TEAM IRELAND LEAVE FOR HUNGARY

Team Ireland, pictured above at Dublin Airport this morning, are on their way to Debrecen, Hungary for the Bosckai Memorial.

The draw for the 64th edition of the tournament will be held tomorrow morning followed by preliminary round boxing on Monday afternoon.

Rio 2016 Olympian Brendan Irvine and Jude Gallagher are doubling up at flyweight in Hungary’s second largest city.

Gabriel Dossen and Dean Gardiner compete at middle and super heavy.

Over thirty nations go into the hat for Monday’s draw at Ireland’s final competitive outing before the European qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 which begin at the Copperbox Arena in London on March 13.

Boxing starts at 2pm (Irish time) tomorrow.

Hungary is one hour ahead of Ireland.

Bocskai Men’s Memorial Debrecen, Hungary February 3/8

52kg Brendan Irvine (St Paul’s)
52kg Jude Gallagher (Two Castles)
75kg Gabriel Dossen (Olympic)
91+kg Dean Gardiner (Clonmel)

Coaches: Eoin Pluck & Michael Mongan

Physio: David Cooke