“If you stay in your own little backyard, you don’t expand, you don’t get much better”
In this episode of Sports Matters, world-renowned boxing coach Billy Walsh tells Ian Kehoe what it really takes to build a champion. Known for reshaping Ireland’s amateur boxing programme and now leading Team USA, Walsh speaks candidly about the demands of high performance, the cost of excellence, and why honesty is non-negotiable in the ring and in life. Speaking from home after a stop in Kazakhstan and ahead of another return to Colorado Springs, Walsh is candid about everything: the highs and lows of elite sport, the painful necessity of cutting talented athletes, and the brutal clarity the boxing ring delivers.
But underpinning it all is his belief in honesty, discipline and culture – and a relentless desire to learn. Sports Matters is sponsored by the law firm Whitney Moore.
