Almost 300 boxers have registered to contest the 2022 National Senior and National Novice championships.
Boxing in both tournaments begins on Friday evening, at the National Stadium
The entry list is below – clubs who wish to amend their boxer’s entry, or who wish to withdraw their boxer, are asked to contact Sally, sally@iaba.ie, before midday on Tuesday, September 27th.
The draws have taken place for the 2022 European Junior Championships, which will be contested by 24 Team Ireland boxers.
5 Irish boxers are in action on Day One – light bantam John Harty opens his account against Azerbaijan’s Ibrahim Zeynalov in Bout 5 in Ring B; welterweight Tadhg O’Donnell takes on Mahmoud Karnaba of Cyprus in Bout 11 of the same ring and session.
National Register, Philip Rooney, has extended the deadline for the 2022 National Senior Championships and 2022 National Novice Championships.
Entries to both competitions will be accepted until 5pm on Monday, September 26th.
The National Registrar has also emphasised that any Novice boxer with between 0 and 7 bouts on their card, may contest the Novice Championships, if the boxer’s card was issued between January 1st 2021 and September 30th 2022
The Team Ireland squad to contest the European Junior Championships in Montesilvano, Italy, has departed for the competition today.
24 boxers, supported by Team Manager Martin Fennessy, four coaches and R&J Philip Hollowed, will contest the tournament.
The draw takes place on Monday, September 26th, and boxing begins on September 27th. Finals will take place on October 4th.
It finished 5 wins to five in the Garda Boxing Club Vs. FDNY card at the National Stadium, celebrating 100 years of An Garda Siochana:
78kg: Kevin Guziman Vs. Eoin O’Connor, 4-1, blue.
63kg: Matt Blewitt Vs. Finbar Thompson, 5-0, blue
66kg: Nicole Malpeso Vs. Shirley Baker, 5-0, red
75kg: Sean Dillon Vs. Eoin O’Neill, 4-1, red