IRELAND VERSUS USA THIRD LEG

 

Team Ireland meet the USA for a third and final time in Manchester, New Hampshire tomorrow night.

Both nations clash over nine bouts at the Manchester Downtown Hotel to complete the three-match tour.

Irish captain Dean Gardiner returns to action versus California super-heavy Richard Torres, and Ireland will double up at light-welter and welter.

World Elite finalist Kellie Harrington and Aoife Burke get proceedings underway in the first two contests on the card.

The squad moved to Manchester over the weekend and have trained through the St Patrick’s festival.

“The team have settled in well and they’re looking forward to competing once again against the USA,” said High-Performance Director Bernard Dunne, the Irish team manager in America.

Ireland are due to arrive home on Friday morning.Wednesday’s third leg will be screened live here.

Boxing begins at midnight (Irish time).


 

USA v Ireland Manchester March 21 (7pm local time)

60kg Stacia Suttles v Kellie Harrington
75kg Leah Cooper v Aolfe Burke
60kg James Browning v Francis Cleary
64kg Adrian Benton v Wayne Kelly
64kg Charlie Sheehy v Caoimhin Ferguson
69kg Quinton Randall v Paddy Donovan
69kg Freudis Rojas Jr. v Kieran Molloy
75kg Nikita Ababiy v Gerard French
91+kg Richard Torrez  v Dean Gardiner

(Bouts are subject to change)

 

USA v Ireland MassMutual Center Springfield

March 15th

60kg: Amelia Moore  beat Kellie Harrington 2-1
69kg: Oshae Jones beat Grainne Walsh 2-1
60kg: Marc Castro  beat George Bates  2-1
64kg Charlie Sheehy  beat Wayne Kelly 2-1
64kg: Tiger Johnson beat Caoimhin Ferguson 2-1
69kg: Quinton Randall lost to Paddy Donovan 0-3
75kg: Troy Isley beat Gerard French 3-0
75kg: Nikita Ababiy lost to Brett McGinty 1-2
81kg: Khalil Coe beat Caoimhin Agyarko-Hynes 3-0
91kg: Adrian Tillman lost to Kiril Afanasev 0-3

USA 7 Ireland 3

USA v Ireland March 12th Boston

54kg: Virginia Fuchs beat Lauren Hogan RSC2
60kg: Stacia Suttles lost to Kellie Harrington 0-3
69kg: Oshae Jones beat Grainne Walsh 2-1
60kg: Marc Castro beat Frankie Cleary 3-0
60kg: Keyshawn Davis beat George Bates 3-0
64kg: Tiger Johnson beat Wayne Kelly 2-1
69kg: Quinton Randall lost to Kieran Molloy 1-2
75kg: Troy Isley beat Bret McGinty 3-0
75kg: Nikita Ababiy lost to Michael Nevin 1-2
81kg: Khalil Coe beat Caoimhin Agyarko-Hynes 3-0
91kg: Adrian Tillman lost to Kiril Afanasev Pts 1-2
91kg+: Richard Torres beat Dean Gardiner 3-0

USA 8 Ireland 4

Irish squad

 

Female

54kg: Lauren Hogan (St Brigid’s BC)

60kg: Kellie Harrington (St Mary’s BC)

69kg: Grainne Walsh (Spartacus BC)

75kg: Aoife Burke (St Mary’s BC)

Male

91kg+: Dean Gardiner (Clonmel BC)

91kg: Kiril Afanasev (Smithfield BC)

81kg: Caoimhin Agyarko-Hynes (Holy Trinity BC)

75kg: Michael Nevin (Portlaoise BC)

75kg: Brett McGinty (Oakleaf BC)

75kg: Gerard French (Clonard BC)

69kg: Kieran Molloy (Oughterard BC)

69kg: Eugene McKeever (Holy Family BC)

69kg: Paddy Donovan (OLOL BC)

64kg: Wayne Kelly (Portlaoise BC)

64kg: Caoimhin Ferguson (Clonard BC)

60kg: George Bates (St Mary’s BC)

60kg: Francis Cleary (Ballina BC)

Team manager – Bernard Dunne

Head coach – Zauri Antia

Coach – Phillip Keogh

Coach – Martin Donovan

Coach – Paul Thompson