Jack Marley - Heavy Hitting
Ireland’s newest heavyweight star Jack Marley is going to the Olympics. The Monkstown BC fighter qualified at the European Games in Poland, where he won silver. In doing so, he became the first Irish heavyweight or super-heavyweight to win a major medal (World, European or Olympics) since Gearoid O Colman way back in 1947, O Colmain winning the European Championships in Dublin. Here, The Rocky Road catches up with Marley to hear how he got started in the sport, why he persevered when Irish titles dried up in his teenage years, when it all clicked and what he’s expecting to do at Paris 2024…
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