Local boxers stole the show at the Belfast Sports Awards celebrations in City Hall on Friday evening.
Former two-weight World Champion boxer, Carl Frampton, Olympic and Commonwealth Games medallist, Paddy Barnes, and former Olympic boxing Coach, Michael Hawkins were inducted into Belfast City Council ’s Sporting Hall of Fame joining an illustrious list of local sports heroes, which includes Dame Mary Peters, Hugh Russell, and Sammy McIlroy.
The boxing success continued, as boxing siblings Aidan and Michaela Walsh were announced as Senior Male and Senior Female Sports Personality of the Year following their gold medal successes at last year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
