Second Out: Stories of Irish Boxing - Connacht Profile, Gus Farrell

Gus Farrell has been selected by the Connacht Provincial Council as a person who has made a singular contribution to boxing in Ireland. Gus was born in Wexford, and is the county’s first ever National Elite Champion. He has two Elite titles under his belt (bantamweight and feather), and is a multi-Elite silver medalist. He has boxed for Ireland and as part of the Irish National Senior Team which toured the US in 1977. During that time, he visited Deer Park to watch Mohammed Ali prep for his bout with Leon Spinks and had a now historic interaction with The Greatest. In the early 1980s, Gus moved to Galway and founded Monivea Boxing Club, which has gone on to produce multiple provincial and national champions, and international boxers. Gus’ coaching career is impressive. He was a High Performance coach before the formalization/professionalistion of HP coaching in the early 2000. He became an Olympic coach as part of the backroom team for the Atlanta 1996 Games. Gus is a qualified IABA Coach Developer, which means he can deliver training to qualify people to coach boxing. He is also a member of the IABA Coach Education Committee, responsible for design and delivery of coach qualification courses. In 2023, he was elected a member of Connacht Provincial Council. After filming of this piece concluded, Gus won election as Interim President of Connacht. This profile includes contribution from members of Gus' family and the wider Galway community. This short film is part of a series on Irish Boxing – Seconds Out: Stories of Irish Boxing, commissioned by IABA and produced by Lowki Culture and supported by Sport Ireland #Boxing #Boxer #IABA #Boxingireland #irishboxing #volunteer #Volunteering #bout #olympicsport #olympicboxing #boxingjourney #boxingnews #boxingcoach #coaching #coach #community