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# king kurt

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European kingpin Walker moves to within a fight of a World Championship medal for Ireland

Mongolia’s third seed Tsendbaater Erdenebat, the reigning Asian Games and Asian Championships gold medallist, awaits in the last eight.

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Sep 17th 2019, 6:45 PM

Walker beats British rival and top seed to join Harrington and Walsh in European Games finals

The world champion will face the scourge of Irish boxing, and one of her inspirations, Mira Potkonen in the decider.

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Jun 28th 2019, 8:10 PM

'Mick Conlan and I were talking about tactics the whole week — he’d text me every day'

Kurt Walker has gotten the monkey off his back, and like his friend Michael Conlan, he intends to be the man to beat at Tokyo 2020.

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Dec 24th 2018, 6:00 PM