Boxing

Roy Sheehan made it two wins out of two for Ireland at the AIBA World Championships and Olympic qualifiers in Baku. The St Michael’s Athy welterweight came from being 4-3 down at the end of the first to register a 15-10 decision over Carl Hield of the Bahamas. He produced an excellent second round performance to move ahead 11-8 […]

Ireland’s campaign at the 2011 AIBA World Championships and Olympic qualifiers got off to a flying start in Azerbaijan this afternoon.   Michael Conlon , the St John Bosco BC flyweight beat 2011 European bronze medallist Alexandr Riscan of Moldova 25-12 in a last-64 bout in Baku. The 19-year-old, who was 17-8 up going into

Kenny Egan has drawn tough opposition for his heavyweight debut at the world championships in Baku. Egan has been seeded six from yesterday’s draw and gets a bye into the second and where he will meet the winner of the first round bout between Lubos Velecky (Czech Republic) and Jose Larduet (Cuba) next Monday. Larduet, a former

Irish boxing coach Zaur Antia met up with Pat Hickey and Stephen Martin before the upcoming AIBA World Championships and Olympic qualifiers in Azerbaijan. Antia develped a great friendship with the OCI in Beijing. Pat Hickey wished Zaur and the Irish Team every success at the forthcoming AIBA Worlds, and in their quest to qualify for London 2012.

Top male amateur boxers will no longer be required to wear headguards after the launch of AIBA’s Professional Boxing (APB) programme in 2013. The world amateur boxing President Dr Ching Kuo Wu yesterday announced at a meeting in Kazakhstan they will be setting up APB pro-boxing divisions at world, European and national levels. Wu yesterday

Billy Walsh talks to Irish Examiner writer Keiran Shannon about the challenges of performing in London following the outstanding success of his boxers in Beijing .

Minister Ring's boost to Olympic sport of Boxing

Moylette and Ward crowned European Champions

Silver guaranteed for both Irish Boxers

Ward and Moylette aim for finals

European Championship update

Ireland boxers continue to perform well in Europe