Boxing in the 2026 National Elite Championships begins tonight at 6.30pm.
The 75 competiting boxers are from clubs in counties Antrim (11), Cork (2), Down (2), Dublin (23), Galway (7), Kildare (3), Leitrim (2), Louth (1), Mayo (3), Meath (2), Offaly (2), Roscommon (2), Tyrone (1), Waterford (4), Westmeath (5), Wexford (1), Wicklow (1)
There are two Elite champions-by-walkover: Emma Keating of Paulstown BC, Kilkenny at 80kg and Cliona D’Arcy of Tobar Pheadair BC, Galway at 80+kg
The Elite Championships, Ireland’s premier amateur boxing tournament, was first hosted in 1922 at the Abbey Theatre Dublin after an earlier All-Ireland event in 1920, eventually finding a permanent home at the purpose-built National Stadium in 1939. Double Olympian and multiple Commonwealth Games medalist, Michaela Walsh of Holy Family GG Belfast, holds the record for winning the most Elite titles, having won her 13th at the 2025 National Elite Championships.
Draws are available here
Tickets
Tickets are available for individual days of boxing throughout these championships, and passes for the entire competition encompassing all days of boxing. Buy tickets here
All seating is general admission, and tickets are available for:
- Adults: full competition €80/one day €25
- OAPs: full competition €40/one day €10
- People aged 18-23 in full time education or training: full competition €40/one day €10
- Children under 18: full competition €40/one day €10
- Club ticket for 2 adults and 10 children: finals, only €100
Friday, January 9th | Quarter Finals
Boxing begins at 6.30pm; doors at 5.30pm. All programmes are subject to change.
1. 51kg Shannon Sweeney (St Annes BC, Mayo) V Rachel Lawless (St Brigids Edenderry)
2. 51kg Carlagh Peake (Ballyhaunis BC, Mayo) V Niamh Early (Unit 3 BC, Kildare)
3. 54kg Chloe Gabriel (Dublin Docklands) V Nicole Clyde (Antrim BC)
4. 60kg Adam Kiely (Saviours Crystal BC Waterford V Lee McEvoy (Avona BC, Dublin)
5. 60kg Jude Gallagher (Two Castles OBA, Tyrone) V Martin McDonagh (Avona BC, Dublin)
6. 65kg Roy Colgan (Avona BC, Dublin) V John Paul Hale (Star BC, Belfast)
7. 65kg Luke Hall (Rochfordbridge BC Westmeath) V James McDonagh (St Paul’s BC Waterford)
8. 70kg Cian Cramer (Cabra BC, Dublin) V Damien Creavin (Olympic BC, Galway)
9. 70kg Darragh Gilroy (Ballymore Hollywood BC Kildare) V Ryan Jenkins (Jobstown BC, Dublin)
10. 85kg Nathan Ojo (Esker BC, Dublin) V Rasheed Momoh (Castlebar BC, Mayo)
11. 90kg Wayne Rafferty (Dublin Docklands) V Michael O’Reilly (St Brigids Kildare)