“I felt I lost the first round,” admitted the Irish Elite champion,” but I felt that it was impossible to give the second and third round against me. I caught her with big, big shots. I fought her Monday and I wanted to correct the mistakes I made in that fight, I did that.”
“Delighted with the win, have had a few decisions not go my way lately and it was important to get the win tonight for my confidence. I know I have the performances in me and I’m delighted to get over the line tonight and get the result in a very good contest,” he said.
Both nations will meet for a third and final time in Manchester, New Hampshire on March 21.
USA v Ireland MassMutual Center Springfield
March 15th
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)
64kg: Wayne Kelly (Portlaoise BC)
64kg: Caoimhin Ferguson (Clonard BC)
64kg: Paddy Donovan (OLOL 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
Manchester March 21
51 kg: Virginia Fuchs, Katy, Texas, 29
56 kg: Duke Ragan, Cincinnati, Ohio, 29
60 kg: Stacia Suttles, Bronx, N.Y., 23
60 kg: James Browning, Las Vegas, Nev., 18
64 kg: Charlie Sheehy, Brisbane, Calif., 19
69 kg: Quinton Randall, Humble, Texas, 27
69 kg: Freudis Rojas Jr., Las Vegas, Nev., 19
75 kg: Nikita Ababiy, Brooklyn, N.Y., 19
75 kg: Naomi Graham, Colorado Springs, Colo., 28
91 kg: Jared Anderson, Toledo, Ohio, 18
91+ kg: Richard Torres, Tulare, Calif., 18