WARD TOPS LIGHT-HEAVY TABLE IN WSB

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Ward versus La Cruz – 2017 81kg World final

 

 

Ireland’s Joe Ward, Cuba’s Julio La Cruz and France’s Bakary Diabra occupy the top three positions in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) Individual light-heavyweight rankings.

The trio have won two fights each this season.

Ward, lining out for the British Lionhearts, is in No. 1 position after wins over Damir Plantic of the Croatian Knights and Bulgaria’s Blagoy Naydenov of Italia Thunder.

The Westmeath southpaw earned unanimous decisions in both bouts and has yet to drop a round in ten frames of boxing this term.

His next outing for the Lionhearts will be a top of the table clash with the French Fighting Roosters in Newport, Wales on April 14.

Les Bleus are in pole position in Group B, two points ahead of the Lionhearts after four matches apiece.

The 2018 WSB season is a qualifier for the 2019 World Elite Championships. The 2019 WSB season will act as a qualifier for Tokyo 2020.

 

DAY 3 SCHEDULE – EUROPEAN U/22s

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Please scroll down for Day 3 schedule at the European U/22 Championships in Romania.

Gabriel Dossen and Jordan Moore are in last 16 action in the afternoon and evening sessions in Targu Jui.

Boxing begins at 12pm and 4pm (Irish time) Tuesday. Romania is two hours ahead of Ireland.

Irish captain Moore meets Romania’s Eusebi Jitaru, the current European U/22 champion.

Click here for schedule.

Kevin Sheehy and Conor Quinn were in action this afternoon but lost out in the preliminaries.

 

European U/22 Men’s and Women’s Championships Targu Jiu, Romania March 24/April 2

March 25th

Last 16

51kg Niamh Earley (Ireland) lost to Aikaterini Koutsogeorgo (Greece) 0-5
57kg Shauna Blaney (Ireland) lost to Nedkova Ivanova (Bulgaria) 1-4

March 26th

Last 16

52kg Conor Quinn (Ireland) lost to Maksim Stakheev (Russia) 1-4

Last 32

91kg Kevin Sheehy (Ireland) lost to Felix Kuhne (Germany) 0-5

March 27th

Last 16

75kg Gabriel Dossen (Ireland) v Hambardum Hakobya (Armenia)

56kg Jordan Moore (Ireland) v Eusebi Jitaru (Romania)

 

Q/Final (Dates to be confirmed)

48kg Shannon Sweeney (Ireland) v Mari-Emi Todorova (Bulgaria)
60kg Amy Boadhurst (Ireland) v Esra Yldiz (Turkey) or Marina Pasichna (Ukraine)

S/Final (dates to be confirmed)
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) v Carlotta Paoletti (Italy)

 

Irish squad

Female

75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea)
60kg Amy Broadhurst (Dealgan)
57kg Shauna Blaney (Navan)
51kg Niamh Earley (Ryston)
48kg Shannon Sweeney (St Annes)

Male

52kg Conor Quinn (Clonard)
56kg Jordan Moore (Glasnevin)
75kg Gabriel Dossen (Olympic)
91kg Kevin Sheehy (St Francis)

IABA President: Dominic O’Rourke
Team manager: Anna Moore & Paddy Osborne
Head coach: Dmitry Dmitruk
Coaches: Eoin Pluck, Thomas Murray, Valerie Hamilton
R&J: Philip Rooney

EUROPEAN U/22 CHAMPIONSHIPS – DAY 2 RESULTS

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Limerick heavyweight Kevin Sheehy and Antrim flyweight Conor Quinn bowed out of the European U/22 Men’s and Women’s Championships at the preliminary round stage in Targu Jui, Romania today.

Sheehy fought back well in rounds two and three after a visit to the canvas in the first versus Felik Kuhne, the St Francis BC man rattling his opponent with a sweeping right in the second.

Sheehy’s double jab was also effective but the German fighter, whose single shots were equally as effective, got the decision.

Quinn boxed superbly in rounds one and two, the Clonard BC prospect landing the majority of cleaner and varied shots against aggressive Russian flyweight Maksim Stakheev who had his hand raised in victory after an untidy third frame.

Galway middleweight Gabriel Dossen is in action tomorrow in Romania, along with Irish captain Jordan Moore (to be confirmed).

 

 

European U/22 Men’s and Women’s Championships Targu Jiu, Romania March 24/April 2

March 25th

Last 16

51kg Niamh Earley (Ireland) lost to Aikaterini Koutsogeorgo (Greece) 0-5
57kg Shauna Blaney (Ireland) lost to Nedkova Ivanova (Bulgaria) 1-4

March 26th

Last 16

52kg Conor Quinn (Ireland) lost to Maksim Stakheev (Russia) 1-4

Last 32

91kg Kevin Sheehy (Ireland) lost to Felix Kuhne (Germany) 0-5

March 27th

Last 16

75kg Gabriel Dossen (Ireland) v Hambardum Hakobya (Armenia) or Edin Avdic (Austria)

56kg Jordan Moore (Ireland) v Eusebi Jitaru (Romania) (Date to be confirmed)

Q/Final (Dates to be confirmed)

48kg Shannon Sweeney (Ireland) v Mari-Emi Todorova (Bulgaria)
60kg Amy Boadhurst (Ireland) v Esra Yldiz (Turkey) or Marina Pasichna (Ukraine)

S/Final (dates to be confirmed)
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) v Carlotta Paoletti (Italy)

 

Irish squad

Female

75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea)
60kg Amy Broadhurst (Dealgan)
57kg Shauna Blaney (Navan)
51kg Niamh Earley (Ryston)
48kg Shannon Sweeney (St Annes)

Male

52kg Conor Quinn (Clonard)
56kg Jordan Moore (Glasnevin)
75kg Gabriel Dossen (Olympic)
91kg Kevin Sheehy (St Francis)

IABA President: Dominic O’Rourke
Team manager: Anna Moore & Paddy Osborne
Head coach: Dmitry Dmitruk
Coaches: Eoin Pluck, Thomas Murray, Valerie Hamilton
R&J: Philip Rooney

 

EUROPEAN U/22 C’SHIPS – DAY 1 RESULTS

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Niamh Earley and Shauna Blaney bowed out of the European U/22 Championships in Targu Jui, Romania at the last 16 stage this afternoon.

Earley lost to Aikaterini Koutsogeorgo of Greece, the current Strandja multi-nations finalist, after three close rounds in the flyweight class.

Blaney and Nedkova Ivanova was equally as tight with neither feather dominating a see-saw contest before the Bulgarian got the nod from a majority of the judges.

Conor Quinn is in action tomorrow versus Russia’s Maksim Stakheev for a place in the last-eight.

Irish captain Jordan Moore (date now yet confirmed, according to draw sheets) is in against Romania’s Eusebi Jitaru who beat England’s Peter McGrail in the 2017 European U/22 final on a 3-2 split decision in Romania.

Limerick heavyweight Kevin Sheehy faces Germany’s Felix Kuhne. Click here for today’s results and Monday’s schedule.

Please scroll down for draws and results. Click here for tournament page.

European U/22 Men’s and Women’s Championships Targu Jiu, Romania March 24/April 2

March 25th

Last 16

51kg Niamh Earley (Ireland) lost to Aikaterini Koutsogeorgo (Greece) 0-5
57kg Shauna Blaney (Ireland) lost to Nedkova Ivanova (Bulgaria) 1-4

March 26th

Last 16
52kg Conor Quinn (Ieland) v Maksim Stakheev (Russia)

Last 32
91kg Kevin Sheehy (Ireland) v Felix Kuhne (Germany)

Date to be confirmed

56kg Jordan Moore (Ireland) v Eusebi Jitaru (Romania)

March 27th

Last 16

75kg Gabriel Dossen (Ireland) v Hambardum Hakobya (Armenia) or Edin Avdic (Austria)

Q/Final (Dates to be confirmed)

48kg Shannon Sweeney (Ireland) v Mari-Emi Todorova (Bulgaria)
60kg Amy Boadhurst (Ireland) v Esra Yldiz (Turkey)

S/Final (dates to be confirmed)
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) v Carlotta Paoletti (Italy)

Irish squad

Female

75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea)
60kg Amy Broadhurst (Dealgan)
57kg Shauna Blaney (Navan)
51kg Niamh Earley (Ryston)
48kg Shannon Sweeney (St Annes)

Male

52kg Conor Quinn (Clonard)
56kg Jordan Moore (Glasnevin)
75kg Gabriel Dossen (Olympic)
91kg Kevin Sheehy (St Francis)

IABA President: Dominic O’Rourke
Team manager: Anna Moore & Paddy Osborne
Head coach: Dmitry Dmitruk
Coaches: Eoin Pluck, Thomas Murray, Valerie Hamilton
R&J: Philip Rooney

 

EUROPEAN U/22 CHAMPIONSHIPS DRAW

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Irish squad at opening ceremony in Romania

 

 

Niamh Earley and Shauna Blaney will be in action in the preliminaries of the European U/22 Men’s and Women’s Championships in Romania today.

The Irish pair face Greece and Bulgaria in their opening bouts in the afternoon session in Targu Jiu.Boxing begins at 3.30pm local time.

Please click here for draws sheets and schedule. (Some dates not yet confirmed on draw sheets)

 

European U/22 Men’s and Women’s Championships Targu Jiu, Romania March 24/April 2

 

March 25th

Last 16

51kg Niamh Earley (Ireland) v Aikaterini Koutsogeorgo (Greece)
57kg Shauna Blaney (Ireland) v Nedkova Ivanova (Bulgaria)

March 26th

Last 16

52kg Conor Quinn (Ieland) v Maksim Stakheev (Russia)
56kg Jordan Moore (Ireland) v Eusebi Jitaru (Romania) (Date to be confirmed)

Last 32
91kg Kevin Sheehy (Ireland) v Felix Kuhne (Germany)

March 27th

Last 16

75kg Gabriel Dossen (Ireland) v Hambardum Hakobya (Armenia) or Edin Avdic (Austria)

Q/Final (Dates to be confirmed)

48kg Shannon Sweeney (Ireland) v Mari-Emi Todorova (Bulgaria)
60kg Amy Boadhurst (Ireland) v Esra Yldiz (Turkey) or Marina Pasichna (Ukraine)

S/Final (dates to be confirmed)
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) v Carlotta Paoletti (Italy)

 

Irish squad

Female

75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea)
60kg Amy Broadhurst (Dealgan)
57kg Shauna Blaney (Navan)
51kg Niamh Earley (Ryston)
48kg Shannon Sweeney (St Annes)

Male

52kg Conor Quinn (Clonard)
56kg Jordan Moore (Glasnevin)
75kg Gabriel Dossen (Olympic)
91kg Kevin Sheehy (St Francis)

IABA President: Dominic O’Rourke
Team manager: Anna Moore & Paddy Osborne
Head coach: Dmitry Dmitruk
Coaches: Eoin Pluck, Thomas Murray, Valerie Hamilton
R&J: Philip Rooney