Grainne Walsh had enough of disappointments and setbacks, so was never going to miss her chance to become an Irish Champion again. The Spartan’s fighter rebounded from years of injury woes to win one of the toughest weight divisions in this year’s National Elite Championships last Saturday. It got to the stage where she was told she was one punch away from having to hang up her gloves. “We had an amazing surgeon up in Belfast, but after so many injuries he did tell me I was one punch away from retirement. It puts us in a great place, and it’s going to take something big to take that spot away from me after everything I’ve been through,” said Walsh.
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