Boxing

Irish boxers are ranked in the Top 20 according to the latest released AIBA world rankings. Katie Taylor, Darren O’Neill, Joe Ward, John Joe Nevin, Paddy Barnes, Ray Moylette, Michael Conlan, Ryan Burnett and Eric Donovan are all in the Top 20 in their respective weight categories. Taylor, who has been ranked number one since […]

Katie Taylor claimed her fifth European lightweight title in a row with a composed victory over Sofya Ochigava at the eighth European Women’s Championships in Rotterdam this evening. The Irish three-time World champion was rarely troubled before being handed a 10-5 decision over the Russian two-time World champion after four two-minute rounds of the 60Kg

Katie Taylor has won her quarter-final at the European Women Boxing Championships following a comprehensive victory over Azerbaijan’s Ayzanat Hajiyeva in Rotterdam today. The Irish lightweight, who was 13-3 up going into the fourth and final round, earned a 17-4 win to claim her third victory in three days at the championships. Taylor will now

Katie Taylor and advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2011 European Women’s Championships after recording a landslide 22-3 win over Italian lightweight Romina Marenda in Rotterdam today. Also through is Ceire Smith who boxes out of the Cavan BC. She produced a stunning fightback , when trailing 8-4 versus 2010 European bronze medalist Csilla Nemedi in the

Ireland’s John Joe Nevin won a bronze medal in the World Boxing Championships, after suffering a semi-final count-back defeat to England’s Luke Campbell. Nevin and Campbell were tied at 12-12 after three rounds in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Irishman started the fight strongly bu Campbell was content to sit behind his long right jab, picking off Nevin on

The outcome of Friday’s welterweight semi-final between Egidijus Kavaliauskas of Lithuania and Sapiyev Serik of Kazakhstan can influence Ireland’s welterweight Roy Sheehan’s chances of Olympic qualification. Kavaliauskas, who beat Fred Evans of Wales on Thursday, beat Sheehan in the last-16 of the competition. However, if he beats Serik in the semi-finals on Friday then Sheehan will

John Joe Nevin has reached the bantamweight semi-finals of the AIBA World Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, however, middleweight Darren O’Neill and flyweight Michael Conlon have bowed out of the competition at the last-eight stage. Nevin, fighting out of Cavan BC, beat Orzubek Shaymov of Uzbekistan to book his spot in the semi-finals. His last-four

Middleweight Darren O’Neill, bantamweight Joe Joe Nevin, and Michael Conlan are through to the quarter-finals of the AIBA World Boxing Championships after victories in the last 16. The wins qualify both boxers for the Olympics in 2012. O’Neill defeated Mladen Manev of Bulgaria in the last 16 to make the last eight. Nevin, the 2009 bantamweight

Joe Ward agonisingly lost out on a place at the London Olympics after losing on a countback to Ehsan Rouzbahani of Iran at the World Championships and Olympic qualifiers in Baku, Azerbaijan this morning.   The current European light-heavyweight champion and Rouzbahani were tied at 15-15 at the end of the three rounds but the Iranian

Irish boxing will be looking for six of the best today as six Irish fighters battle it out for places at the London Olympics at the 2011 AIBA World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan this morning and afternoon. European light-heavyweight champion Joe Ward, the St Michael’s Athy BC pair of Roy Sheehan and David Oliver Joyce,

David Oliver Joyce turned in big second and third rounds to book his place into the last-16 of the AIBA World Championships and Olympic qualifiers in Baku, Azerbaijan today.   The St Michael’s Athy lightweight shared the first frame 5-5 with Mohammad Khaiber of Afghanistan in today’s last-32 clash but pulled away in the second to

Darren O’Neill won a close contest in the last 32 of the middleweight division of the World Boxing Championships in Baku. O’Neill beat Mohammad Hikal (Egypt), who won bronze at the last World Boxing Championships in Milan. O’Neill had a two-point advantage at 4-2 going into the second round, and was 8-7 ahead at the end of round two. In