Ireland at The 1924 Summer Olympics - Boxing

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Seven boxers represented Ireland at the 1924 Games. It was the nation's debut in the sport as well as the Olympics as an independent nation. Dwyer was the most successful Irish boxer, taking fourth place. His three bouts won were three times as many as the rest of the team combined, with Murphy getting the only other win.

Boxer Weight class Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / Bronze match
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Mossy Doyle Featherweight Fields (USA)
L		 Did not advance 17
Patrick Dwyer Welterweight Basham (GBR)
W		 Cornelissen (NED)
W		 Stauffer (SUI)
W		 Méndez (ARG)
L		 Lewis (CAN)
L		 4
Robert Hilliard Bantamweight Bye Pertuzzo (ARG)
L		 Did not advance 9
James Kelleher Lightweight Rothwell (USA)
L		 Did not advance 17
John Kidley Light heavyweight Bye Sørsdal (NOR)
L		 Did not advance 9
Myles McDonagh Flyweight Bye Biete (ESP)
L		 Did not advance 9
William Murphy Middleweight Bye Nowak (POL)
W		 Black (CAN)
L		 Did not advance 5
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
Argentina 0 2 .000
Canada 0 2 .000
Great Britain 1 0 1.000
Netherlands 1 0 1.000
Norway 0 1 .000
Poland 1 0 1.000
Spain 0 1 .000
Switzerland 1 0 1.000
United States 0 2 .000
Total 4 8 .333
Round Wins Losses Percent
Round of 32 1 2 .333
Round of 16 2 3 .400
Quarterfinals 1 1 .500
Semifinals 0 1 .000
Final 0 0 –
Bronze match 0 1 .000
Total 4 8 .333

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