Team Ireland made it four from four on the opening day of the European U23 Championship in Budapest.

Louis Rooney opened his account in style. He was the 5-0 winner over Georgia’s Lasha Kereselidze on a scoreline of 27: 30, 26: 30, 27: 30, 27: 30, 27: 30. Louis, a 2024 European U23 champ, has booked a 50kg Quarter Final berth in the process. Louis boxes for a medal on Wednesday, against Turkey’s Oyan Nurallagh

70kg Ryan Jenkins, a 2024 European Youth bronze medalist, is through to the Last 16, following a 3-2 decision win over Slovakia’s Adolf Stanek in the Round of 32. Judges scored the bout 28: 29, 29: 28, 29:28, 30:27 28: 29. Ryan is back in action on Tuesday, when he meets Greece’s Zacharias Mylonas

70kg Tadgh O’Donnell, also a 2024 European Youth bronze medalist, has won through to the Last 16, with a decisive 5-0 win over Bulgaria’s Bulgaria’s Stelian Strahilov. Judges scored the bout 27:30, 27:30, 27:30, 27:30, 27:30. He’s back in action on Monday, against Croatia’s Petar Kresimir Knezevic.

85kg Sean Mackay Trant has won through to the quarter finals, following a split win over Germany’s David Onyekachi Nwanya The score-cards were level going in to the 3rd round at 19:19, 19:19, 19:19, 19:19, 19:19. The contest was stopped mid-way through that round because of a cut to Sean’s brow. Judges awarded him the decision.

Team Co-Captain, 80kg James Whelan, was also scheduled to box today but was withdrawn at this morning’s medical.

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.

Women’s Drawsheets

The tournament organisers have, as of Sunday evening, published the Women’s Drawsheets.

Day Two

7 Team Ireland boxers are between the ropes in Budapest on Monday, and one boxes for a medal.

55kg Pasty Joyce, Olympic BC, Westmeath takes on Ukraine’s Maksym Zymenko, the 2024 European Youth Champion in a Last 16 contest. That’s Bout 1 of Ring A’s Afternoon Session.

65kg Roy Colgan, Avona BC, Dublin has a bye to the Last 16 stage – he’ll open his account against Germany’s Denis Bril on Monday in Bout 5 f Ring A’s Afternoon Session.

70kg Tadgh O’Donnell is back in action tomorrow, taking on Croatia’s Petar Kresimir Knezevic in Bout 11 of Ring B’s Afternoon Session

The women’s competition formally begins in Monday’s Evening Session.

Bout 4 of Ring A’s Evening Session, 60kg Rebecca Kavanagh, Mulhuddart BC, Dublin takes on Latvia’s Laura Jakovleva in a Last 16 bout

80+kg Cliona D’Arcy, Tobar Pheadair BC, Galway makes her tournament debut 6 contests later, in Bout 10 of the same ring and session. She boxers her quarter final against Ukraine’s Viktoriia Shcherbyna.

60kg Gavin Ryan, Ratoath BC, Meath, has a bye to Last 16, and meets Greeces’s Georgios Pleas in the last contest of the day in Ring A – Bout 14.

In Bout 4 of Ring B’s Evening Session, 51kg Rachel Lawless, of St. Brigid’s BC, Offaly boxes her Last 16 bout against Spain’s Salmeron Gutierrez

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)

Ireland was unanimously affirmed as a full member of World Boxing at the international federation’s Congress in Rome today.

In April, IABA clubs attending an EGM voted by a margin of 116: 1 in favour of joing World Boxing, and provisional membership was affirmed in May. Attending federation delegates today voted on affirming the full membership of each and federation provisionally approved throughout 2025.

IABA was representated at today’s congress by President, Anto Donnelly, and CEO, Gary Stewart.

The two-time middleweight world champion and 2004 Olympic silver medallist, Gennadiy Golovkin, has been named the new President of World Boxing. The Kazakh was the only candidate for the role on the final ballot paper and was named President by acclamation at World Boxing Congress 2025.

Other candidates had put themselves forward in October 2025 to contest the Presidential election, however Golovkin was the only person approved to stand by an independent Vetting Panel, which assessed the backgrounds of all the candidates.

The Vetting Panel is made-up of three independent, external experts and supported by the leading independent provider of sport-specific arbitration and mediation services, Sport Resolutions, and is designed to ensure World Boxing adheres to the highest standards of governance by providing independent, third party checking and oversight of Congress and the election process.

Golovkin will serve an initial three-year term and succeeds Dutchman, Boris van der Vorst, who did not seek re-election following the completion of his term. Gennadiy Golovkin, said: “It is a privilege to be elected as the new President of World Boxing. But this is just the beginning. Starting today, athletes will be at the heart of every decision we make. On the road to LA28, we will restore trust in Olympic boxing to secure our place in Brisbane and beyond. Now it’s time to move forward as one united boxing family.”
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Ryan O’Shea, President of Boxing Canada, was returned as Vice President. Michael Mueller of Germany and President of the Japanese federation, Tatsuya Nakama were elected to the Executive Board.

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)

The second day of boxing in the 2025 National Intermediate Championships took place atHoly Family, Drogheda, today

 In all, 123 bouts will be boxed over the course of the tournament, by in excess of 140 boxers.

All drawsheets and provisional programmes are available here

Results | Saturday, November 22nd.

60kg   Declan Reynolds (Clonard A) beat Gideon Rowan (Nutgrove), 5-0

60kg   Martin McDonagh (Avona) beat Drew Fitzpatrick (Copus  Christi A), 5-0

65kg   Josh Tunama (Dublin Docklands) beat Daniel Magliozzi (Golden Cobra), 5-0

65kg   Aodhan Byrne (Kilcullen) beat Luke Fitzgerald (Corpus Christi M), KO1

65kg   Jake Daly (D-Box) beat John Gilligan (Ballinacarrow), 3-2

65kg   Callum Carragher (Holy Family) beat Danny Lucey (Rylane), 5-0

65kg   Michael O’Domhnaill (Conamara) beat Dylan O’Loughlin (Edenmore), 4-1

65kg   Chris McCabe (Santry) W/O

65kg   Fionn Duffy (St Josephs Derry) beat Elias Dlhos (Unit 3), 3-2

65kg   Johnny Harty Jr (Portlaoise) beat Cameron Suttle (Erne), 5-0

75kg   Ola Wahab (Golden Gloves M) beat Dane Flanagan (Firhouse Shamrocks), 3-2

75kg   Maksym Oshodi (Lucan) beat Diarmuid Mazairire (Bryansford), 5-0

75kg   Damon Critchly (Canal) beat Daniel Henricksson (Togher), 5-0

75kg   Declan McDonagh (Claremorris) beat Danny Tsui (Star of the Sea), KO2

75kg   Kelvin Greaney (Golden Gloves M) beat Christian Kumbu (St Marys D), AB3

75kg   Tobi Olesegun (Holy Family) beat Obi Martins (Smithfield), 5-0

75kg   Dean Myers (Olympic C) beat Brian Johnson (Muskerry), 5-0

75kg   Callum Powell (Cabra) W/O

80kg   James McGuinness (St Monicas) beat Jack Prenderville (St Saviours OBA), 5-0

80kg   Allan Strachan (The Hub) beat Sam Tsui (Star of the Sea) RSC2

80kg   Niall Doherty (St Marys NR) beat Cormac Slevin (Corpus Christi M), 5-0

80kg   Jude Molyneaux (Holy Trinity) beat Oran Blake (Ballinacarrow), 5-0

80kg   Fernandez Badejo (Maynooth) W/O

80kg   Kevin Osagbokan Osifio (Cherry Orchard) beat Ronan Kelly (Smithfield), 5-0

80kg   Loic Yonken (Cabra)   W/O

Quarter Finals

85kg   Rasheed Momoh (Castlebar) W/O

85kg   Jason Travers (Corpus Christi M) beat Liam Carthy (Santry) , 5-0

90kg   Abel Ighbanour (Mount Tallant) beat Destiny Ogedengbe (Rudiarius), 4-1

90kg   Mark Duffy (Charlestown) beat Daniel Tsekiri (Dublin Docklands), 3-0

90kg   Michael Kolawole (St Marys D) beat Michael Boutenko (Muskerry), 4-1

90kg   David Nevin (Holy Family) W/O

90+kg Danny Byrne (Dublin Docklands) beat Conan Dillon (Kinsale), KO3

90+kg George St Ledger (Spartan) beat Oisin O’Reilly (Oakleaf), 3-2

90+kg Brandon McKelvie (Clonard A) W/O

90+kg Malachy Duffy (Virginia) beat Ronan Malone (Cove), 5-0

Advisories

Boxing on November 23rd takes place at Holy Family BC, Drogheda. Boxing on November 28th and 29th will take place at the National Stadium.

Weigh-ins will take place on Fridays from 8am to 9am, and again from 12pm to 1pm. Weigh-ins on Saturdays and Sundays will take place between 8am and 9am.

The withdrawal of any boxer should be notified without delay to National Registrar, Stephen Connolly, via +353 86 154 6746 or registrar@iaba.ie

Coaches who have not registered with National Secretary Tara Mari via secretary@iaba.ie will not be permitted entry to the field of play.

Programme | Sunday, November 23rd

All programmes are subject to change. Boxing begins at 11am

The first of over 120 bouts in the 2025 National Intermediate Championships were boxing at Holy Family, Drogheda, this evening.

 In all, 123 bouts will be boxed over the course of the tournament, by in excess of 140 boxers.

All drawsheets and provisional programmes are available here

Results | Friday November 21st

65kg   Fionn Duffy (St Josephs Derry) W/O

65kg   Johnny Harty Jr (Portaloaise) W/O

65kg   Cameron Suttle (Erne) beat Killian Walsh (Trojan), 4-1

70kg   Emmanuel Olubunmi (St Marys D) beat Dylan Murphy (St Marys D), 3-2

70kg   Riain O’Donovan (Ballyboughal) W/O

70kg   Luke Duncan (Ederney) beat Lee Hanna (Townland), 3-2

70kg   Richard Phiri (Celtic Eagles) W/O

70kg   James Ryan (The Hub) W/O

70kg   Jenovic Mbuyi Tshiswoka (Spartan) beat Michael McCarthy (Urlingford), 4-1

70kg   Joshua Badmus (Holy Family) beat Enuke Aptsiauri (St Marys D), 4-1

70kg   Cahan Hallinan (Olympic) beat Jamie Watson (St Matthews), 5-0

75kg   Kelvin Greaney (Golden Gloves M) beat Samuel Gomez (Tobar Pheadair), 4-1

75kg   Christian Kumbu (St Marys D) W/O

75kg   Tobi Olesegun (Holy Family) beat Harry Badmus (Jobstown), 5-0

75kg   Obi Martins (Smithfield) beat Eoghan Nalty (Celtic Eagles), 3-2

75kg   Brian Johnson (Muskerry) W/O

75kg   Dean Myers (Olympic C) beat Andrew Moloney (Golden Cobra), 3-2

75kg   Callum Powell (Cabra) beat George Goff (Golden Gloves M), 5-0

75kg   Adeniyi Lawal (Cabra) beat Rhien Sargent (St Matthew), 5-0

Advisories

Boxing November 22nd and 23rd takes place at Holy Family BC, Drogheda. Boxing on November 28th and 29th will take place at the National Stadium.

Weigh-ins will take place on Fridays from 8am to 9am, and again from 12pm to 1pm. Weigh-ins on Saturdays and Sundays will take place between 8am and 9am.

The withdrawal of any boxer should be notified without delay to National Registrar, Stephen Connolly, via +353 86 154 6746 or registrar@iaba.ie

Coaches who have not registered with National Secretary Tara Mari via secretary@iaba.ie will not be permitted entry to the field of play.

Programme | Saturday, November 22nd

All programmes are subject to change. Boxing begins at 11am