Do you remember what Rio was like? An Irish boxer was sent home on a doping offense prior to the start of the Games and charged on his return; Michael Conlan fell victim to the systematic corruption that was later recognized in the judgment process, tore his vest off in the ring and fired a finger at the judge at machine gun rate.
And Katie Taylor? She was beaten in her first fight, with stories of upheavals in her family life, and her father Pete was no longer in her corner. Everything about it was chaotic. After three boxing medals in Beijing and four in London, the pre-Rio expectation was that one of those numbers would be hit. Instead, the boxing team came home empty-handed and was about to