BOY 4 AND YOUTH 1 & 2 C’SHIPS

18/04/2016IABA NewsBernard O'Neill

Please scroll down for results so far and draws (attachments) from Boy 4 and Youth 1 & 2 Championships at Dublin’s National Stadium.

Boxing resumes on Friday

Y1 & 2 Finals Sat 23rd 3pm

B4 SF Sat 23rd 9am

Y1 SF Fri 22 5pm

National Boy 4 and Youth 1 & 2 Championships

Friday April 15th

Q/Finals

Youth 2

52kg Craig Kavanagh (Crumlin) beat Michael Kinsella (St Anthonys /Pats) 3-0
52kg Callum Bradley (Sacred Heart O) beat Edward McDonagh (Titans) 3-0
54kg Joseph Nevin (Kilcullen) beat Robbie Gould (Monkstown Antrim) 2-1
57kg Eamer Coughlan (Riverstown) beat Michael McGuinn (Ballinacarrow) TKO2
57kg Dominic Bradley (Errigal) W/O
60kg Patrick Donovan (O.L.OL) beat Tom Stokes (All Saints) 3-0
60kg Kevin Lee (Douglas) beat Martin Ward (Ballina) 2-1
60kg Kenneth Doyle (Monkstown Dublin) beat Harrison Jameson (Virginia) 3-0
63kg Aaron Gethins (Ballinacarrow) beat Ryan Copeland (Erne) 3-0
63kg Gabriel Dossan (Olympic) beat Ruairi Maskey (St Pauls A) 3-0
63kg Gustas Giriastas (Sparticus) beat Timmy McDonagh (Mitchelstown) 2-1
66kg Paul Ryan (Bay City) beat Kasper Bura (Aglish) 3-0
66kg Brian McNamee (Convoy) beat Adam Taylor (Oliver Plunkett) 3-0
70kg Cameron Bennett (Bracken) beat Jamie Harty (Rathkeale) 2-1
70kg Anthoyn Johnston (Gleann) beat Jordan Myers (Sligo City) 2-1
80kg Brian Mullaney (Paulstown) beat Martin O’Donnell (Cabra) 3-0
80kg John Ryan (Ennis) beat Kieran Kenny (Bunclody) 3-0
80kg Thomas Maughan (Cavan) W/O
91+kg M John Mongan (Ennis) W/O

Youth 1

48kg Eddie Gaffey (Clann Naofa) beat Oisin Lally (Geesala) 2-1
48kg David Oliver Joyce (Ballymun) beat Colin Maguire (Castleblaney) 3-0
48kg Dylan Doyle (Monkstown D) beat John Paul Hale (Star) 2-1
50kg Nathan Dempsey (Tramore) beat Tyler Quinn (St Pauls Antrim) 3-0
50kg Aaron Baird (Ederney) beat Michael Connors (St Marys Newross) 2-1
50kg Owen McDonagh (Leeside Lough) beat Brandon O’Brien (Drimnagh) 3-0
52kg Owen Ward (Ballina) beat Eoin Larkin (Monkstown D) 2-1
52kg Lorcan Hurley (Tramore) beat Kian Bittles (Holy Trinity) 3-0
54kg Barry McReynolds (Holy Trinity) beat Sean Daire (Ballaghaderreen) 3-0
57kg Cathal Myers (Sligo City) beat Caelan Duff (St Cianans) 3-0
57kg Neil Mathers (St John Bosco Newry) beat Ben Ferran (Clonard) 3-0
57kg Edward Donovan (O.L.O.L.) beat Mike Joyce (Phibsboro) 3-0

Saturday April 16th

Q/Finals (9am)

Youth 1

60kg Michael Delaney (Olympic) beat Timmy Lee Casey (Southside) 2-1
63kg Martin McDonagh (Rathkeale) beat Oisin Moran (St Annes) 3-0
63kg Sean Dempsey (Sacre Coeur) beat Sean Doherty (St Canices) 2-1
63kg Pierce O’Leary (Docklands) beat Dean Brophy (Portlaoise) 3-0
63kg Edgar Vuskans (Glengormley) beat Martin Collins (St Saviours OBA) 3-0
70kg Martin Sweeney (Westside) beat Kyle Mooney (Sacred Heart Newry) 2-1
70kg Adam Dempsey (Achill) beat Micheal McCarthy (Brian Dillons) 2-1
70kg Edward Barrett (Olympic) beat Paddy McKenzie (Arklow) 3-0
75kg Francie Stokes (Crumlin) beat David McDonagh (Clonoe) 3-0

Q/Finals Boy 4

39kg Ryan Downey (Cashen Vale) beat Ryan Dunne (Jobstown) 3-0
42kg Oisin Treanor (Emyvale) beat James Connor (Muskerry) 3-0
42kg Timothy Fiztmaurice (Loughglynn) beat Nathan Horrigan (Cherry Orchard) 3-0
44kg Dean Clancy (Ballinacarrow) beat Jamie Griffin (Fr Horgans) 3-0
44kg Liam Murphy (Cherry Orchard) beat Darius Parke (St Johns U) 3-0
46kg Brandon McCarthy (Athy) beat Killian Geraghty (Esker) 3-0
46kg Jack McGivern (St Georges) beat Jordan Ahern (Rathkeale) 3-0
48kg Myles Casey (Rathkeale) beat Bill Stokes (Neilstown) 2-1
48kg Cian Reddy (Portlaoise) beat Joseph McArdle (Ligoniel) 3-0
50kg Eoin Neeson (Pegasus) beat Liam Finnegan (Silverbridge) 2-1
50kg Johnny Donoghue (Portlaoise) beat Warren Bedford (Monivea) 3-0
50kg Paul Loonam (St Cathages) beat Michael Myers (Crumlin) 3-0
52kg Fionn McRuairi (Dungloe) beat Eric Byrne (Sacred Heart Dub) 3-0
52kg Trevor McCarthy (Mayfield) beat Thomas Ward (Ballina) 3-0
54kg Martin O’Donnell (Cherry Orchard) beat Lochlainn (Gleann) 3-0
57kg James McStravick (St Annes) beat Brandon Mongan (Olympic) 2-1
57kg Sean McGenity (Silverbridge) beat Anthony O’Callaghan (Clann Naofa) 3-0
57kg Martin Faulkner (Rathkeale) W/O
60kg Michael Doyle (Thurles) beat Cameron Elliott (Crumlin) TKO2
60kg Jake Tucker (Holy Trinity) beat Barry Corcoran (Carrickmore) 3-0
63kg Evan Ivers (Golden Gloves) beat Martin O’Donnell (Bracken) 3-0
63kg Ethan McGuckian (Cookestown) beat Stefan O’Neill (Bantry) 3-0
66kg Brandon Stokes (Crumlin) beat Joseph Murphy (St Monicas) 2-1
70kg Francis Quinn (Cookestown) beat Bradley McDonagh (O.L.O.L.) 3-0
70kg Gavin Rafferty (St Cianans) beat Rory Brennan (St Annes) 3-0
70kg Peter Keenan (Darndale) beat Ciaran Murphy (Toombe) 3-0
70kg Jason Ward (St Johns U) beat Ronan Stokes (Cavan) 2-1
86kg Oisin Brennan (St Annes) beat Tiernan Ming (Illies GG) 3-0

S/Finals (5pm)

Youth 2

46kg Jordan Sheehan (Clonmel) beat Michael Maughan (Avona) 2-1
50kg Connor McCourt (Clonard) beat Barney O’Reilly (Marble City) 3-0
52kg Erin Rocks (St Georges) beat Dylan Fay (Docklands) 3-0
52kg Callum Bradley (Sacred Heart O) beat Craig Kavanagh (Crumlin) 3-0
54kg Edward Barrett (Olympic) beat Craig Condon (St Colmans) 3-0
54kg Joseph Nevin (Kilcullen) beat Zach Mallon (Old School) 3-0
57kg Nathan May (Docklands) beat Matty O’Leary (Bunclody) TKO3
57kg Eamer Coughlan (Riverstown) beat Dominic Bradley (Errigal) 2-1
60kg Patrick Donovan (O.L.OL) beat Alan Garland Kelly (Dealgan) 3-0
60kg Kenneth Doyle (Monkstown Dublin) beat Kevin Lee (Douglas) 3-0
63kg Aaron Gethins (Ballinacarrow) beat Killian McDaid (Mulhuddart) 3-0
63kg Gabriel Dossan (Olympic) beat Gustas Giriastas (Sparticus) 3-0
66kg Jason Harty (Rathkeale) beat Patrick Nevin (St John Bosco L) 3-0
66kg Paul Ryan (Bay City) beat Brian McNamee (Convoy) 3-0
70kg Callum Nelson (Ring) beat Edward O’Reilly (Marble City) 2-1
70kg Anthony Johnston (Gleann) beat Cameron Bennett (Bracken) 3-0
75kg Tommy Hyde (Setanta) beat Dean Gunnery (Bracken) TKO2
75kg Leon Gallagher (Finn Valley) beat Edward Barrett (Titans) 3-0
80kg Brian Mullaney (Paulstown) beat Dean Darcy (Ballaghaderreen) 3-0
80kg Thomas Maughan (Cavan) beat John Ryan (Ennis) 2-1
86kg Ryan Lennon (Holy Trinity) W/O
86kg Jimmy O’Reilly (Portlaoise) beat Gerard Stokes (St Johns U) 3-0
91kg James Quinn (St Jarlaths) W/O
91+kg Edward McEleheny (St Bridgets U) beat Christopher Fleming (Rathoath) 3-0
91+kg M John Mongan (Ennis) beat Connie McDonagh (Titans) 3-0

18/04/2016IABA NewsBernard O'Neill

Please scroll down for results so far and draws (attachments) from Boy 4 and Youth 1 & 2 Championships at Dublin’s National Stadium.

Boxing resumes on Friday.

Y1 & 2 Finals Sat 23rd 3pm

B4 SF Sat 23rd 9am

Y1 SF Fri 22 5pm

National Boy 4 and Youth 1 & 2 Championships

Friday April 15th

Q/Finals

Youth 2

Youth 1

48kg Oisin Lally (Geesala) beat Eddie Gaffey (Clann Naofa) 2-1
48kg David Oliver Joyce (Ballymun) beat Colin Maguire (Castleblaney) 3-0
48kg Dylan Doyle (Monkstown D) beat John Paul Hale (Star) 2-1
50kg Nathan Dempsey (Tramore) beat Tyler Quinn (St Pauls Antrim) 3-0
50kg Aaron Baird (Ederney) beat Michael Connors (St Marys Newross) 2-1
50kg Owen McDonagh (Leeside Lough) beat Brandon O’Brien (Drimnagh) 3-0
52kg Owen Ward (Ballina) beat Eoin Larkin (Monkstown D) 2-1
52kg Lorcan Hurley (Tramore) beat Kian Bittles (Holy Trinity) 3-0
54kg Barry McReynolds (Holy Trinity) beat Sean Daire (Ballaghaderreen) 3-0
57kg Cathal Myers (Sligo City) beat Caelan Duff (St Cianans) 3-0
57kg Neil Mathers (St John Bosco Newry) beat Ben Ferran (Clonard) 3-0
57kg Edward Donovan (O.L.O.L.) beat Mike Joyce (Phibsboro) 3-0

Saturday April 16th

Q/Finals (9am)

Youth 1

Q/Finals Boy 4

S/Finals (5pm)

Youth 2

TEAM IRELAND DUE HOME TODAY – SAMSUN OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS

18/04/2016IABA NewsBernard O'Neill

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Team Ireland are due home from the European Olympic qualifiers in Samsun, Turkey this afternoon via Dublin Airport.

The squad flew from Samsun to Istanbul this morning and arrive home through Terminal 1 (Flight TK 1977) at 3.35pm.

Brendan Irvine and David Oliver Joyce qualified for Rio 2016 in Samsun and Katie Taylor won her 3rd and 4th place box-off.

All three secured bronze.

Thirty men and six women qualified for Rio in Samsun, with Great Britain topping the qualification table with nine through to Rio.

Boxers qualified from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games from Samsun

– Great Britain: 9 quota places

– Azerbaijan: 5 quota places

– Armenia: 4 quota places

– Italy, France, Turkey: 3 quota places

– Ireland, Lithuania: 2 quota places

– Bulgaria, Hungary, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden: 1 quota place

List of all qualified boxers in Samsun

Women’s 51 kg: Nicola Adams, Great Britain

Women’s 51 kg: Stanimira Petrova, Bulgaria

Women’s 60 kg: Yana Alekseevna, Azerbaijan

Women’s 60 kg: Irma Testa, Italy

Women’s 75 kg: Anna Laurell, Sweden

Women’s 75 kg: Iaroslava Iakushina, Russia

Men’s 49 kg: Galal Yafai, Great Britain

Men’s 49 kg: Artur Hovhannisyan, Armenia

Men’s 49 kg: Manuel Cappai, Italy

Men’s 52 kg: Muhammad Ali, Great Britain

Men’s 52 kg: Narek Abgaryan, Armenia

Men’s 52 kg: Brendan Irvine, Ireland

Men’s 56 kg: Javid Chalabiyev, Azerbaijan

Men’s 56 kg: Qais Ashfaq, Great Britain

Men’s 56 kg: Aram Avagyan, Armenia

Men’s 60 kg: Sofiane Oumiha, France

Men’s 60 kg: Joseph Cordina, Great Britain

Men’s 60 kg: David Oliver Joyce, Ireland

Men’s 64 kg: Lorenzo Sotomayor, Azerbaijan

Men’s 64 kg: Evaldas Petrauskas, Lithuania

Men’s 64 kg: Batuhan Gozgec, Turkey

Men’s 69 kg: Eimantas Stanionis, Lithuania

Men’s 69 kg: Vincenzo Mangiacapre, Italy

Men’s 69 kg: Vladimir Margaryan, Armenia

Men’s 75 kg: Christian Mbilli Assomo, France

Men’s 75 kg: Zoltan Harcsa, Hungary

Men’s 75 kg: Anthony Fowler, Great Britain

Men’s 81 kg: Joshua Buatsi, Great Britain

Men’s 81 kg: Peter Mullenberg, Netherlands

Men’s 81 kg: Nadir Mehmet Unal, Turkey

Men’s 91 kg: Lawrence Okolie, Great Britain

Men’s 91 kg: Paul Omba Biongolo, France

Men’s 91 kg: Abdulkadir Abdullayev, Azerbaijan

Men’s +91 kg: Joseph Joyce, Great Britain

Men’s +91 kg: Mahammadrasul Majidov, Azerbaijan

Men’s +91 kg: Ali Eren Demirezen, Turkeynzo Sotomayor, Azerbaijan

Men’s 64 kg: Evaldas Petrauskas, Lithuania

Men’s 64 kg: Batuhan Gozgec, Turkey

Men’s 69 kg: Eimantas Stanionis, Lithuania

Men’s 69 kg: Vincenzo Mangiacapre, Italy

Men’s 69 kg: Vladimir Margaryan, Armenia

Men’s 75 kg: Christian Mbilli Assomo, France

Men’s 75 kg: Zoltan Harcsa, Hungary

Men’s 75 kg: Anthony Fowler, Great Britain

Men’s 81 kg: Joshua Buatsi, Great Britain

Men’s 81 kg: Peter Mullenberg, Netherlands

Men’s 81 kg: Nadir Mehmet Unal, Turkey

Men’s 91 kg: Lawrence Okolie, Great Britain

Men’s 91 kg: Paul Omba Biongolo, France

Men’s 91 kg: Abdulkadir Abdullayev, Azerbaijan

Men’s +91 kg: Joseph Joyce, Great Britain

Men’s +91 kg: Mahammadrasul Majidov, Azerbaijan

Men’s +91 kg: Ali Eren Demirezen, Turkey

European Olympic Qualifiers Samsun, Turkey

April 9th

Preliminaries

64kg Dean Walsh (Ireland) beat Erik Agataljan (Czech Republic) 3-0

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) beat Simen Nysater (Norway) 3-0

April 11th

Last 16

51kg Ceire Smith (Ireland) beat Virginia Barankas (Hungary) 3-0

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) beat Hamza Touba (Germany) 3-0

64kg Dean Walsh (Ireland) lost to Lorenzo Sotomayor (Azerbaijan) 1-2

60kg Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Martina Schmoranzova (Czech Republic) 3-0

75kg Christina Desmond (Ireland) beat Nouchka Fontijan (Netherlands) 2-0

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) lost to Mahammadrausl Majidor (Azerbaijan) 0-3

April 12th

Last 16

60kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) beat Otar Eranosyan (Georgia) 3-0

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Ireland) lost to Ilari Kijala (Finland) 0-3

91kg Darren O’Neill (Ireland) beat Gabriel Richards (Sweden) TKO1

April 13th

Q/Finals

51kg Ceire Smith (Ireland) lost to Tetyna Kob (Ukraine) 1-2

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) beat Ellie Konki (France) 2-1

60kg Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Yvonne Rasmussen (Denmark) 3-0

60kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) beat Vazgen Sufaryants (Belarus) 3-0

75kg Christina Desmond (Ireland) lost to Petra Scatmari (Hungary) 0-3

91kg Darren O’Neill (Ireland) lost to Abdulkadir Abdullayev (Azerbaijan) 1-2

April 15th

S/Finals

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) lost to Narek Abgaryan (Armenia) 0-3
52kg Muhammad Ali (Great Britain) beat Daniel Asenov (Bulgaria) 3-0
(Abargyan, Ali and Irvine qualify for Rio)

60kg Katie Taylor (Ireland) lost to Yana Alexseevna (Azerbaijan) 0-3
60kg Svetlana Staneva (Bulgaria) lost to Irma Tessa (Italy) 1-2
(Alexseevna and Tessa qualify for Rio. Taylor finishes third, Staneva fourth)

60kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) lost to Joe Cordina (Great Britain) 0-3
60kg Sofiane Oumiha (France) beat Volkan Gokcek (Turkey) 3-0
(Cordina,Oumiha and Joyce qualify for Rio)

April 16th

Box-off for Rio 2016 place

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) beat Daniel Asenov (Bulgaria) 3-0

April 17th

Box off for Rio 2016 place

60kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) beat Volkan Gokcek (Turkey) 2-1

Box off for 3rd and 4th position

60kg Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Svetlana Staneva (Bulgaria) 3-0

Irish squad

Female

51kg Ceire Smith (Cavan)

60kg Katie Taylor (Bray)

75kg Christina Desmond (Fr Horgans)

Male

52kg Brendan Irvine (St Pauls)

60kg David Oliver Joyce (AIBA Pro Boxing)

64kg Dean Walsh (St Joesphs/St Ibars)

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Portlaoise)

91kg Darren O’Neill (Paulstown)

91+kg Dean Gardiner (Clonmel)

Team manager: Joe Hennigan

Coaches: Zaur Antia, Eddie Bolger, John Conlan
Physiotherapist: Julianne Ryan
Sports Psychologist: Gerry Hussey
Doctor: Jim Clover
Performance Analyst: Alan Swanton

DAVID OLIVER JOYCE THROUGH TO RIO 2016

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Rio 2016 Olympian David Oliver Joyce with Irish team manager Joe Hennigan today

David Oliver Joyce qualified for Rio 2016 following an edge-of-the-side box-off thriller with Turkey’s Volkan Gokcek on the final day of the 39-nation European Olympic qualifiers in Samsun, Turkey this afternoon.

The St Michael’s Athy BC man, one of the great servants of the sport in Ireland, beat the Turkish lightweight on a split decision to realise what he described as his dream of becoming an Olympian.

Joyce took the first round, but Gokcek claimed the second before Ireland’s three-time EU champion pulled out all the stops – and the proverbial kitchen sink – to nail the third frame and join his Irish team mates Brendan Irvine, who also qualified in Samsun, Paddy Barnes, Michael Conlan, Steven Donnelly and Joe Ward on the plane to the 31st Olympiad.

Katie Taylor has her hand raised in victory today

Olympic champion Katie Taylor also won today on the good day for Irish lightweights. Taylor took all four rounds to post a convincing unanimous decision over Bulgarian southpaw Svetlana Staneva in the box-off for third and fourth place.

Joyce, Irvine and Taylor will be bringing home three bronze medals from Samsun, with Irvine and Joyce also qualifying for Rio 2016.

Team Ireland are due to arrive home from Turkey via Dublin Airport at 3.35pm tomorrow, April 18th, afternoon. Flight TK 1977 (Terminal 1).

European Olympic Qualifiers Samsun, Turkey

April 9th

Preliminaries

64kg Dean Walsh (Ireland) beat Erik Agataljan (Czech Republic) 3-0

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) beat Simen Nysater (Norway) 3-0

April 11th

Last 16

51kg Ceire Smith (Ireland) beat Virginia Barankas (Hungary) 3-0

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) beat Hamza Touba (Germany) 3-0

64kg Dean Walsh (Ireland) lost to Lorenzo Sotomayor (Azerbaijan) 1-2

60kg Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Martina Schmoranzova (Czech Republic) 3-0

75kg Christina Desmond (Ireland) beat Nouchka Fontijan (Netherlands) 2-0

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) lost to Mahammadrausl Majidor (Azerbaijan) 0-3

April 12th

Last 16

60kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) beat Otar Eranosyan (Georgia) 3-0

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Ireland) lost to Ilari Kijala (Finland) 0-3

91kg Darren O’Neill (Ireland) beat Gabriel Richards (Sweden) TKO1

April 13th

Q/Finals

51kg Ceire Smith (Ireland) lost to Tetyna Kob (Ukraine) 1-2

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) beat Ellie Konki (France) 2-1

60kg Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Yvonne Rasmussen (Denmark) 3-0

60kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) beat Vazgen Sufaryants (Belarus) 3-0

75kg Christina Desmond (Ireland) lost to Petra Scatmari (Hungary) 0-3

91kg Darren O’Neill (Ireland) lost to Abdulkadir Abdullayev (Azerbaijan) 1-2

April 15th

S/Finals

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) lost to Narek Abgaryan (Armenia) 0-3
52kg Muhammad Ali (Great Britain) beat Daniel Asenov (Bulgaria) 3-0
(Abargyan, Ali and Irvine qualify for Rio)

60kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) lost to Joe Cordina (Great Britain) 0-3
60kg Sofiane Oumiha (France) beat Volkan Gokcek (Turkey) 3-0
(Cordina,Oumiha and Joyce qualify for Rio)

April 16th

Box-off for Rio 2016 place

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) beat Daniel Asenov (Bulgaria) 3-0

April 17th

Box off for Rio 2016 place

60kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) beat Volkan Gokcek (Turkey) 2-1

Box off for 3rd and 4th position

60kg Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Svetlana Staneva (Bulgaria) 3-0

Irish squad

Female

51kg Ceire Smith (Cavan)

60kg Katie Taylor (Bray)

75kg Christina Desmond (Fr Horgans)

Male

52kg Brendan Irvine (St Pauls)

60kg David Oliver Joyce (AIBA Pro Boxing)

64kg Dean Walsh (St Joesphs/St Ibars)

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Portlaoise)

91kg Darren O’Neill (Paulstown)

91+kg Dean Gardiner (Clonmel)

Team manager: Joe Hennigan

Coaches: Zaur Antia, Eddie Bolger, John Conlan
Physiotherapist: Julianne Ryan
Sports Psychologist: Gerry Hussey
Doctor: Jim Clover
Performance Analyst: Alan Swanton

TAYLOR WINS IN SAMSUN

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Katie Taylor has her hand raised in victory today

Katie Taylor returned to winning ways with a convincing victory over Bulgaria’s Svetlana Staneva in a third and fourth place box-off at the European Olympic qualifiers in Samsun, Turkey today.

The Bray lightweight took all four rounds to post a unanimous decision.

Today’s win won’t qualify for Rio 2016. Only the top two (the finalists) in each of their three Olympic weights classes qualify from Samsun.

Azerbaijan’s Yana Alexseevna, who beat Taylor in the last-four, and Italy’s Irma Tessa met in today’s final. Both women have qualified. Alexseevna beat Tessa for gold on a split decision after it went back to the judges following a majority draw.

David Oliver Joyce will be in action in a box-off for Rio with Turkey’s Volkan Gokcek today at 4pm (Irish time). If the St Michael Athy BC lightweight wins he qualifies for August’s Olympics.

Today is the last day of boxing in Samsun.

European Olympic Qualifiers Samsun, Turkey

April 9th

Preliminaries

64kg Dean Walsh (Ireland) beat Erik Agataljan (Czech Republic) 3-0

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) beat Simen Nysater (Norway) 3-0

April 11th

Last 16

51kg Ceire Smith (Ireland) beat Virginia Barankas (Hungary) 3-0

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) beat Hamza Touba (Germany) 3-0

64kg Dean Walsh (Ireland) lost to Lorenzo Sotomayor (Azerbaijan) 1-2

60kg Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Martina Schmoranzova (Czech Republic) 3-0

75kg Christina Desmond (Ireland) beat Nouchka Fontijan (Netherlands) 2-0

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) lost to Mahammadrausl Majidor (Azerbaijan) 0-3

April 12th

Last 16

60kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) beat Otar Eranosyan (Georgia) 3-0

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Ireland) lost to Ilari Kijala (Finland) 0-3

91kg Darren O’Neill (Ireland) beat Gabriel Richards (Sweden) TKO1

April 13th

Q/Finals

51kg Ceire Smith (Ireland) lost to Tetyna Kob (Ukraine) 1-2

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) beat Ellie Konki (France) 2-1

60kg Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Yvonne Rasmussen (Denmark) 3-0

60kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) beat Vazgen Sufaryants (Belarus) 3-0

75kg Christina Desmond (Ireland) lost to Petra Scatmari (Hungary) 0-3

91kg Darren O’Neill (Ireland) lost to Abdulkadir Abdullayev (Azerbaijan) 1-2

April 15th

S/Finals

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) lost to Narek Abgaryan (Armenia) 0-3
52kg Muhammad Ali (Great Britain) beat Daniel Asenov (Bulgaria) 3-0
(Abargyan, Ali and Irvine qualify for Rio)

60kg Katie Taylor (Ireland) lost to Yana Alexseevna (Azerbaijan) 0-3
60kg Svetlana Staneva (Bulgaria) lost to Irma Tessa (Italy) 1-2
(Alexseevna and Tessa qualify for Rio. 3rd and 4th place to be decided)

60kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) lost to Joe Cordina (Great Britain) 0-3
60kg Sofiane Oumiha (France) beat Volkan Gokcek (Turkey) 3-0
(Cordina and Oumiha qualifiy for Rio. Third Rio place to be decided)

April 16th

Box-off for Rio 2016 place

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) beat Daniel Asenov (Bulgaria) 3-0

April 17th

Box off for Rio 2016 place

60kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) v Volkan Gokcek (Turkey)

Box off for 3rd and 4th position

60kg Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Svetlana Staneva (Bulgaria) 3-0

Irish squad

Female

51kg Ceire Smith (Cavan)

60kg Katie Taylor (Bray)

75kg Christina Desmond (Fr Horgans)

Male

52kg Brendan Irvine (St Pauls)

60kg David Oliver Joyce (AIBA Pro Boxing)

64kg Dean Walsh (St Joesphs/St Ibars)

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Portlaoise)

91kg Darren O’Neill (Paulstown)

91+kg Dean Gardiner (Clonmel)

Team manager: Joe Hennigan

Coaches: Zaur Antia, Eddie Bolger, John Conlan
Physiotherapist: Julianne Ryan
Sports Psychologist: Gerry Hussey
Doctor: Jim Clover
Performance Analyst: Alan Swanton