Thirty-five nations, including the host country, Ireland, Kazakhstan and the USA, will go into the hat for next Monday’s draw.
Ireland, courtesy of Kellie Harrington and Aoife O’Rourke, who are with the Irish squad for next week’s tournament, claimed silver and bronze at the last edition of the Strandja multi-nations in January 2021.
Strandja Multi-Nations Sofia, Bulgaria February 21/28
BOXING IN DONEGAL: A HISTORY’ – NOW AVAILABLE TO ORDER!
A NEW book charting the formation and development of boxing in Donegal is now available to buy.
‘Boxing in Donegal: A history’, written by Donegal-based sportswriter and author Chris McNulty, explores the foundations of the sport in Donegal and deals with its growth and development in the decades prior to 1950, when an organised structure was put in place.
The County Donegal Boxing Board, under the Presidency of Dr JP McGinley, was founded on September 18, 1950, at a meeting in St Conal’s Hospital, Letterkenny, and the first recorded tournament under the new Board’s auspices was 70 years ago, in March 1951.
‘Boxing in Donegal: A history’ is written in conjunction with the County Donegal Boxing Board and endorsed by the IABA and the Ulster Boxing Council.
The book was due to be launched in December, but those plans were shelved due to the Covid-19 restrictions.
Charting over 100 years of boxing history, ‘Boxing in Donegal: A history’ is available to pre-order ONLINE ONLY. All copies ordered now will be dispatched in mid-late March.
The foreword is written by former WBO middleweight champion and Irish boxing legend Andy Lee, while the book also contains a persona piece by Donegal TD Joe McHugh, who boxed for Carrigart Boxing Club.
For the first time, Donegal’s Irish champions will be listed. The roll of honour includes 344 Irish titles, 310 of which are under the Donegal Boxing Board’s auspices.
Donegal boxers have also won 23 medals at World, European and Commonwealth level while 71 other international medals have been collected and a record of all of Donegal’s professionals is included.
Chris McNulty is Sports Editor with the Donegal Daily/Donegal Sport Hub websites and was honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage of the sport.
The St Johnston native is the publicist of Donegal middleweight boxer Jason Quigley.
This will be his second book after his 2019 publication ‘Relentless: A Race Through Time’, the memoir of former Irish athletics team manager Patsy McGonagle.
Please note that the online pre-order is the only way you can purchase a copy.
Order your copy of ‘Boxing in Donegal: A history’, here: https://donegalboxinghistory.com/ — Chris McNulty, Sports Journalist,53 Killylastin Heights,Letterkenny,Co.Donegal. Tel: +353-87-9499073
The IOC Boxing Task Force for Europe met on the 15.02.21 and it was announced that subject to IOC executive committee ratification, the qualifying tournament due to take place for European boxers will not be held in April. Instead, it will take place in June and the scheduled World qualifying event will not be held.
The quota places that were to be on offer at the World qualifier will now be allotted to the continental confederations to allocate. It is envisaged these final places will be awarded to the highest ranking boxer non- qualified at each weight.
The ranking points published in February 2020 along with ranking points achieved at the qualifying event itself will be used to determine the highest-ranking boxer at each weight.
A ten-strong Irish squad has been named for the 72nd Standja Multi-Nations in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Boxing begins next Tuesday in the Bulgaria capital.
Please click here for invitation letter for one of Europe’s oldest multi-nation competitions.
Ireland is doubling up in the men’s and women’s flyweight classes, with Tokyo Olympin Brendan Irvine and Niamh Earley lining out at 51kg and 52kg.
Euopean champion Aoife O’Rourke boxes at middleweight.
Former World Elite champion Kellie Harrington lines out at lightweight, with brother and sister Aidan Walsh and Michaela, George Bates, Emmet Brennan, Kiril Afanasev and Gytis Lisinskas also in the mix.
Team Ireland are building toward the European quaifiers for the Tokyo Olympics in a host city to be confirmed in April.
Strandja Multi-Nations Sofia, Bulgaria February 21/28
