Ireland’s Mick Dowling and Cuba’s Orlando Martinez met in a “rematch” last year in Havana, Cuba.
The two-time Irish Olympian, an eight-time Irish Elite champion, and Martinez sparred in the Cuban capital 43 years after Martinez edged the Irish bantam on a split decision following a fiery encounter en route to gold at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.
According to a Sunday Times report, Dowling, after greeting his former opponent with a hug, asked the Olympic champion: “Where’s my medal, you little, etc, etc…”