IT’S always sad when an EBA closes down – but great when one re-forms, as happened to the Northern Ireland Ex-Boxers’ Association last year. Regular correspondent Denis O’Hara quotes Committee member Seanie McCafferty as saying the Association – based in Belfast’s National Club – has, so far, a paid-up membership of “15 and growing.”
Latest to register are Jim McAuley, former Northern Ireland featherweight champion, Maurice Quinn and ex-Ulster amateur light-heavyweight and heavyweight champion John Matthews. The Association also plans to set up a library-styled museum featuring an assortment of books and magazines dealing with the history of Irish boxing. The idea was due to be discussed during the Association’s monthly meeting last Sunday.