Dean Walsh


Dean Walsh is an Irish amateur boxer. His achievements include three Irish Elite titles and a bronze medal at the 2015 European Championships in Bulgaria.

Amateur career

Walsh boxed for St. Ibar's Boxing Club, Wexford where he was trained by his uncle Billy Walsh. Walsh started boxing in 2001 before participating in the 2010 European Junior Championships in Ukraine, where he finished sixth. In 2011, he won the silver medal at the Irish Youth Championships, and a gold medal at the Irish Intermediate Championships 2012, the Irish U-22 Championships 2013.
At the Feliks Stamm Tournament 2014 he won a bronze medal after beating in the semi-finals Vitali Dunaizew was eliminated.
He debuted in the Irish elite championship in the Light welterweight division. His first Irish Elite title came in 2015 at Light Welterweight beating Jason Conroy, Ciaran Bates and Rohan Date with a points victory over Michael Nevin in the final. Walsh would go on to win three Irish Elite titles including winning the award for Best Irish Boxer.
In 2015, he competed at the European Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria, beating Florentin Niculescu from Romania in the 'Round of 32' and Hungary's Georgian Mihai Nyeki in the Quarter Final but lost in the semi finals on points against Vitaly Dunaytsev of Russia.