48kg Michael O’Reilly, St Paul’s, Waterford openned his campaign, against Rubin Clarkson of Scotland, and progresses to the Last 16, following a 5-0 decision. Judges scored the bout 30:27; 30:27; 29:28; 30:27; 30:27.
54kg Jason Donoghue, Olympic L, was between the ropes against Georgia’s Giorgi Kilasonia – his win was as decisive as his team-mate, a UD on a scoreline of 27:30; 28:29; 28:29; 27:30; 28:29.
In Ring B’s Bout 2, 46kg Oliver Plachta, St Francis, also faced Georgian opposition, in Danieli Ogli Ramiz. The Limerick boxer progresses further by virtue of a 3-0 decision. Judges scored the bout 29:27; 29:27; 28:28; 29:27; 28:28.
60kg Desmond Sweeney, Olympic C debuted Bout 10, against Scotland’s Oscar Steele. Desmond won through to the Last 16 with a 3-2 split decision win -29:28; 28:29; 27:30; 29:28; 29: 28. In the subsequent bout, 81+kg Johnny McGinley, Gateway took on Bogdan Kajetan Bajzert of Poland. His bout ended with an second round RSCI, following an injury sustained by the Irish boxer.
70kg Cathal Myers, Sligo City met Mamuka Kakabadze of Georgia, in a very tight bout. He came out the wrong side of a 3-2 split. The final scores: 28:29; 29:28; 27:30; 28:29; 29:28 In Bout 10 of the same ring and session, 80kg John Mongans, Rathkeale contested against Hungary’s Alex Damjan. John was dominant throughout the bout, winning on a 5-0. Judges scored the bout 27:30; 27:30; 27:30; 26:30; 25:30.
75kg William Heaphy, Golden Gloves M put in a valiant performance against Armenia’s Samvel Siramargyan. The 5-0 decision went to his opponent on a scoreline of 30:25; 30:25; 30:24; 30:25; 30:25.
370 boxers are contesting the championships. 28 federations, in all, are competing at the tournament: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, England, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey.
IABA last contested this tournament in 2022 and returned with a massive haul of ten medals: 2 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze. Ava Henry (Docklands) and Tadhg O’Donnell (Four Kings) claimed gold; silvers were won by Grace Conway Dowling (Tredagh), Niamh Keogh (Olympic L), Mary McDonagh (Sliabh Luachra) and Jamie Collins (Drimnagh). Bronze medalists were Alfie Jordan (Olympic L), John Harty (Portlaoise), Cillian Reilly Lennon (Jobstown) and Sophie Curley Gray (Dealgan).
Day Three
8 Ireland boxers are between the ropes on Day Three of the tournament.
48kg Michael O’Reilly has a quick turn-around from today’s win, and is back between the ropes in Bout 9 of Ring A’s Afternoon Session, against Turkey’s Ozer Egeberk. In Bout 15 of the same ring and session, 57kg Joseph Mihai, takes on Russia’s Pavel Kondrashov in his Last 16 contest.
50kg Kalib Walsh, Wexford BC makes his tournament debut against Poland’s Adrian Drewnowski in Bout 2 of Ring B’s Afternoon Session. In Bout 16 of the same ring and session, 60kg Desmond Sweeney will box Russia’s Maksin Sobolev
In Ring A’s Evening Session, 52kg Eddie Corcoran meets England’s Lewis Coston in Bout 4. In Bout 15, 63kg Edward Harty returns for his second bout of the tournament, against Azerbaijan’s Kanan Aslanli.
In Bout 8 of Ring B’s Evening Session, 54kg Jason Donoghue is back in action. He contests against Russia’s Maksim Chaplygin. 66kg John Donoghue, meanwhile, takes on Azerbaijan’sAdil Zalov in Bout 15.
Programme
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Afternoon Sessions begin at 1pm, Irish time, and Evening Sessions are underway at 4.30pm.
Ring A
Ring B
Team
46kg Abby Molloy, Sacred Heart, Dublin
48kg Isabel Nolan, Santry
50kg Paige Nickles, Banbridge
52kg Mary Ann Furlong, Na Fianna
54kg Molly Doyle, Templemore
57kg Kayleigh Byrne, Gorey
60kg Sarah McTiernan, Drumsna
63kg Kaysie Joyce, Clonmel
66kg Cassie Henderson, Phoenix
70kg Chloe Poleon, Dunboyne
75kg Carly Norris, Santry
80kg Alanna Kenny, Clonmel
46kg Oliver Plachta, St Francis
48kg Michael O’Reilly, St Paul’s, Waterford
50kg Kalib Walsh, Wexford
52kg Eddie Corcoran, Olympic L
54kg Jason Donoghue, Olympic L
57kg Joseph Mihai, Crumlin
60kg Desmond Sweeney, Olympic C
63kg Edward Harty, Portlaoise
66kg John Donoghue, Olympic L
70kg Cathal Myers, Sligo City
75kg William Heaphy, Golden Gloves M
80kg John Mongans, Rathkeale
81+kg Johnny McGinley, Gateway
Team Manager: Peter O’Donnell
Team Manager: Karen Robins
Coach: Brian Barry
Coach: Paul Simpson
Coach: Alan Donnellan
R&J: Barry Tucker.
Draws are available here
Day One results are available here
Session 5A results
Session 6B results
Session 7A results
Session 8B results