Born in Derry in 1951, Charlie Nash grew up in the Creggan area of the town. He was a member of St. Mary's club in the local area, and won many junior champhionships at the regional level. After winning the senior title in Ulster in 1969 Charlie went on to win the Irish Senior Title in 1970. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Creggan is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ... Statistics Area: 24,481 km² Population (2006 estimate) 1,993,918 Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh, IPA: ) forms one of the four traditional provinces of Ireland. ...

This marked the beginning of his international career where he represented the Republic of Ireland. In 1972 Nash was part of the Irish Olympic Team and attended the 1972 Summer Olympics inMunich. He competed well there but was knocked out of the competition by the eventual winner. Over the next few years in his amateur career Nash performed well, and won him great respect. However, faced with the choice to keep on fighting as an amateur, and not be paid or go professional and in 1975 Nash decided to try the professional route. His base of Derry was to prove a problem as many fighters used it as an excuse not to fight Nash. The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

Nash won the British and then European lightweight titles by fights arranged in the wake of abandoned vacant titles. The titles were left vacant by Jim Watt, whom many saw as running scared of Nash. It wasn't until 1980 that Nash finally got the chance to fight Watt - this time for the World Boxing Champhionship lightweight title. The death of his manager Jack Solomon very close to the bout almost caused the fight to be called off. However, Nash found a new manager in Mickey Duff. This enable the match to go ahead. Unfortunately Nash lost the match, and was bitterly disappointed.

Later that year he successfully defended his European Title against Francesco Leon. This gave Nash a chance to answer his critics after the defeat to Watt earlier that year. Unfortunately Nash lost his next defense to Joey Gibilisco after being knocked out.

Nash retired in 1983 and remained in the Derry and involved with the sport. He can still be found at Derry's Ring Boxing Club.

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