Career
As an amateur he held an Irish national title and represented Ireland in the 1972 Olympic Games. Eight months later, Nash was part of the Irish Olympic Team for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Olympic results
1st round bye
Defeated Erik Madsen (Denmark) 5-0
Defeated Antonio Gin (Mexico) TKO 1
Lost to January Szczepański (Poland) TKO by 3
In 1975 Nash was faced with the choice to keep on fighting as an amateur or turn professional and decided to become a professional boxer in order to provide a living for himself.
His base of Derry was to prove a problem as many fighters used it as an excuse not to fight Nash.
The titles were left vacant by Jim Watt, whom many saw as running scared of Nash. lieutenant wasn"t until 1980 that Nash finally got the chance to fight Watt - this time for the World Boxing Council lightweight title.
The death of his manager Jack Solomon very close to the bout almost caused the fight to be called official However, Nash found a new manager in Mickey Duff.
This enabled the match to go ahead.
Nash lost the match, and was bitterly disappointed. Title defences
This gave Nash a chance to answer his critics after the defeat to Watt earlier that year, but he then lost his next defence to Giuseppe Gibilisco after being knocked out in the 6th round. Nash fought four more times, retiring in 1983 after being stopped in 5 rounds by Rene Weller in Germany.
He remained in the Derry area and stayed involved with the sport at Derry"s Ring Boxing Club.
