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‘Heart-broken’ Amy Broadhurst on brink of switch to Great Britain to achieve Olympic boxing dream

Dundalk fighter said: “I have spilt blood, sweat and tears over 22 years in the boxing ring in pursuit of that childhood goal”

Amy Broadhurst. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Sean McGoldrick

Amy Broadhurst is on the brink of switching her boxing allegiance to the United Kingdom in a bid to fulfil her childhood dream of competing at the Olympics.

The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) confirmed the Irish Independent’s story that the 27-year-old Dundalk fighter has indicated “she intends to seek a change of nationality in a bid to qualify for the Paris Olympic Games”.