The draw has taken place in Budapest for the 2025 European U23 Championships and Ireland is assured of at least one bronze medal as a result.
Team Ireland is comprised of 2025 National U23 champions, and includes World bronze medalist Patsy Joyce, World Boxing Championship boxer Louis Rooney – who was a 2024 European U23 champ, 2024 European U23 bronze medalist, Robyn Kelly, World Youth champion Cliona Darcy (2022), 2024 European Youth champion, Ava Henry and 2022 European Junior champion Tadgh O’Donnell
48kg Tiffany Spencer, of Jobstown BC, Dublin is assured of at least a bronze medal, with a bye to the semi-finals. She’s expected to make her tournament debut in the Evening Session on November 26th.
51kg Rachel Lawless, of St. Brigid’s BC, Offaly is in a category of 13 boxers. Her opening contest at Last 16 will be against Spain.
Team Co-Captain 54kg Robyn Kelly, Ballynacargy Boxing Club, Westmeath is among 11 boxers in her weight and will open her account at Last 16 stage against England
14 boxers, including Natalia Fascizewska, Castlebar BC, Mayo, will contest at 57kg. She makes her tournament debut against Azerbaijan.
60kg Rebecca Kavanagh, Mulhuddart BC, Dublin is one of 12 boxers at the weight – and she’s drawn Latvia in a Last 16 bout
Ava Henry, Dublin Docklands BC is among 12 boxers vying for gold at 65kg. She has a bye to the Quarter Finals and takes on Slovakia.
80+kg Cliona D’Arcy, Tobar Pheadair BC, Galway is among 5 boxers in her category – she makes her debut at Last 8 stage against Ukraine.
There’s 9 in 50kg Louis Rooney’s weight, (Star ABC, Belfast), and he takes on Georgia’s Lasha Kereselidze at Last 16 stage. Louis drawsheet is here
55kg Pasty Joyce, Olympic BC, Westmeath is in a category of 16 boxers, and is first between the ropes against Ukraine’s Maksym Zymenko, the 2024 European Youth Champion. Patsy’s drawsheet is here
23 boxers, including Gavin Ryan, Ratoath BC, Meath, are contesting at Men’s 60kg. Gavin has a bye to Last 16, and meets Greeces’s Georgios Pleas in his opening bout. Gavin’s drawsheet is here
65kg Roy Colgan, Avona BC, Dublin has a bye to the Last 16 stage in a weight with a total of 24 boxers. He’ll open his account against Germany’s Denis Bril. Roy’s drawsheet is here
There are 26 boxers in the 70kg category, including Ryan Jenkins, Jobstown BC, Dublin. He was drawn at Last 32 stage against Slovakia’s Adolf Stanek. Ryan’s drawsheet is here
75kg Tadgh O’Donnell, Jobstown BC, Dublin is in a category with 21 boxers – he’ll meet Bulgaria’s Stelian Strahilov in his Last 32 bout. Tadgh’s drawsheet is here
Team Co-Captain James Whelan, of Dublin Docklands BC is among 20 boxers in the 80kg category. He takes on Adam Kana of the Czech Republic at the Last 32 stage. James’ drawsheet is here
Sean Mackay Trant, Monkstown BC, Dublin is one of 13 boxers contesting at 85kg. He boxes Germany’s David Onyekachi Nwanya in the Last 16. Sean’s drawsheet is here
90kg Garyn McAllister, North Down BC, Down is among 11 heavyweights, and he has a bye. He’ll box his first bout against Sweden’s Elwin Mayue-Belezika. Garyn’s drawsheet is here
The competition schedule is available here
271 boxers from 32 federatons are contesting for gold at this inaugural confederation level World Boxing U23 championships. Competing federations are: Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Wales.
Day One
5 Team Ireland boxers are in action on the first day of competition.
First up is 70kg Ryan Jenkins. He boxes Slovakia’s Adolf Stanek in Bout 5 of Ring A’s Afternoon Session. 7 bout later, in Bout 12, 75kg Tadgh O’Donnell takes on Bulgaria’s Stelian Strahilov
50kg Louis Rooney opens procedings in Ring B’s Afternoon Session, taking on Georgia’s Lasha Kereselidze in Bout 1.
In Ring A’s Evening Session, 80kg James Whelan takes on Adam Kana of the Czech Republic in Bout 6. While in Ring B’s Evening Session, Sean Mackay Trant boxes Germany’s David Onyekachi Nwanya in Bout 7.
Day One schedule is available here
Watch
European Boxing is streaming the tournament on it’s YouTube channel. Afternoon Sessions will begin at 10am, Irish time and the Evening Sessions start at 2pm.
Team Ireland
48kg Tiffany Spencer, Jobstown BC, Dublin
51kg Rachel Lawless, St. Brigid’s BC, Offaly
54kg Robyn Kelly, Ballynacargy Boxing Club, Westmeath
57kg Natalia Fascizewska, Castlebar BC, Mayo
60kg Rebecca Kavanagh, Mulhuddart BC, Dublin
65kg Ava Henry, Dublin Docklands BC
80+kg Cliona D’Arcy, Tobar Pheadair BC, Galway
50kg Louis Rooney, Star ABC, Belfast
55kg Pasty Joyce, Olympic BC, Westmeath
60kg Gavin Ryan, Ratoath BC, Meath
65kg Roy Colgan, Avona BC, Dublin
70kg Ryan Jenkins, Jobstown BC, Dublin
75kg Tadgh O’Donnell, Jobstown BC, Dublin
80kg James Whelan, Dublin Docklands BC
85kg Sean Mackay Trant, Monkstown BC, Dublin
90kg Garyn McAllister, North Down BC, Down
Support Staff
Team Manager: High Peformance Director, Jon Mackey
Coaches: James Doyle, Lynne McEnery, Jay Delaney, Ross Hickey (Grangecon BC, Wicklow/Defence Forces) and Paul Simpson (Saviours Crystal, Waterford)
Physio: Paddy O’Donnell and Rian Furley
Athlete Support: Aidan Walsh
R&J: Garry McGillion (Bishop Kelly BC, Tyrone)