Legendary Belfast boxer Jim McCourt has passed away at the age of 79.
McCourt won an Olympic boxing bronze medal in 1964 for Ireland - the only medal the team won in any sport at the Tokyo Olympics.
"He was still looking great until yesterday. He had been ill but he rallied so many times. He just went really, really quickly in the end," the boxer's daughter Cathy told BBC. McCourt was flag bearer at the Mexico Olympics for Ireland and was inducted into the Irish Amateur Boxing Association hall of fame in 2011.
“Jim McCourt was actually a very good friend of my granda Niall, he was in my granda’s house all the time,” said Walsh.
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