IRELAND’S WORLD ELITE MEDALLISTS

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Joe Ward improved Ireland’s World Elite all-time medal haul to 20 in Hamburg,Germany last Saturday.

Irish boxing, male and female,has now won six gold,four silver and ten bronze since Tommy Corr secured our first podium finish at the flagship tournament of the sport in 1982.

Overall, Ireland is lying in joint 22nd spot with Poland in the all-time Men’s World medals table. Both nations have claimed 1 gold 3 silver and 9 bronze.

Ireland occuies 9th position in the all-time World Women’s Championships table with five gold, one silver and one bronze.

Joe Ward finds the target in Hamburg

The Men’s World Championships has been running since 1974 when the inaugural event was held in Havana.The inaugral World Women’s Championships was hosted by the USA in 2001.

Two of Ireland’s World medallists, Michael Carruth and Katie Taylor, have won Olympic gold, while John Joe Nevin and Michael Conlan have claimed Olymic bronze and silver.

Taylor (6), Ward (3) and Nevin (2) have won more that one World medal, while Conlan is the only Irish male boxer to top the podium at this level.

Qualifying for the World Men’s Championships is a relatively new concept, first introduced for the 2015 edition of the tournament in Doha.

The 2019 AIBA World Men’s Championships will be held in Russia.

Ireland’s Medal Winners at World Men’s and Women’s Championships

1982 Munich, West Germany
71kg Tommy Corr (Bronze)

1989 Moscow, Russia
63.5kg Michael Carruth (Bronze)

1993 Tampere, Finland
51kg Damaen Kelly (Bronze)

1997 Budapest, Hungary
81kg Stephen Kirk (Bronze)

2001 Belfast
67kg James Moore (Bronze)

2006 New Delhi, India
60kg Katie Taylor (Gold)

2008 Ningbo City, China
60kg Katie Taylor (Gold)

2009 Milan, Italy
54kg John Joe Nevin (Bronze)

2010 Bridgetown, Barbados
60kg Katie Taylor (Gold)

2011 Baku, Azerbaijan
56kg John Joe Nevin (Bronze)

2012 Quinhaungdao, China
60kg Katie Taylor (Gold)

2013 Almaty, Kazakhstan
75kg Jason Quigley (Silver)
81kg Joe Ward (Bronze)

2014 Jeju, Korea
60kg Katie Taylor (Gold)

2015 Doha, Qatar
56kg Michael Conlan (Gold)
81kg Joe Ward (Silver)
75kg Michael O’Reilly (Bronze)

2016 Astana, Kazakhstan
64kg Kellie Harrington (Silver)
60kg Katie Taylor (Bronze)

2017 Hamburg, Germany
81kg Joe Ward (Silver)

Medals: Gold 6, Silver 4, Bronze 10

IRISH SQUAD ARRIVE HOME FROM HAMBURG

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Joe Ward’s two young sons, pictured above with their dad and Irish staff, have another major medal to add to their collection

Ireland’s five-strong squad arrived home from the World Elite Championships in Hamburg, Germany this afternoon via Dublin Airport.

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Irish captain Joe Ward claimed silver at the tournament,his third successive medal at this level since Kazakhstan 2013.

Ireland finished in 9th spot in the medals table in Hamburg.Cuba topped the table after winning five titles.

In another boost for Irish male boxing, Ireland, courtesy of Ward’s appearance in his second successive World decider, leapfrogged England and Thailand from 25th place into joint 22nd place with Poland in the all-time World medals table.

Irish squad in Hamburg

Irish male boxing has now claimed 1 gold, 3 silver and 9 bronze since the inaugural World Championships in Havana in 1974.

Irish female boxing is lying in 9th spot in the all-time table, courtesy of five gold medals and one bronze for Katie Taylor and silver for Kellie Harrington.

Ward also picked up 800 ranking points in Hamburg.Ireland and France were the only western European nations to make the finals.

Ward, Brendan Irvine, Kurt Walker, Sean McComb and Dean Gardiner represented Ireland at the 19th edition of the tournament after qualifying through June’s European Championships in the Ukraine.

Ireland won five bouts and lost five bouts in Germany.

The 2019 World Men’s Championships, which will be held in Russia, will probably be one of the major qualifiers for Tokyo 2020.

World Elite Championships Hamburg, Germany

August 25th

(Last 32)

56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) lost to Leonel De Los Santos (Dominican Republic) 1-4

64kg Sean McComb (Ireland) beat Joedison De Jesus (Brazil) 4-1

August 26th

(Last 32)

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) beat Hyeon Do Kim (Korea) 5-0

August 27th

(Last 16)

64kg Sean McComb (Ireland) lost to Andy Cruz-Gomez (Cuba) 0-5

August 28th

(Last 16)

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) lost to Inkyu Kim (Korea) 0-5

81kg Joe Ward (Ireland) beat Iago Kizira (Georgia) 5-0

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) lost to Cristian Salcedo (Columbia) 2-3

August 29th

Q/Final

81kg Joe Ward (Ireland) beat Mikhail Dauhaliavets (Belarus) 5-0

September 1st

S/Finals

81kg Joe Ward (Ireland) beat Bektimer Melikuziev (Uzbekistan) 3-2

September 2nd

Final

81kg Joe Ward (Ireland) lost to Julio La Cruz (Cuba) 0-5

Irish squad

52kg Brendan Irvine (St Paul’s)
56kg Kurt Walker (Canal)
64kg Sean McComb (Holy Trinity)
81kg Joe Ward (Moate) cpt (Silver)
91+kg Dean Gardiner (Clonmel)

Team manager/High-Performance Director: Bernard Dunne
Coaches: Zaur Antia, John Conlan and Dmitry Dimitruc
Doctor: Jim Clover
Physio: Seamus Caffrey
Performance Analysis: Alan Swanton

MEDIA INVITE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS HOMECOMING

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Ward versus La Cruz – 2017 81kg World final

All media are invited to attend today’s, September 3rd, homecoming for the Irish team from the AIBA World Elite Boxing Championships in Germany.

Joe Ward claimed silver at the tournament. Click here for all results from Hamburg.

Flight details – The Irish squad are due home at 1.55pm this afternoon, September 3rd, via Dublin Airport via Hamburg (Terminal 1, Flight, Ryanair FR8512).

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IRELAND VERSUS INDIA TEST AT NATIONAL STADIUM

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Mary Kom with IABA President Pat Ryan, IABA Registrar Stephen Connolly and Liam Brereton in Edenderry

LAST night’s Ireland versus India Test at the National Stadium in Dublin was a resounding success, according the coach Liam Brereton.

The bout of the night,Kristina O’Hara versus Mary Kom, was at 48kg.

Five-time World Elite champion Kom was at her brilliant best, while O’Hara did not fail to impress in a contest enjoyed by all.

At 75kg, Christina Desmond met Kavita Goyat.Desmond showed why she is world class, another cracking performance.

Ciara Ginty faced Sim Ranjit Kaur Baatth; a super display by Ciara who controlled the bout from start to finish. Cheyanne O’Neill against Jyoti Grewal was another cracking contest. Both girls put on a class show. O’Neill looked in tip top condition.

Dervla Duffy versus Vanlal Duati was not for the faint hearted. The contest had the crowd on their toes from start to finish.

Lauren Hogan impressed versus Krishna Thapa. Lauren, stepping back in to the ring after year out with Injuries, showed she will be one to watch in the coming season.

The international help blood some of our younger boxers, including Ciara Anderson, Amanda Coughlan,both getting 3×3 minutes experience at Elite level and look like they belonged there.

Sweeney and Russell were pitted with two World silver medallists in Sarjubala Devi Shamjetsabam and Sonia Lather. Both Irish girls were brilliant.

Gillian Duffy versus Lovlina Bogohain – Duffy showed she will have A big say in upcoming Celtic Box cup, and last, but not least, Caroline Connolly and Diane Campbell were outstanding in two hard-hitting contest.

India, now in training in Edenderry in an international camp organised by with Liam Brereton, was full of praise about their visit to Ireland.

IABA President Pat Ryan echoed all sentiments following a wonderful evening of boxing.

“Great to see thirteen Elite female bouts and seven open sparring sessions for our Youth girls early in the day,” said Liam Brereton, who thanked all involved for putting on a great evening of boxing, especially the boxers, coaches and clubs for taking up the challenge.

India leave Ireland next Wednesday. India are using the Edenderry international training camp in their build up to the Asian Championship in November in Vietnam.

Ireland v India National Stadium, September 2nd (7pm)

Open Sparring/Exhibitions (4.30pm)

51kg Labhaoise Clarke (Cardonagh) v Neeraj Phogat (India)

51kg Sionnan McKenna (Holy Family) v Pinki Rani (India)

54kg Margeurita Nevin (St Brigid’s Kildare) v Shiksha Narwal (India)

60kg Shauna O’Callaghan (Clann Naofa) v Sonia Chahal (India)

60kg Kateyln Phelan St Brigid’s Kildare) v Monika Singh (India)

69kg Nadine Dermody (Raging Bull) v Pooja Singh (India)

75kg Aoife Burke St Mary’s) v Saweety Boora (India)

Senior International Test

Ireland v India (7pm)

48kg Lauren Hogan (St Brigid’s, Edenderry) v Krishna Thapa (India)

48kg Ciara Anderson (Twin Towns) v Monika Bagri (India)

48kg Shannon Sweeney (St Anne’s) v Sarjubala Devi Shamjetsabam (India)

48kg Kristina O’Hara (St John Bosco) v Mary Kom India)

54kg Dervla Duffy (Ryston) v Vanlal Duati (India)

57kg Teegan Russell (Fr Horgan’s) v Sonia Lather (India)

60kg Amanda Coughlan (Paulstown) v Preeti Beniwal (India)

64kg Ciara Ginty (Geesala) v Sim Ranjit Kaur Baatth (India)

64kg Cheyanne O’Neill (Athlone) v Jyoti Grewal (India)

69kg Gillian Duffy (Bray) v Lovlina Bogohain (India)

75kg Christina Desmond (Fr Horgan’s) v Kavita Goyat (India)

81kg Caroline Connolly (Mourne GG) v Bhagyabati Kachari (India)

81kg+ Dianne Campbell (Garda BC, Swords) v Seema Poonia (India)

WARD SETTLES FOR SILVER IN HAMBURG

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Ward versus La Cruz – 2017 81kg World final

Joe Ward had to settle for silver after losing out to Julio La Cruz in the light-heavyweight final at the World Elite Championships in Hamburg, Germany tonight.

The Cuban, who has now won four World gold medals on the bounce and whose defence mechanism is right up there with Floyd Mayweather, beat the Irish captain on a unanimous decision in the 81kg gold medal match – 30-27,30-27,29-28,29-28,29-28.

La Cruz was on the floor early in the first after a tangle of legs, as Ward, who lost out in the 2015 final to the current Olympic champion, piled on the pressure.

But the elusive Pan American champion recovered sufficiently from a shaky start and began working fluently behind his raking jab, Ward responding with solid hooks and jabs of his own in a very technical contest.

Ward claimed three wins from four fights since last Monday and will be bringing home his second silver medal from the flagship tournament of international boxing.

The podium finish should also guarantee Ireland a top ten berth in the medals table (to be confirmed).

Two Irish boxers, Sean McComb and Brendan Irvine, lost out to eventual medallists in the preliminaries in Hamburg. Andy Cruz-Gomez of Cuba, who claimed gold, beat McComb and Korea’s Inkyu Kim, who outpointed Irvine, will be taking home bronze.

Likewise, two members of the five-strong Irish team lost to the eventual champions.

Kazakhstan claimed the bantam title vacated by Ireland’s Michael Conlan – who won bantam gold at Doha 2015 and turned pro – on a 3-2 split decision over Duke Ragan of the USA this evening.

Irish squad in Hamburg

France’s Sofiane Oumiha,who was asked plenty of questions by Ireland’s Patrick Mongan (Olympic BC) and George Bates (St Mary’s BC) in a Round Robin at Dublin’s National Stadium earlier this year, won 60kg gold this evening in a superb showing from Les Bleus lightweight.

The Irish squad are due home at 1.55pm tomorrow afternoon, September 3rd, via Dublin Airport via Hamburg (Terminal 1, Flight, Ryanair FR8512).

All media are invited to attend Sunday’s homecoming.

World Elite Championships Hamburg, Germany

August 25th

(Last 32)

56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) lost to Leonel De Los Santos (Dominican Republic) 1-4

64kg Sean McComb (Ireland) beat Joedison De Jesus (Brazil) 4-1

August 26th

(Last 32)

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) beat Hyeon Do Kim (Korea) 5-0

August 27th

(Last 16)

64kg Sean McComb (Ireland) lost to Andy Cruz-Gomez (Cuba) 0-5

August 28th

(Last 16)

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) lost to Inkyu Kim (Korea) 0-5

81kg Joe Ward (Ireland) beat Iago Kizira (Georgia) 5-0

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) lost to Cristian Salcedo (Columbia) 2-3

August 29th

Q/Final

81kg Joe Ward (Ireland) beat Mikhail Dauhaliavets (Belarus) 5-0

September 1st

S/Finals

81kg Joe Ward (Ireland) beat Bektimer Melikuziev (Uzbekistan) 3-2
81kg Julio de la Cruz (Cuba) beat Carlos Mina (Ecuador) 5-0

September 2nd

Final

81kg Joe Ward (Ireland) lost to Julio La Cruz (Cuba) 0-5

Irish squad

52kg Brendan Irvine (St Paul’s)
56kg Kurt Walker (Canal)
64kg Sean McComb (Holy Trinity)
81kg Joe Ward (Moate) cpt (Silver)
91+kg Dean Gardiner (Clonmel)

Team manager/High-Performance Director: Bernard Dunne
Coaches: Zaur Antia, John Conlan and Dmitry Dimitruc
Doctor: Jim Clover
Physio: Seamus Caffrey
Performance Analysis: Alan Swanton