EUROPEAN YOUTHS – DAY 2 RESULTS

22/10/2017IABA NewsIABA

IRELAND’S top prospects recorded three wins from four at the European Youths in Antalya,Turkey today.

David Oliver Joyce, Gabriel Dossen and Jordan Myers advanced deeper into the tournament following impressive victories.

Terry Donoghue was unlucky not to progress.The St MIchael’s Athy man more than matched Danil Lysenko, a favourite for gold, all the way but the Russian light-fly got the decision following a cracking bout.

Joyce never took his foot of the pedal and maintained his intensity in all three rounds to book his ticket to within one win of at least bronze versus Azeri flyweight Amid Alizada in a fine performance, while Dossen recorded his second win in 24 hours against Olek Kravets of the Ukraine, the Galway southpaw once again showing his class and using his jab to maximum effect to keep his talented opponent at bay.

Myers beat Bulgaria’s Rami Kiwan in a proverbial slug-fest. Both young men basically went at each other hammer and thongs from opening to closing bell – but Myers’ relentless pursuit of his opponent, and bigger shots off both hands, took the decision.

He’ll be back between the ropes again tomorrow along with Paddy Donovan with both men boxing for a place in the quarter-finals.

European Youth Championships Antalya. Turkey October 21st/29th

October 21st Preliminaries (Last 32)

56kg Craig Kavanagh (Ireland) lost to David Kharmats (Israel) 1-4

60kg Eamer Coughlan (Ireland) lost to Artur Szachbazian (Czech Republic) TKO2

64kg Patrick Donovan (Ireland) beat Konrad Dialas (Poland) TKO2

69kg Gabriel Dossen (Ireland) beat Pavel Kamanin (Estonia) 5-0

October 22nd (Last 16)

49kg Terry Donoghue (Ireland) lost to Danil Lysenko (Russia) 1-4

52kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) beat Amid Alizada (Azerbaijan) 3-2

69kg Gabriel Dossen (Ireland) beat Olek Kravets (Ukraine) 5-0

Last 32

75kg Jordan Myers (Ireland) beat Rami Kiwan (Bulgaria) 3-2

October 23rd (last 16)

64kg Patrick Donovan (Ireland) v Tomi Lorencic (Slovenia)

75kg Jordan Myers (Ireland) v Zav Yan (Israel)

October 24th (Q/finals)

52kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) v Ivan Price (England)

69kg Gabriel Dossen (Ireland) v Nijat Hasanov (Azerbaijan)

Irish squad

49kg Terry Donoghue (St Michaels Athy BC)

52kg David Oliver Joyce (Ballymun BC)

56kg Craig Kavanagh (Crumlin BC)

60kg Eamer Coughlan (Riverstown BC)

64kg Paddy Donovan (OLOL BC)

69kg Gabriel Dossen (Olympic BC)

75kg Jordan Myers (Sligo City BC)

Head Coach: Zauri Antia

Coach: John Conlan

R&J: Diarmuid MacDiarmada

BIG KEN WINS BATTLE OF EINDHOVEN WITH TOUGH AFANASEV

21/10/2017IABA NewsIABA

Eindhoven BoxCup

Athlone heavyweight and IATBA representative Kenneth Okungbowa won on a unanimous decision over Kiril Afanasev who was representing the IABA.

The third level standout who claimed a bronze medal at the World University Championships in Thailand last October brought the action to Afanasev from the first to the last bell.

He took the centre of the ring and kept throwing big power shots and fast jabs to control the contest. Afanasev refused to take a step back in what made for a real all action contest.

Okungbowa used an excellent straight backhand throughout the contest to set up his combinations. He rocked Afanasev a two stages during the contest with excellent shots but Afanasev refused to buckle. Both boxers kept a high tempo throughout this energy sapping bout and the watching crowd got their money’s worth from the ring action.

After the final bell sounded to end the bout, Okungbowa raised his fist to the crowd to state that he had won. Less than a minute later, his intuition was proved correct when every judge went in his favour and sent him into Sundays final where he will face the 6ft 4inch French boxer Rany Hadj Aissa who won his corresponding heavyweight semi final.

Picture: Kenny with IATBA coach Paddy Gallagher following his semi final win.

EINDHOVEN BOX CUP RESULTS – DAY 2

21/10/2017IABA NewsIABA

James McGivern

James McGivern, Kieran Molloy and Michael Nevin joined Dean Gardiner in Sunday’s finals at the the Eindhoven BoxCup following semi-final victories today.

Molloy, after Peter Love’s hand was incorrectly raised in victory, had his hand held aloft, and three-time European underage champion and World Youth bronze medallist Michael Nevin stopped Vladislav Jaskul in the middleweight class.

Belfast bantam McGivern got Ireland off to a winning start on a unanimous decision over Germany’s Adem Kartal.

Kirill Afanasev was beaten by Ken Okungbowa in tonight’s Dublin versus Athlone heavyweight derby in Eindhoven. Irish Elite finalist Okungbowa, who boxes out of the Athlone BC, is representing the Irish Athletic Third (Level) Boxing Association.

Christina Desmond advanced to Sunday’s welter final on a unanimous decision over Myrea van den Ijssel but Tiegan Russell was edged out on a 3-2 split by Russia’s Natalya Samakhina.

Desmond and Russell are representing the Fr Horgan’s BC in Cork

Eindhoven BoxCup

October 20th

Q/Final

69kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) beat Ruben Veciuna (Belgium) 3-2

October 21st

S/Finals

60kg James McGivern (Ireland) beat Adem Kartal (Baden-Wurttembreg) 3-0
69kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) beat Pater Love (British Army) 3-0
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat Vladislav Jaskul (Messa Sport) TKO2
91kg Kirill Afanasev (Ireland) lost Ken Ogungbowa (IATBA) 0-5

October 22nd

Finals

56kg James McGivern (Ireland) v Vasile Usturoi (Ligaploeg)
69kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) v Nabil Messaoudi (Ligue Francophone)
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) v Jaber Dahou (Nederlandse Boksond)
91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) v Chezerate Nihell (British Army)

Irish squad

60kg James McGivern (St Georges)
69kg Kieran Molloy (Oughterard)
75kg Michael Nevin (Portlaoise)
91kg Kirill Afanasev (Smithfield)
91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Clonmel)

Coaches: Dmitry Dmitruk & Eoin Pluck

Physio: Sé Caffrey

DOSSEN AND DONOVAN PROGRESS AT EURO YOUTHS

21/10/2017IABA NewsIABA

Gabriel Dossen has his hand raised in victory today

Gabriel Dossen and Paddy Donovan advanced to the last 16 of the European Youths in Antalya, Turkey today.

But Craig Kavanagh and Eamer Coughlan bowed out at the last 32 stage to Israel and the Czech Republic.

Donovan progressed after recording an inside the distance win.

The Limerick light-welter, a World Junior finalist, forced Poland’s Konrad Dialas into standing counts in rounds one and two en route to a second frame TKO.

Dialas took a count off a cluster of punches in the first and, after following instructions from his corner, Donovan fired in a big body shot in the second the ref intervened again and waved it off.

Dossen, boxing well within himself in all three rounds, saw off Estonia’s Pavel Kamanin in the welterweight class.

The Galway southpaw, looking composed throughout today, mostly dictated terms with his jab. Occasionally picking up the pace, as he did to good effect near the end of the second, the World Youth bronze medallist took all three rounds.

Kavanagh was edged on points by Israel’s David Kharmats in the bantam class and Coughlan’s fight with Artur Szachbazian of the Czech Republic, who was born in Poland, was stopped in the second after Coughlan took a standing count.

Dossen, Terry Donoghue, David Oliver Joyce and Jordan Myers are in action tomorrow.

Boxing begins at 2.30pm (Irish time).

European Youth Championships Antalya. Turkey October 21st/29th

October 21st Preliminaries (Last 32)

56kg Craig Kavanagh (Ireland) lost to David Kharmats (Israel) Pts
60kg Eamer Coughlan (Ireland) lost to Artur Szachbazian (Czech Republic) TKO2
64kg Patrick Donovan (Ireland) beat Konrad Dialas (Poland) TKO2
69kg Gabriel Dossen (Ireland) beat Pavel Kamanin (Estonia) 5-0

October 22nd (Last 16)

49kg Terry Donoghue (Ireland) v Danil Lysenko (Russia)
52kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) v Amid Alizada (Azerbaijan)
69kg Gabriel Dossen (Ireland) v Olek Kravets (Ukraine)

Last 32
75kg Jordan Myers (Ireland) v Rami Kiwan (Bulgaria)

October 23rd (last 16)

64kg Patrick Donovan (Ireland) v Tomi Lorencic (Slovenia)

Irish squad

49kg Terry Donoghue (St Michaels Athy BC)

52kg David Oliver Joyce (Ballymun BC)

56kg Craig Kavanagh (Crumlin BC)

60kg Eamer Coughlan (Riverstown BC)

64kg Paddy Donovan (OLOL BC)

69kg Gabriel Dossen (Olympic BC)

75kg Jordan Myers (Sligo City BC)

Head Coach: Zauri Antia
Coach: John Conlan
R&J: Diarmuid MacDiarmada

EUROPEAN YOUTH DRAW

21/10/2017IABA NewsIABA

Four Irish boxers will be in action on Day 1 of the European Youth Championships in Antalya, Turkey today.

Dublin bantam Craig Kavanagh and Israel’s David Kharmats get proceedings underway in the joint 1st bout on the program this afternoon.

World Youth and World Junior bronze and silver medallists Gabriel Dossen, Eamer Coughlan and Paddy Donovan, pictured, are also in action.

Terry Donoghue, David Oliver Joyce and Jordan Myers box tomorrow.

Boxing begins at 2.30pm (Irish time) today. 34 nations are competing in Turkey.

Please click here or draw sheets and schedule

European Youth Championships Antalya. Turkey October 21st/29th

October 21st Preliminaries (Last 32)

56kg Craig Kavanagh (Ireland) v David Kharmats (Israel)
60kg Eamer Coughlan (Ireland) v Artur Szachbazian (Czech Republic)
64kg Patrick Donovan (Ireland) v Konrad Dialas (Poland)
69kg Gabriel Dossen (Ireland) v Pavel Kamanin (Estonia)

October 22nd (Last 16)

49kg Terry Donoghue (Ireland) v Danil Lysenko (Russia)
52kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) v Amid Alizada (Azerbaijan)

Last 32
75kg Jordan Myers (Ireland) v Rami Kiwan (Bulgaria)

Irish squad

49kg Terry Donoghue (St Michaels Athy BC)

52kg David Oliver Joyce (Ballymun BC)

56kg Craig Kavanagh (Crumlin BC)

60kg Eamer Coughlan (Riverstown BC)

64kg Paddy Donovan (OLOL BC)

69kg Gabriel Dossen (Olympic BC)

75kg Jordan Myers (Sligo City BC)

Head Coach: Zauri Antia
Coach: John Conlan
R&J: Diarmuid MacDiarmada