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Wednesday, 26th October, 2022. Vol. 15, Issue 43 • 63 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth
Clean sweep for brilliant Broadhurst
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By Paul Byrne Muirhevnamór southpaw boxer Amy Broadhurst has always been a special talent as her heaving trophy and medal cabinet can attest to but in 2022 the 25-year old has shown the world that she is one of the very best boxers on the planet by claiming three gold medals in three major tournaments and doing so with relative ease. It’s been a year to savour for the Glenmore Park girl who was invited to the US earlier this year by her childhood hero Katie Taylor to help the Bray boxer prepare for what was a succesful World title bout against Amanda Serrano in Madison Square Garden. Last Saturday evening Amy dominated her light welterweight (63kgs) European final against Ukraine’s Mariia Bova as she sealed gold with an utterly dominant performance to add European gold to the World and Commonwealth Amy with her Gold medal and tro- The 25-year-old picked up gold at Turkish Delight for Broadhurst gold medals she had won earlier this phy for ‘Boxer of the Tournament the Commonwealth Games in Bir- last May when she was crowned World Champion in Istanbul. year. Continued on Page 2 ‘at the European Championships. mingham last August.