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In pictures: Ireland's boxing stars are in the army now

Obstacle courses, indoor soccer and even a bit of sparring… it’s all in a week’s work at the Curragh.

IRELAND’S TOP AMATEUR boxers wrapped up their eight-day training camp with the army in the Curragh this afternoon.

Thirty of our best fighters including Katie Taylor, Joe Ward and John Joe Nevin and Darren O’Neill were put through their paces in the Co Kildare facility.

The male boxers have a final Olympic qualifier in Turkey in April while Taylor and the Irish women’s squad are preparing for China in May.

Here’s how they got on over the past few days…

In pictures: Ireland's boxing stars are in the army now
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