Kurt Walker and Sean McComb will begin Ireland’s campaign at the 19th World Elite Championships in Hamburg, Germany tomorrow.
Both men are in action in the afternoon and evening sessions in the last 32 of the tournament versus the Dominican Republic and Brazil.
Dean Gardiner boxes Saturday and Joe Ward and Brendan Irvine received byes into the last 16 and box Monday.
Please see below attachments for Day 1 program and entry list and Irish draws.
Boxing begins tomorrow at 1pm (Irish time).
World Elite Championships Hamburg, Germany
August 25th
(Last 32)
56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) v Leonel De Los Santos (Domican Republic)
64kg Sean McComb (Ireland) v Joedison De Jesus (Brazil)
August 26th
(Last 32)
91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) v Hyeon Do Kim (Korea)
August 28th
(Last 16)
52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) v Azamat Issakulov (Kazakhstan) or Inkyu Kim (Korea)
81kg Joe Ward (Ireland) v Iago Kizira (Georgia) or Sean Lazzerini (Scotland)
Irish squad
52kg Brendan Irvine (St Paul’s)
56kg Kurt Walker (Canal)
64kg Sean McComb (Holy Trinity)
81kg Joe Ward (Moate) cpt
91+kg Dean Gardiner (Clonmel)
Team manager/High-Performance Director: Bernard Dunne
Coaches: Zaur Antia, John Conlan and Dmitry Dimitruc
Doctor: Jim Clover
Physio: Seamus Caffrey
Performance Analysis: Alan Swanton