Boxing

Ireland's Paddy Barnes was crowned champion of Europe, completing a record-breaking week for the Irish at the European Boxing Championships in Moscow.

Paddy Barnes and Eric Donovan have become the latest Irish boxers to secure bronze medals at the very least at the European Championships in Moscow.

The Irish squad for the European Senior Championships completed their final sparring session at the Olympic Centre in Kiev in the Ukraine on Monday and have no fitness concerns ahead of the competition in Moscow.

Irish Boxing plan to qualify three boxers for the inaugural World Youth Olympic Games to be held in Singapore from the 14th – 26th August 2010.

John Joe Nevin had to settle for bronze at the World Boxing Championships in Milan on Friday afternoon, losing 5-4 to Russian Eduard Abzalimov in the semi-final of the 54kg division.

The Irish team to take part in next month's World Boxing Championship in Milan has been announced.

Katie Taylor dream of competing at the London Olympics in 2012 may have implications for Beijing bronze medallist Paddy Barnes. As women’s boxing was included in the next Olympic Games in three weight categories yesterday, it was also announced that the men’s boxing schedule will have to be trimmed by one weight division.

Ireland came out on top in an international round-robin tournament at the National Stadium in Dublin.
The Irish team won 19 of their 21 bouts against Finland, GB, Holland, Sweden and Uzbekistan at the weekend to finish top of the table.

The IABA will be hoping to maintain a proud record when the opening bell for the 2009 European Union Championships tolls in Odense, Denmark next Monday evening.

One of Ireland's finest heavyweight boxers, and a 1948 London Olympian, Geariod O Colmain has died in hospital, aged 84.

Ken Egan, Darren Sutherland and John Joe Joyce completed an incredible week for Irish amateur boxing after winning their qualifers in Athens, Greece.