Team Ireland claimed two preliminaries wins at the Men’s Europeans in Yerevan, Armenia, today.

71kg Luke Maguire was the first Irish boxers in action on Day Two of the tournament. He took on Poland’s Daniel Wieslaw Piotrowski, and made short work of his opponent, winning by UD. The judges scored that bout 27:30, 27:30, 27:30, 27:30, 27:30 Luke next meets No. 3 seed, Georgia’s Eskerkhan Madiev in Thursday’s evening session

54kg Dylan Eagleson was dominant and stylish throughout his bout against Turkey’s Muhammet Sacli. the judges scored that bout 28:29, 27:29, 27:30, 27:30 in favour of the boxer in blue. Dylan next meets No. 2 seed, Spain’s Gabriel Mascunano Escobar in Friday’s evening session.

63.5kg Brandon McCarthy faced England’s Joseph Tyers in today’s evening session. He put in a valiant performance, but the judges scored in favour of the Englishman, 29: 28, 29:28, 29:28, 29:28, 29:28.

Four Team Ireland boxers are in last 16 action on Day Three of the tournament.

First up is flyweight, Sean Mari. He steps between the ropes in the first bout of Ring B’s afternoon session, against Serbia’s Omer Ametovic.

Over in Ring A’s afternoon session, Gabriel Dossen undertakes his second bout of the tournament, after Monday’s 4-1 win. The middleweight meets No. 4 seed, Mofid Rami Kiwan of Bulgaria in bout 7. The afternoon session begins at 11am, Irish time.

Watch Ring A here

Watch Ring B here

Both Irish boxers contesting in the evening session are in Ring A. Team Captain, featherweight Adam Hession, is seeded No. 4 for the tournament, and takes on Vasile Usturoi in the first bout of the session. Lightweight JP Hale is in action in bout 4, against No. 3 seed, Finland’s Arslan Khataev. Live stream links for tomorrow’s evening session have yet to be released by the EUBC.

Day Three programme:

Team Ireland:

48kg Ricky Nesbitt, Holy Family, Drogheda

51kg Sean Mari, Monkstown BC, Dublin

54kg Dylan Eagleson, St. Paul’s, Belfast

57kg Adam Hession, Monivea BC, Galway

60kg JP Hale, Star ABC, Belfast.

63.5kg Brandon McCarthy, St. Michael’s, Athy.

67kg Eugene McKeever, Holy Family, Drogheda

71kg Luke Maguire, Esker BC, Dublin

75kg Gabriel Dossen, Olympic, Galway.

92kg Jack Marley, Monkstown BC, Dublin

Coaches:
Zauri Antia

Dmitri Dmitruk

Damian Kennedy

Draw sheets for all Team Ireland boxers are here

Day One results are here

Session 2 A results

Session 2 B results

Session 3 A results

Session 3 B results

Event Schedule:

Tournament schedule, by weight:

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Team Ireland’s middleweight, Gabriel Dossen, got proceedings off to a winning start at the Men’s European Championships in Yerevan, Armenia.

He took on Spain’s Miguel Entrena Cuadrado, in a tight bout which resulted in a 4-1 split in favour of the boxer in red. The judges scored the bout 30:27, 30:27, 30:27, 28: 29, 30:27.

Gabriel next boxes on Wednesday, when he meets No. 4 seed, Bulgaria’s Mofid Rami Kiwan.

3 Team Ireland boxers are in action on Day Two. 71kg Luke Maguire boxes Poland’s Daniel Wieslaw Piotrowski in bout 22 of the competition, the first bout in Ring B’s afternoon session. Dylan Eagleson, contesting at 54kg, first steps between the ropes to meet Turkey’s Muhammet Acli in bout 5 in Ring A’s afternoon session. 63.5kg, Brandon McCarthy faces England Joseph Tyers in Ring A’s evening session – that meeting opens proceedings.

Watch:

Ring A, afternoon session

Ring B, afternoon session

Ring A, evening session

Ring B, evening session

The tournament is being streamed by the EUBC on its YouTube channel, here

Team Ireland:

48kg Ricky Nesbitt, Holy Family, Drogheda

51kg Sean Mari, Monkstown BC, Dublin

54kg Dylan Eagleson, St. Paul’s, Belfast

57kg Adam Hession, Monivea BC, Galway

60kg JP Hale, Star ABC, Belfast.

63.5kg Brandon McCarthy, St. Michael’s, Athy.

67kg Eugene McKeever, Holy Family, Drogheda

71kg Luke Maguire, Esker BC, Dublin

75kg Gabriel Dossen, Olympic, Galway.

92kg Jack Marley, Monkstown BC, Dublin

Coaches:
Zauri Antia

Dmitri Dmitruk

Damian Kennedy

Event Schedule:

Tournament schedule, by weght:

Draw sheets for all Team Ireland boxers are here

Session 1 A results:

Session 1 B results

Gabriel Dossen will be the first Team Ireland boxer between the ropes at the European Men’s Championships in Yerevan, Armenia.

The draws have taken place this evening, and boxing begins on Monday. In all, 219 boxers from 39 nations will vie for 13 titles.

The EUBC is broadcasting this evening’s Opening Ceremony.

The EUBC is live-streaming all sessions, and links by ring and session.

Ring A will be streamed here

Ring B will be streamed here

75kg Gabriel Dossen will box Spain’s Migue Entrena Cuadrado in bout 4 of Ring A’s evening session, beginning at 6pm, local time. Armenia is four hours ahead of Ireland.

48kg Rickey Nesbitt has to wait until Friday’s afternoon to make his debut, which will be against Buglaria’s Ergyunal Sebahtin in bout 119 of the tournament – that’s a Quarter Final bout.

51kg Sean Mari meets No. 3 seed, Serbia’s Omer Ametovic in preliminary action in Wednesday’s afternoon session – bout 51 of the tournament. While Dylan Eagleson, contesting at 54kg, first steps between the ropes on Tuesday, to meet Turkey’s Muhammet Acli – bout 17 of the tournament.

Team Captain, Adam Hession is seeded No. 4 in the featherweight/57kg and meets Vasile Usturoi in Wednesday’s evening session – bout 69 of the championships.

60kg JP Hale has a bye through the first round of preliminaries, and meets No. 3 seed, Finland’s Arslan Khatev in Wednesday’s evening session, bout 72 of the tournament.

At 63.5kg, Brandon McCarthy faces England Joseph Tyers in Tuesday’s evening session – bout 31. 67kg Eugene McKeever has a bye to the second round of preliminaries, and meets No. 2 seed, Serbia’s Vakjid Abbasvo in Thursday’s afternoon session, bout of the tournament.

71kg Luke Maguire boxes Poland’s Daniel Wieslaw Piotrowski in bout 22 of the competition, on Tuesday’s afternoon session. While 92kg Jack Marley, seeded No. 3, contests against Greece’s Vagkan Nanitzanian in Thursday’s evening session.

Team Ireland:

48kg Ricky Nesbitt, Holy Family, Drogheda

51kg Sean Mari, Monkstown BC, Dublin

54kg Dylan Eagleson, St. Paul’s, Belfast

57kg Adam Hession, Monivea BC, Galway: Team Captain.

60kg JP Hale, Star ABC, Belfast.

63.5kg Brandon McCarthy, St. Michael’s, Athy.

67kg Eugene McKeever, Holy Family, Drogheda

71kg Luke Maguire, Esker BC, Dublin

75kg Gabriel Dossen, Olympic, Galway.

92kg Jack Marley, Monkstown BC, Dublin

Coaches:
Zauri Antia

Dmitri Dmitruk

Damian Kennedy

Competition calendar:

Three Irish women have been honoured with IBA Women in Boxing accolades.

The awards were bestowed during the IBA Women’s World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. The ceremony recognised outstanding commitment to boxing by women in federations across the globe.

Central Council member, Anna Moore of St. Francis BC, Limerick, was awarded the Outstanding Administrator/Team Leader accolade – Anna is know around the world as the Mammy of Irish Boxing, and was hailed as such by Kellie Harrington on her winning of Olympic Gold in the Tokyo games. She is also a keynote member of national-level competition organisation and administration team, which has ensured that over 1,100 boxers have contested bouts in the National Stadium this year, alone. Anna is a very experienced international Team Manager over the span of many years. Most recently, Anna was Team Manager for Team Ireland’s record-breaking participation in the European Youth Championships. The team won 8 medals, more than any other Irish team in history contesting a European Youth tournament.

Ireland’s Sadie Duffy was awarded with Outstanding R&J – Sadie, of Illies Golden Glove, Donegal, was among the R&Js invited to officiate at the Women’s World Championships. Sadie qualified as a referee in 1997 and since then, has officiated at numerous World tournaments, including, before Istanbul, the Men’s World Championships in Belgrade in October. She frequently officiates at EUBC tournaments, and at senior elite level in confederations across the globe. Sadie was the third person in the ring for Katie Taylor’s watershed bout in the National Stadium on Hallowe’en night, 2001.

Katie Taylor was also honoured by the IBA Women’s Committee, with the accolade of Outstanding Boxer. Katie was won an Irish record 5 World golds, and 1 bronze, as well as numerous accolades, not least among them her Olympic gold. In the run-up to the Women’s World Championships, the Bray woman joined Amanda Serrano in boxing the first women’s pro bout to headline at Madison Square Garden. This was another watershed moment in Women’s Boxing, watched by 1.5 million people in 170 markets across the globe. Katie won that bout and retained her undisputed and undefeated rankings – Both fighters agreed to a rematch while still in the ring, and there is strong speculation that fight could take place in Ireland later this year.

The awards were bestowed by the IBA Women’s Committee, which “encourages the grassroots development of women’s boxing, as well as of women R&J, coaches and officials. It ensures the representation of women’s boxing in international multisport events, such as the Olympic Games. “

Its current chair is Boxing England’s Amanda Jane Coulson, and the committee includes members from federations in Sweden, Switzerland, the USA, Canada, Indonesia, Botswana, Venezuela, Australia, Jordan, China, Belarus, Germany and Morocco.

The 2022 Women’s World Championships was a remarkable tournament for Team Ireland – 63kg Amy Broadhurst, of St. Bronagh’s ABC, Rostrevor, claimed gold and just 20 minutes later, 70kg Lisa O’Rourke of Olympic BC, Galway, did likewise. They contested against Algeria and Mozambique, respectively. They’re now ranked World No. 1 in their respective weights. Ireland also gained two more world rankings – 52kg Carly McNaul of Ormeau Road BC and 57kg, Olympian Michaela Walsh of Emerald BC, are now both ranked 5th after their Quarter Final finishes.

Team Ireland ended the tournament ranked 2nd out of 73 nations and 310 boxers, thanks to the performance of every member of the team. Irish boxers contested 24 bouts at the tournament, with 17 wins, 2 gold medals and 2 Quarter Final finishes. Every Irish boxer claimed at least one win at World level.

Team Ireland

48kg Shannon Sweeney, St.Anne’ BCs, Mayo

 50kg Caitlin Fryers, Immaculata BC, Belfast

 52kg Carly McNaul, Ormeau Road BC, Belfast

 54kg Niamh Fay, Phoenix of Ballyboughal, Dublin

 57kg: Michaela Walsh: Emerald BC, Belfast

 63kg Amy Broadhurst: St.Bronagh’s  ABC, Rostrevor

 66kg Kaci Rock, Enniskerry BC, Wicklow

70kg Lisa O’Rourke, Olympic BC, Galway

75kg Aoife O’Rourke: Olympic BC, Galway

Coaches:

Zauri Antia

John Conlan

Eoin Pluck

Noel Burke

2022 has been an enormously successful year so far for Irish Boxing on the international stage, with 31 medals in all:

Women’s World Championships: 2 golds.

The 73rd Strandja Tournament: 2 Golds

European U22 Championships: 3 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze

Golden Belt-Nicolae Linca Tournament: 5 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze

European Youth Championships: 3 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze

Next up for Team Ireland is the Men’s European Championships in Yerevan, Armenia.