Armenian bantam Zhirayr Saeqsyan and Georgian super-heavy Mikheil Bakhtidze won their last 32 bouts at the 44-nation European Games in Minsk today to set up last 16 meetings with Kurt Walker and Dean Gardiner on Monday.

Saeqsyan beat Romania’s Eusebiu Jitaru and will meet No. 4 seed Walker on Monday afternoon and Bakhtidze outpointed Islvan Nagu of Hungary en route to his three-rounder with Gardiner.

World Elite lightweight champion Kellie Harrington, the No. 1 seed in the 60kg class in Minsk, will face the winner of Sunday’s meeting between Italy’s former World Youth champion Irma Testa and Moldova’s Christina Rygielska in the quarter-finals next Wednesday with at least bronze up for grabs.

Testa, who will be favourite to advance versus Rygielska, has dropped two decisions to Harrington in the past but the Italian Rio 2016 Olympian did beat France’s Rio 2016 Olympic and World champion Estelle Mossely three years ago.

Kieran Molloy and Michael Nevin will be the first Irish boxers in action tomorrow in Belarus.

Click on below for Saturday’s draw. Local times apply on program. Ireland is two hours behind Belarus.

Boxing2019 – European Games Day2 Schedule (1)

European Games 2019 Minsk, Belarus

June 22

Last 32

69kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) v Goce Janeski (Northern Macedonia)
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) v Mark Dickinson (Team GB)

June 23

Last 32 and 16

49kg Regan Buckley (Ireland) v Bator Sagalvev (Russia) (last 16)
64kg James McGivern (Ireland) v Michael Takacs (Slovakia) (last 32)
91kg Anthony Browne (Ireland) v Dzemal Bosnjak (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (last 16)

June 24

Last 16

56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) v Zhirayr Saeqsyan (Armenia)
57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) v Lenuta Perijoc (Romania)
69kg Grainne Walsh (Ireland) v Rosie Eccles (Great Britain)
91+kg Dean Gardiner (Ireland) v Mikheil Bakhtidze (Georgia)

June 25

Last 16

75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) v Viktoryia Kebikava (Belarus)

June 26

Q/Finals

60kg Kellie Harrington (Ireland) v Irma Testa (Italy) or Christina Rygielska (Moldova)

 

Irish squad

Female

57kg Michaela Walsh (Monsktown A)

60kg Kellie Harrington (St Marys)

69kg Gráinne Walsh (Spartacus)

75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea)

Male

49kg Regan Buckley (St Teresa’s)

56kg Kurt Walker (Canal)

64kg James McGivern (St George’s)

69kg Kieran Molloy (Oughterard)

75kg Michael Nevin (Portlaoise)

91kg Tony Browne (St Michael’s Dublin)

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Clonmel)

Team manager: Bernard Dunne

Coaches: Zaur Antia, John Conlan, Dmitry Dimitruk

 

 

 

The National Junior Cadet quarter-finals and semi-finals will be decided at the National Stadium tonight and tomorrow morning and afternoon.

Please scroll down for draws and all results so far at the Championships.

The IABA is using the tournament as part of their selection process for the European Schoolboy/girl Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia from August 2 to 12.

Note – boxers only weigh-in again on the day of their finals at the Junior Cadet Championships.

 

2019 National Boys and Girls Junior Cadet Championships National Stadium Dublin

Friday, June 21

Q/Finals & S/Finals (7pm)

31kg Alfie Jordan (Olympic Mullingar) V William Harty (St Ailbhes)
31kg Luke Mulhall (Docklands) V William Mongan (Crumlin)
33kg John Connors (Craanford) V Patsy Joyce (Olympic Mullingar)
37kg John Harry (Portlaoise) V Marcus Barrett (Titans)
37kg Ashton Ruth (Cabra) V Jack McNamee (Olympic Mullingar)
38kg Sophie Curley (Dealgan) V Caoimhe Kinsella (St Anthonys/Pats)
35kg Tadgh Sheridan (Olympic Mullingar)V Martin McDonagh (Avona)
38.5kg Callum Ruth (Cabra) V Paul Fitzgerald (Corinthians)
38.5kg Kai Griffin (Drimnagh) W/O
42kg Aliyah Flood (Monkstown D) V Jamie O’Rourke (Wexford CBS)
44kg Esther Lambe (Setanta L) V Rebecca Kavanagh (Mulhuddart)
44kg Shauna O’Riordan (Sliabh Luachra) V Ellie Hanrahan (Kilfenora)
46kg Carleigh Irvine (Illies GG) W/O
46kg Angelina Duffy (Glin) V Abby Gibbons (Cherry Orchard)
48kg Jason Curtis (Docklands) V Drew Fitzpatrick (Saints)
48kg Padraig Stapleton (Monkstown D) V Aaron McDaid (Raphoe)
48kg Casey Walsh (Abbey) V Cian Dolan (Monivea)
48kg Jimmy Hutchinson (Tipperary Town) V Jamie Scott (Golden Gloves)
48kg Caragh Murphy (Oughterard) V Alex Dickenson (Rathnew)
48kg Nora Jackman (Paulstown) V Caoilfhionn Crowley (Erne)
51kg Michaelah Quinlan (Tipperary Town)V Georgia McGovern (Drimnagh)
51kg Tia Attewell (TobarPheadair) V Natalia Fasciszewska (Aglish)
64kg Emma Keating (Paulstown) V Jodie Byrne (St Teresa’s)
70kg Nikita Iyamu (Crumlin) V Brianna Tobin (Spartans)

Saturday, June 22

S/Finals (10am)

40.kg Owen Cleary (Olympic Galway) V Roy Colgan (Avona)
40.kg Danny Reilly (St Pauls M) V Callum Flaherty (Connemara
41.5kg Thomas McInerney (Portlaoise) V Louis Hill (Gilford)
41.5kg Lee Gallagher (Ratoath GG) V Sean Tyndall (Docklands)
43kg Kyle Smyth (Holy Trinity) V Paul Corr (Cookstown)
43kg Anton Genocky (Docklands) V Ian Austin (Monkstown D)
44.5kg Ronan Love (Loup) V Seamus Maughan (Cookstown)
44.5kg Malo Davis (Monkstown D) V Christopher Doyle (St Ailbhes)
46kg Blaine Fitzgerald (Corinthians) V Eugene White (Castleblaney)
46kg Andrew Ward (St Malachys) V Anthony O’Reilly (Callan)
48kg Winner V Winner
48kg Winner V Winner
50kg Terry Maughan (Crumlin) V Arthur McDonagh (Crumlin)
50kg Dylan McShane (St Pauls A) V James O’Reilly (Togher)
52kg Luke Hall (Rochfordbridge) V Tom Cash (Portlaoise)
52kg Lee McEvoy (Avona) V David Blaney (Navan)
54kg Belaal El Yaqout (O’Hanlon Park) V John McDonagh (Cabra)
59kg Devon Clooney (Cherry Orchard) V Patrick Stokes (St Johns U)
59kg John Joyce (Cloghan) V Alex Herteg (Bay City)
68kg Anthony Taggart (Ormeau Road) V Thomas Ward (Carrickmore
54kg Bobbie Flood (Cabra) V Cole Byrne (Enniskerry)
62kg Sean Dinnegan (Mullingar Elite) V Ethan Taylor (Loughglynn)
62kg Michael A McCarthy (Urlingford) V Brandon McMahon (Carrickmore)
90kg Charlie McDonagh (Galway) V Adam Olaniyan (Jobstown)
90kg Mike McCarthy (Rathkeale) V Edward Sweeney (Titans)

Saturday, July 6

Finals (11am)

(Weigh-ins – 8am to 9am at the National Stadium)

27kg Jamie McMahon (Ardee) W/O
31kg Winner V Winner
G33kg Stacey O’Connor (Jobstown) W/O
33kg Brandon Joyce (Mulhuddart) V Winner
G36kg Carley Mullarney (Ballyhaunis) W/O
35kg Tadgh Sheridan (Olympic Mullingar) V Martin McDonagh (Avona)
37kg Winner V Winner
G38kg Chantelle Balfe (Craanford) V
38.5kg Winner V Kai Griffin (Drimnagh)
G40kg Shakira McCrudden (Riverside) W/O
40kg Winner V Winner
41.5kg Winner V Winner
G42kg Katie O’Keeffe (Kanturk) V Winner
43kg Winner V Winner
G44kg Winner V Winner
44.5kg Winner V Winner
G46kg Carleigh Irvine (Illies GG) V Winner
46kg Winner V Winner
G48kg Winner V Winner
48kg Winner V Winner
50kg Winner V Winner
G51kg Winner V Winner
52kg Winner V Winner
G54kg Winner V Winner
54kg Winner V Winner
56kg Winner V Winner
G57kg Alicia King (Ratoath GG) V Courtney Joyce (Clonmel)
59kg Winner V Winner
G60kg Winner V Winner
62kg Winner V Winner
64kg Ava Rose Lyndon (Glin) V Winner
65kg Dementas Auzelis (Ballaghederreen) W/O
67kg Dayna Elbharaoui (Crumlin) W/O
68kg John Paul Mongan (OLOL) V Winner
G70kg Winner V Winner
72kg Callum McGillin (Two Castles) V Ryan Murphy (Neilstown)
G75kg Brianna Ryan (Setanta L) V Cliona Darcy (Tobar Pheadair)
76kg Clayton Nolan (Ballyhaunis) V Caolan Devlin (Mark Heagney)
80kg Kurt Doyle (Crumlin) V Bernard Cawley (St Davids Naas)
90kg Winner V Winner
90+kg Danny O’Brien (Shadows) W/O

June 13

Q/Finals and S/Finals

31kg Alfie Jordan (Olympic Mullingar) beat Louis Rooney (Star) 4-1
31kg William Harty (St Ailbhes) beat Josh Favoudon (St Margarets M) 4-1
31kg Luke Mulhall (Docklands) beat Aaron McKenna (O’Hanlon Park) 5-0
31kg William Mongan (Crumlin) beat Nicko Donoghue (St Michaels Athy) 3-2
38.5kg Callum Ruth (Cabra) beat Charlie Ward (Ballaghaderreen) 5-0
38.5kg Paul Fitzgerald (Corinthians) beat Dylan O’Flynn (St Colmans) RSC1
38.5kg Kai Griffin (Drimnagh) beat Denis Aleksandrous (Bracken) 5-0
38.5kg Shane Quinn (St Pauls A) beat Jack McAleer (Swords) 3-2
41.5kg Thomas McInerney (Portlaoise) W/O
41.5kg Louis Hill (Gilford) beat Philip Feokrytov (Arklow) 5-0
41.5kg Lee Gallagher (Ratoath GG) beat Sean Murray Lynch (Avona) 3-2
41.5kg Sean Tyndall (Docklands) beat Deam Smithers (Swords) 5-0
43kg Kyle Smyth (Holy Trinity) beat Harry Matthews (Mulhuddart) 5-0
43kg Paul Corr (Cookstown) beat Edward Barrett (Titans) 5-0
43kg Anton Genocky (Docklands) beat Odhran Clancy (Rathfirland) RSC3
43kg Ian Austin (Monkstown D) beat Kyle McMonagle Kearney (St Brigets U) 5-0
46kg Eugene White (Castleblaney) beat Bernie Stokes (Loughshore) 5-0
46kg Andrew Ward (St Malachys) beat Michael Ward (Ballyhaunis) 4-1
46kg Anthony O’Reilly (Callan) beat Adam O’Neill (Glin) 5-0
50kg Terry Maughan (Crumlin) beat Danny Delaney (Urlingford) 5-0
44.5kg Malo Davis (Monkstown D) beat Ben Dempsey (Achill) 4-1
44.5kg Christopher Doyle (St Ailbhes) beat Alan Donnelly (Midleton) 5-0
50kg Arthur McDonagh (Crumlin) beat Joshua Barrett (Titans) 3-2
50kg Dylan McShane (St Pauls A) beat Michael Collins (Avona) 4-1
50kg James O’Reilly (Togher) beat Daniel O’Brien (Setanta L) 5-0
52kg Tom Cash (Portlaoise) beat William Harty (Rathkeale) 3-2
52kg Lee McEvoy (Avona)beat Harley Fagan Harold (Bracken) RSC2
52kg David Blaney (Navan) beat Kyle Holden (St Michaels Athy) 3-2
54kg Niamh Keogh (Olympic Mullingar) beat Rebecca Collins (Glin) 5-0
54kg Ariana Usetilaite (Tipperary Town) beat Aine Curtis (Achill) 5-0
56kg Lawrence Connors (St Marys D) W/O
56kg Adam Sweeney (Gateway) beat Ryan Lee (Crumlin) 4-1
59kg John Joyce (Cloghan) beat James Maguire (Holy Family L) 3-2
59kg Alex Herteg (Bay City) beat Aaron Ward (Darndale) 5-0
60kg Gabrielle Mongan (Whitechurch) beat Jade McNamee (Olympic Mullingar) 3-2
60kg Hope Gallagher (Achill) beat Casey Dermody (Raging Bull) 3-2

June 14

Prelims

31kg William Mongan (Crumlin) beat Rico Donoghue (Portlaoise) 5-0
31kg Nicko Donoghue (St Michaels Athy) beat Karl Reilly (Immaculata A) 3-2
38.5kg Shane Quinn (St Pauls A) beat Peter Ward (Immaculata A) 5-0
37kg Jack McNamee (Olympic Mullingar) Edward Carthy (St Micheals Athy) 5-0
37kg John Harry (Portlaoise) beat Armandas Kreqzde (Avona) 4-1
37kg Marcus Barrett (Titans) beat Brian Daly (Olympic Mullingar) 5-0
40kg Owen Cleary (Olympic Galway) beat Anthony Hunter (St Pauls A) 5-0
40kg Roy Colgan (Avona) beat Tyler Nolan (Cherry Orchard) 5-0
40kg Danny Reilly (St Pauls M) beat Bleik Lisaks (Bracken) 5-0
40kg Callum Flaherty (Connemara) W/O
41.5kg Philip Feokrytov (Arklow) beat Jack McCarthy (Dealgan) 5-0
41.5kg Lee Gallagher (Ratoath GG) beat Ryan Jenkins (Olympic Mullingar) 5-0
41.5kg Sean Murray Lynch (Avona) beat Nathan O’Hara (Paulstown) 5-0
41.5kg Sean Tyndall (Docklands) beat Sam Harty (Rathkeale) 5-0
41.5kg Dean Smithers (Swords) beat William Carthy (St Michaels Athy) 4-1
46kg Angelina Duffy (Glin) beat Megan Carthy (St Michaels NR) 5-0
46kg Abbie Gibbons (Cherry Orchard) beat Niamh Molloy (Connemara) RSC3
48kg Jamie Scott (Golden Gloves) beat Donnacha Mooney (Clann Naofa) 5-0
50kg Daniel O’Brien (Setanta L) beat Stephen Walsh (Monkstown D) 5-0
50kg James O’Reilly (Togher) beat Michael McInerney (Cloghan) 5-0
54kg Rebecca Collins (Glin) beat Cleah Young (St Pauls A) 5-0
54kg Niamh Keogh (Olympic Mullingar) beat Lucy O’Neill (Ballybough) 5-0
54kg Aine Curtis (Achill) beat Allanah Attewell (Tobar Pheadair) 4-1
54kg Ariana Usetilaite (Tipperary Town) beat Ella Hanlon Malone (Glin) 5-0
56kg Ryan Lee (Crumlin) beat Oscar Lewins (Monkstown D) 5-0
60kg Casey Dermody (Raging Bull) W/O

 

 

Galway welter and Laois middle Kieran Molloy and Michael Nevin will be the first Irish boxers in action at the 2nd edition of the European Games in Minsk, Belarus.

The Irish pair meet Northern Macedonia and Team GB in the last 32 of the tournament at the Sports Palace in the Belarusian capital on Saturday.

World and EU Elite champions Kellie Harrington and Kurt Walker received byes into the quarter-finals and last sixteen. Harrington and Walker are seeded No. 1 and No.4 at the 2nd edition of the Games.

No Irish boxers will be between the ropes on the opening day of competition tomorrow.

Regan Buckley, James McGivern and Anthony Browne box Sunday, while Michaela Walsh, also an EU Elite champion, goes head-to-head with Romania on Monday.

Click here for all draw sheets and information.

European Games 2019 Minsk, Belarus

June 22

Last 32

69kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) v Goce Janeski (Northern Macedonia)
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) v Mark Dickinson (Team GB)

June 23

Last 32 and 16

49kg Regan Buckley (Ireland) v Bator Sagalvev (Russia) (last 16)
64kg James McGivern (Ireland) v Michael Takacs (Slovakia) (last 32)
91kg Anthony Browne (Ireland) v Dzemal Bosnjak (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (last 16)

June 24

Last 16

56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) v Eusebiu Jitaru (Romania) or Zhirayr Saeqsyan (Armenia)
57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) v Lenuta Perijoc (Romania)
69kg Grainne Walsh (Ireland) v Rosie Eccles (Great Britain)
91+kg Dean Gardiner (Ireland) v Mikheil Bakhtidze (Georgia) or Islvan Nagy (Hungary)

June 25

Last 16

75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) v Viktoryia Kebikava (Belarus)

June 26

Q/Finals

60kg Kellie Harrington (Ireland) v Irma Testa (Italy) or Christina Rygielska (Moldova)

 

 

Irish squad

Female

57kg Michaela Walsh (Monsktown A)

60kg Kellie Harrington (St Marys)

69kg Gráinne Walsh (Spartacus)

75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea)

Male

49kg Regan Buckley (St Teresa’s)

56kg Kurt Walker (Canal)

64kg James McGivern (St George’s)

69kg Kieran Molloy (Oughterard)

75kg Michael Nevin (Portlaoise)

91kg Tony Browne (St Michael’s Dublin)

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Clonmel)

Team manager: Bernard Dunne

Coaches: Zaur Antia, John Conlan, Dmitry Dimitruk

 

 

 

The International Olympic Committee Executive Board yesterday confirmed a substantial quota increase for women at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics at their Board meeting in Lausanne.

100 female boxers will compete at the 32nd Olympiad, an almost threefold increase from London 2012, where women’s boxing made its Olympic debut, and Rio 2016 which reserved 36 places for women across three weight categories.

186 men will battle it out at Tokyo 2020 across eight categories with male limits reduced from ten to eight and women’s increased from three to five.

286 boxers compete at each Olympiad. The vast majority of these athletes qualify while the host nation is entitled to a number of places.

The Tokyo 2020 qualifiers will run from January to April at host cities to be confirmed in Africa, Americas, Asian/Oceania and Europe with one final qualifier in May.

Please click here for further details.

New Olympic Weighs.

Men’s events (8)

Fly (48kg to 52kg)

Feather (52kg to 57kg)

Light (57kg to 63kg)

Welter (63kg to 69kg)

Middle (69kg to 75kg)

Light Heavy (75kg to 81kg)

Heavy (81kg to 91kg)

Super Heavy (91kg to +91kg)

Women’s events (5)

Fly (48kg to 51kg)

Feather (54kg to 57kg)

Light (57kg to 60kg)

Welter (64kg to 69kg)

Middle (69kg to 75kg)

TOKYO 2020 QUALIFICATION SYSTEM

The proposal includes a revised quota distribution to enhance gender equality, which would increase by 25 per cent the women’s quota previously approved by the IOC Executive Board in June 2017.

The overall quota of 286 athletes is maintained and will be made up of 186 men and 100 women (compared to 250 men and 36 women at Rio 2016).

The continental distribution has been based on participation and results at the past two Olympic Games and two World Championships to reflect the landscape of global boxing.

A total of four continental qualification events will be held (the Asia and Oceania event will be combined), along with a further World Qualification Event. All qualification events will be staged between January and May 2020. The host cities for the qualification events will be targeted/selected from among host countries of recent or upcoming Olympic Games.

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