#228 Zaur Anita // Building world champion boxers

On episode 228 I am delighted to be joined by boxing coaching legend Zaur Antia, known as 'the mastermind behind Team Ireland’s success in boxing' he served as High Performance Head Coach for Irish boxing for over two decades, helping build Ireland into a global boxing powerhouse. We discuss his approach,  philosophy, building better boxers, pre fight protocol, how he helped build Ireland into a boxing powerhouse, what separates olympic champions from the rest and how Irish weather helped bring home two gold medals!! This is a lesson in building champion boxers and a world class program. Zauri grew up in Georgia and won medals competing as an athlete. He would later coach multiple boxers to Soviet titles. In 2003 he moved to Ireland and joined the newly established High-Performance Unit as a Technical Coach. In 2016 he took over as HP lead. Anita guided Irish boxers to winning 35 qualification places at five Olympic Games: Beijing, London, Rio, Tokyo and Paris, winning 10 Olympic medals. On top of that he helped his athletes with 23 World podium finishes, and 15 medals at European Games and 50 European Elite medals. Follow The Sideline Live Social Media channels and the host Orla here: https://linktr.ee/TheSidelineLiveRecorded using Samson Q2 microphone, Edited using GarageBandIntro music, Watered Eyes by a talented Irish artist, Dillon Ward check him out ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ . If you are looking to set up your own podcast get in touch with the Prymal Productions team ⁠⁠⁠www.prymal.ie⁠⁠⁠