Katie Taylor (red)
Katie Taylor and Michael Conlan remain at No. 1 in the World in the updated AIBA rankings in their respective lightweight and bantamweight classes.
Michael O’Reilly has improved one place to No. 2 in the middleweight class and Joe Ward remains at No. 3 at light-heavy.
All four Irish boxers are No. 1 in Europe.
Team Ireland in training in Anapa
Ireland completed their first day of training in Anapa yesterday ahead of the start of the Nikolay Pavlyukov Youth multi-nations in the Russian city on Saturday.
Team Ireland’s eight-strong squad are training with the host nation, Azerbaijan, Australia and Cuba in Anapa.
Known as the “mini World Championships, the Nikolay Pavlyukov tournament has once again attracted all of the top boxing nations.
Joe Ward
The Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) invites you the official launch of our ‘Let’s KO Bullying’ Campaign which is set to take place in the Ringside Club (National Stadium), Tuesday 8th March 2016 at 12.45pm.
The IABA’s ‘Let’s KO Bullying’ campaign, which is endorsed by the IPSCC as part of National Cyber Bullying Awareness week, aims to highlight the importance of spreading an anti-bullying ethos amongst all our affiliated clubs and members throughout Ireland.
The World Series of Boxing versus AIBA Pro Boxing Olympic qualifiers will be held at a new date to be confirmed, according to the competition calendar of the International Boxing Association.
The tournament, which has 26 Olympic berths on offer, was originally scheduled for May in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Please note that Squad Training for the Development Teams (Men & Women) Intermediate Finalists and Senior boxers will take place in Crumlin BC at 11.00am every Saturday onwards until further notice.
Training is for upcoming international events.