Zaur Antia, head coach of the Irish Athletic Boxing Association‘s high performance unit, has announced his retirement after 10 years in the role.
The 63-year-old Georgian has been a crucial figure in Irish boxing for more than two decades.
His final campaign as head coach was the 2025 World boxing Championships, where Team Ireland secured a gold medal courtesy of Aoife O’Rourke and bronze medals for Grainne Walsh and Patsy Joyce.
Antia left his native country in 2003 to join the newly-established high performance unit as a technical coach, rising to his current position in 2