieva’s departure.
“India has massive boxing skill and its boxers were acting exceedingly neatly,” mentioned Dunn.
“It’s going to be a superb opportunity for me to paintings with them and give a contribution to their good fortune. I am very excited to sign up for the staff and take the criteria of Indian boxing to a brand new excessive altogether,” he added.
Indian boxers have produced sensible performances in the previous couple of years at prestigious occasions together with the International Championships, the Commonwealth Video games and the Asian Video games.
The coming of the Irishman undoubtedly got here as a vital step within the building of Indian boxing.
“We’re thrilled to announce Bernard Dunne because the high-performance director of the Indian staff. He was once a mythical boxer and has additionally carried out exceptionally neatly whilst operating with the Eire staff,” Boxing Federation of India President Ajay Singh mentioned.
“As a federation, we’re focussed on doing the entirety this is required for our boxers to convey glory to the rustic. This can be a primary spice up to our goal of successful medals on the Paris Olympics.”
All the way through Dunne’s tenure with the Eire staff, Kellie Harrington emerged the Olympic champion in Tokyo in addition to the arena champion in 2018.
He additionally guided Amy Broadhurst and Lisa O’Rourke to gold medals on the closing International Championships and Aidan Walsh to a bronze medal on the 2020 Olympic Video games.
Dunne led the Irish high-performance boxing staff from 2017 to 2022, and underneath his management they carried out on the absolute best degree, successful Eu, International and Olympics gold medals.
Dunne, who has 13 nationwide titles to his title, has joined the Indian boxing elite programme at Patiala.
