Congratulations to Steven Donnelly who secured a place in the 69kg category at the 31st Olympiad, Rio 2016. Donnelly now joins his fellow Ulster boxers, Michael Conlan and Paddy Barnes together with Joe Ward as confirmed boxers in the Rio Games. Pat Hickey OCI President said “We are absolutely delighted for Steven. We received confirmation that […]
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Congratulations to Michael Conlan on his superb victory against Murodjon Akhmadaliev, Uzbekistan (50Kg Bantam weight). All 3 Judges scored in favour of the Irish Captain. Well done to Team Ireland on a tremendous Championships. Best of luck to Joe Ward who will also be going for gold this evening.
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Joe Ward admitted that it was a dream come true after he qualified for Thursday’s AIBA World Elite final and the Rio 2016 Olympics last night. The Irish southpaw upgraded his bronze medal to at least silver after beating Uzbekistan’s Ishod Rasulov in the 81kg semi-final at the World Elites in Doha, Qatar. The top
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Irish skipper Michael Conlan through to World final, but Michael O’Reilly loses on a split decision in AIBA World semi-finals. Michael O’Reilly had to settle for bronze at the AIBA World Elite Championships in Doha, Qatar tonight after being edged out by Bektemir Melikuieve of Uzbekistan on a split decision in a high-quality middleweight semi-final.
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Ireland experienced a second day of contrasting fortunes at the AIBA World Elite Championships and Olympic qualifiers in Doha, Qatar this afternoon. Sean McComb advanced, but London 2012 Olympian Adam Nolan bowed out at the last 32 stage despite a massive performance against a current European Elite champion. McComb beat Lindolfo Garcia-Delgado to progress to
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Congratulations again to Ireland’s Michael Conlan and Joe Ward who won gold medals at the Elite European Boxing Championships in Bulgaria at the weekend on unanimous decisions. Conlan upgraded his silver medal from Minsk in 2013 to gold in Samokov on Saturday as he claimed victory over Britain’s Ashfaq. Conlan scored heavily towards the end
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Michael Conlan and Dean Walsh have advanced to the quarter-finals of the European Elite Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria. Conlan, in his first fight at this level since the 2013 European Elite final, beat France’s Anthony Brett 30-27, helped by switching from orthodox to southpaw for the entire contest. Walsh progressed to the last eight on a unanimous decision
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Joe Ward is through to the last 16 of the European Elite Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria, but Dean Gardiner is out of the tournament. Ward, the 2011 European Elite champion, outclassed Russia’s Idris Shakhmonov on a unanimous decision (30-25,30-27,30-26), with one judge giving Ireland’s AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) fighter two 10-8 rounds. The Irish southpaw will
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Sean McComb won a bronze medal in Baku after losing his lightweight semi-final to Azerbaijan’s Albert Selimov. The impressive and vastly experienced number one seed Selimov won on a unanimous decision over the Belfast 22-year-old. McComb hopes took a blow in the second round with a bad cut on his right temple from a clash of
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Olympic champion and five-time world champion Katie Taylor beat Azerbaijan’s Yana Alekseevna on a split decision to reach the women’s lightweight final. It was a close-fought battle Taylor was pushed to the limit by Alekseevna who was roared on by the partisan home crowd. The three judges all scored the bout 38-38 but two of
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Congratulations to Brendan Irvine who produced another big performance at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan , but fell just short in the 49kg final to Russian southpaw Bator Sagaluev. The ex World Series of Boxing fighter was handed a split decision over the Irishman after three, three minute rounds at the Crystal Hall. The experienced Sagaluev,
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Team Ireland’s Brendan Irvine has beaten Ukraine’s Dmytro Zamotayev to book a spot against Russia’s Bator Sagaluev in the Baku 2015 light flyweight final. Belfast’s Irvine lost the opening round against Zamotayev, but fought back to secure the win and a place in Thursday’s final on a unanimous 3-0 decision. The first round went the way of the Ukraine fighter but
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