'Exciting times' -- Kellie Harrington teases boxing comeback
The double Olympian hung up her gloves in August 2024 after defending her 60kg Olympic title in Paris.
While the now 35-year-old has previously been vocally against not turning to the professional ranks, perhaps she's had a change of heart. Kellie Harrington has teased a potential boxing comeback as she revealed she was flying to the UK to meet with professional boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn. Pic: INPHO/James Crombie
On Tuesday morning, Kellie took to Instagram and shared a picture alongside two boxing coaches from the IABA [Irish Athletic Boxing Association].
Kellie was all smiles as she posed in front of the departure gates at Dublin Airport ahead of the 7am flight to Liverpool.
The Portland Row native was alongside Monkstown BC's [boxing club] James Doyle and Lynne McEnery of St Paul's BC, Waterford. Kellie kept tight-lipped on the reasoning for the trio's trip to Liverpool, tagging British promoter Eddie Hearn in the snap, which also saw her adding a boxing glove emoji as well as an piece of paper emoji. Pic: Kellie Harrington/Instagram
Kellie kept tight-lipped on the reasoning for the trio's trip to Liverpool, tagging British promoter Eddie Hearn in the snap, which also saw her adding a boxing glove emoji as well as a piece of paper emoji.
Lynne re-shared the picture to her own Instagram, adding: 'Exciting times.'
Eddie is one of the biggest boxing promoters at the minute and is the chairman of Matchroom Sport.
The 46-year-old has promoted a range of huge boxing names including Gennady Golovkin, Canelo Álvarez, Anthony Joshua and Bray native, Katie Taylor.
Before Christmas, Kellie admitted that she needed a 'little bit of time to breathe and decompress' but wasn't ruling out a return to boxing in some capacity.
Speaking to RTÉ at the time, she said: 'There is a lot more to life than sport. I'm slowly getting to realise that again.
'After ten years of boxing, I need to find who I am without it and see if I like that. If I don't, then I can get back coaching or boxing.'
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