After 5 days of boxing and over 110 bouts, the 28 U18 champions have been crowned in a high-octane day of finals at the National Stadium, Dublin.
- 44kg Emily Midwinter (Rosslare) W/O
- 44kg Jaidan Buckley (St Teresa’s) W/O
- 46kg Sophie Curley Grey (Dealgan) beat Ella Thompson (Setanta), 5-0
- 46kg Tiarnan Cunningham (Dealgan) beat Rico McInerney (Portlaoise), 4-1
- 48kg Tiffany Spencer (Jobstown) beat Nicole Ahern (Golden Gloves M), 5-0
- 48kg Scott Thompson (Spartans U) beat Antonio Bozkaya (East Meath) 3/2
- 50kg Carlagh Peake (Ballyhaunis) beat Jamie O’Rourke (St Mary’s NR) 3/2
- 51kg Jamie Collins (Drimnagh) beat Daniel Philips (Ratoath) 3/2
- 52kg Grace Conway (Tredagh) beat Siofra O’Halloran (Ballynacargy), 5-0
- 54kg Nicole Kinsella (St Marys NR) beat Niamh Keogh (Olympic L), 5-0
- 54kg John Connors (Common Quay) V Kai Griffin (Avona) w/o
- 57kg Aliyah Flood (Monkstown D) beat Breanna Johnston (Tredagh)
- 57kg Martin McDonagh (Avona) beat John Harty (Portlaoise), 5-0
- 60kg Siofra Kenny (Curadh) beat Georgia Stewart (Darndale), 5-0
- 60kg Jack Johnson (Marble City) beat Jack McNamee (Olympic L), 5-0
- 63kg Ava Henry (Dublin Docklands) beat Siofra Lawless (Four Kings), RSC2
- 63.5kg Ryan Jenkins (Olympic L) beat Johnathan O’Donnell (Charleville), 5-0
- 66kg Kyla Doyle (Whitechurch) beat Saoirse McCarthy (St Pappins) RSC1
- 67kg Ryan Connolly (Setanta) beat Thomas Ward (Olympic C) 3/2
- 70kg Sarah Murphy (St Brigids K) beat Jodie Byrne (Top End), 5-0
- 71kg Tadhg O’Donnell (Four Kings) beat Grigorii Onipchenko (Celtic Eagles), 5-0
- 75kg Nell McLoughlin (Eagle) W/O
- 75kg Edward Barrett (Titans) beat Daniel McDonagh (Geesala) 3/2
- 80kg Padraig Corduff (St Annes) beat Shay O’Dowd (Swords), 4-1
- 82kg Ellie May Mahon (Enniscorthy) W/O
- 86kg Tom Stokes (Athlone) beat John Phoenix (Four Kings), 5-0
- 92kg Brandon McKelvie (Clonard A) beat Paddy Sweeney (Galway), RSC2
- 92+kg Adam Olaniyan (Jobstown) beat Franco Ernjes (Saviours Crystal), RSC2
Watch Live – with StreamSport and JWPlayer
These championships marked the debut of IABA’s live-streaming partnership with StreamSport and JWPlayer – which means every national championship bout this year will be broadcast, here
This is a significant step in ensuring that the cream of Irish boxing is available to friends, family and clubmates who aren’t in a position to travel to the National Stadium, including to boxers’ supporters all over the world.
Irish boxing fans from throughout the island of Ireland have tuned-in, as have fans in the England, Scotland and Wales, the US, Australia, Switzerland, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.
Bout Footage:
We know that clubs and boxers need to review bout footage for performance analysis – so all footage of a given day of boxing will be available, and free to access, on IABA’s YouTube channel 3 days later. National U18 Championship preliminaries, quarter finals and day one of the semi finals have been up-uploaded.