Going into the Olympics, following the achievements of four years ago, expectations were high for the Irish boxing team.
At the top end, Ireland were hoping for five medals - two of those being gold for Katie Taylor and Michael Conlan.
11 days into Rio and Michael Conlan is now our only hope of a medal in the ring.
Billy Walsh's departure from Irish boxing last year has regularly been cited throughout these Games as a major contributing factor to the underperformance of our fighters.
Walsh left Ireland for the US where he initially took charge of the women's boxing team but was soon moved on to coach the US men's team.
Already at the Olympics, under Walsh, the US have won their first medal in the ring for eight years. That was Nico Hernandez who won bronze at light flyweight - the same category as Paddy Barnes.
In an interview with The Irish News, Walsh has spoken about his departure being blamed for Ireland's boxing disappointments in Rio.
The Wexford man rubbished the idea that it was simply down to him leaving.
It’s terrible – very unfair on the team and the coaching staff, because I know how much effort they have put in. My name shouldn’t be associated with it at all, I’ve been out of there for nine months now.
People have got to realise that the guys in there, the work they do is fantastic. I was just the link with those guys, I know exactly what they can do and how they operate - it’s a very similar system to what we were running.
It’s very unfair – I’m disgusted actually when my name is mentioned. It’s the easy option. If I was there would it have been any better? I don’t know. What would people have been saying if it happened and I was there? They’d be saying get rid of him.
That really is Walsh being too modest. Ireland's loss has undoubtedly been America's gain.
In a Sports Illustrated article at the weekend, Walsh's involvement with the US boxers was named as being key in the turnaround of their fortunes.
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