SUPPORT YOUR IABA AFFILIATED CLUB!

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IABA Affiliated clubs are appealing for YOUR support!
As you are all no doubt aware, the #COVID-19 pandemic, has been detrimental to the ability of our Boxing Clubs to generate income. The IABA have recently partnered with

IFundraise

– to help provide fundraising support for our clubs.

Our clubs are now appealing to the public – family, friends, members of the local community and local businesses – to donate what you can. All donations are most welcome and greatly appreciated, there is no amount too small.
The IABA has in excess of 360 clubs operating throughout the island of Ireland. Our volunteers give up a large amount of their personal time to help aspiring young boxers and our clubs make a huge impact in their local communities. So please try to give as much as you can to help them in these difficult times.
How to donate
To make your pledge, simply:
Find your nearest supporting club from the list below (Clubs Accepting donations) and click on the link to their fundraising page.
Donate your amount online.
A number of our clubs are currently participating in the registration process. The clubs who have successfully registered and are looking for your support are listed below:
Ulster Boxing Council IABA
Dublin Boxing Board
Connacht Boxing Council IABA
–

Riverside Boxing Club Ballinlough

https://www.ifundraise.ie/5235_riverside-boxing-club.html

1982 JUNIOR FINALS AT THE STADIUM

IABA News

 

Some of Ireland’s top prospects began to emerge at the National Stadium almost 40 years ago.

Twelve Irish Junior champions were crowned at the home of Irish boxing in 1982.

All hands were raised in victory on points in a close night of boxing at the South Circular Road venue.

The finals were decided across twelve weight classes at IABA headquarters.

 

Irish Junior National Championships

National Stadium, Dublin

January 23, 1982

Finals

48kg Alex O’Neill beat P Doyle PTS
51kg F McAteer beat W Harris PTS
54kg Paul Fitzgerald beat M Donaghy PTS
57kg Seamus McGuiness beat Noel Hickey PTS
60kg Patsy Ormond beat Billy McClean PTS
63,5kg Billy Walsh beat K Ward PTS
67kg J Colvin beat Noel Reid PTS
71kg Samuel Storey beat Frank McCourt PTS
75kg John Phoenix beat B Murphy PTS
81kg PJ Lawlor beat L Allen PTS
91kg Noel Guiry beat E Gilligan PTS
+91kg D Hayes beat S Davidson PTS

TOKYO OLYMPICS UPDATE

IABA News

The Olympic flame will remain in Japan ahead of next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Click here for an update on the 32nd Olympiad which has been postponed from this summer to July/August 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“It was agreed that the Olympic flame will stay in Japan. Humankind currently finds itself in a dark tunnel. These Olympic Games can be a light at the end of this tunnel,” said the IOC.

Over half of the athletes, including Irish boxing captain Brendan Irvine, in all sports remain qualified, explained the IOC.

“It is clear that all those athletes who have qualified for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 already remain qualified, explained the IOC.

“This is a consequence of the fact that these Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, in agreement with Japan, will remain the Games of the XXXII Olympiad. Some 57 per cent of qualification places have already been obtained.

The IOC added: “A dedicated Task Force – called “Here we go” – has been established under the umbrella of the Tokyo 2020 Coordination Commission and comprises Tokyo 2020 and the IOC. Its remit is to address the long list of questions that the postponement raises.”

 

 

SUPPORT YOUR IABA AFFILIATED CLUB!

IABA News
IABA Affiliated clubs are appealing for YOUR support!

As you are all no doubt aware, the #COVID-19 pandemic, has been detrimental to the ability of our Boxing Clubs to generate income. The IABA have recently partnered with

IFundraise

– to help provide fundraising support for our clubs.

Our clubs are now appealing to the public – family, friends, members of the local community and local businesses – to donate what you can. All donations are most welcome and greatly appreciated, there is no amount too small.
The IABA has in excess of 360 clubs operating throughout the island of Ireland. Our volunteers give up a large amount of their personal time to help aspiring young boxers and our clubs make a huge impact in their local communities. So please try to give as much as you can to help them in these difficult times.
How to donate
To make your pledge, simply:
Find your nearest supporting club from the list below (Clubs Accepting donations) and click on the link to their fundraising page.
Donate your amount online.
A number of our clubs are currently participating in the registration process. The clubs who have successfully registered and are looking for your support are listed below:
Ulster Boxing Council IABA
Dublin Boxing Board

IRELAND’S OLYMPIC MEDALLISTS

IABA News

 

Please scroll down for honour roll of Ireland’s Olympic boxing medallists.

Sixteen medals have been claimed by Ireland’s boxers since 1952.

But the count would have been 20 if the rules governing the awarding of medals had been in place prior to the 1952 Games.

Click here for the medals that could have been.

 

IRELAND’S OLYMPIC MEDALS  
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
ATHLETICS 4 2 1 7
SWIMMING 3 0 1 4
BOXING 2 5 9 16
SAILING 0 2 0 2
ROWING 0 1 0 1
EQUESTRIAN 0 0 1 1
Totals (6 sports) 9 10 12 31

Helsinki 1952

Bantamweight: John McNally (White City) – Silver

Beat Alejandro Ortuoste (Philippines) 3-0
Beat Vincenzo Dall’osso (Italy) 3-0
Beat Joon-Ho Kang (Korea) 3-0

Final
Lost to Pentti Hamalainen (Finland) 1-2

Melbourne 1956

Welterweight: Fred Tiedt (South City) – Silver

Beat Tadeusz Walasek (Poland) 3-0
Beat Pearce Lane (USA) 3-0
Beat Kevin Hogarth (Australia) 3-0

Final
Lost to Nicolae Linca (Romania) 2-3

 

Flyweight: John Caldwell (Immaculata) – Bronze

Beat Wi Yaishwe (Burma) KO3
Beat Warner Batchelor (Australia) 3-0

S/Final
Lost to Mircea Dobrescu (Romania) 0-3

Bantamweight: Freddie Gilroy (St John Bosco) – Bronze

Beat Boris Stepanov (USSR) KO3
Beat Mario Sitri (Italy) 3-0

S/Final
Lost to eventual gold medallist Wolfgang Behrendt (Germany) 0-3

Lightweight: Tony Byrne (Tredagh) – Bronze

Beat Josef Chovanec (Czechoslovakia) DQ3
Beat Louis Molina (USA) 3-0

S/Final
Lost to Harry Kurschat (Germany) 0-3

 

Tokyo 1964

Lightweight: Jim McCourt (Immaculata) – Bronze

Beat Bun-am Suh (Korea) 4-1
Beat Ghulam Sarwar (Pakistan) 4-1
Beat Domingo Barrera (Spain) 4-1

S/Final
Lost to Vellikton Barannikov (USSR) 2-3

Moscow 1980

Flyweight: Hughie Russell (Holy Family) – Bronze

Beat Samir Khiniab (Iraq) 5-0
Beat Emmanuel Mlundwa (Tanzania) 5-0
Beat Ryon-sik Yo (North Korea) 3-2

S/Final
Lost to eventual gold medalist Petar Lessov (Bulgaria) 0-5

Barcelona 1992

Welterweight: Michael Carruth (Drimnagh) – Gold

Beat Maselino Tuifao (Western Samoa) 11-2
Beat Andreas Otto (Germany) 35-22
Beat Arkom Chenglai (Thailand) 11-4

Final
Beat Juan Hernandez (Cuba) 13-10

Bantamweight: Wayne McCullough (Albert Foundry) – Silver

Beat Frederick Muteweta (Uganda) 28-7
Beat Ahmed Ghmim Abbood (Iraq) 10-2
Beat Mohammed Sabo (Nigeria) 31-13
Beat Gwang-Sik (North Korea) 21-16

Final
Lost to Joel Casamayor (Cuba) 8-16

Beijing 2008

Light-heavyweight: Ken Egan (Neilstown) – Silver

Beat Julius Jackson (Virgin Islands) 22-2
Beat Muzafer Bahram (Turkey) 10-2
Beat Washington Silva (Brazil) 8-0
BeatTony Jefferies (Great Britain) 10-3

Final
Lost to Zhang Xiaoping (China) 7-11

Middleweight: Darren Sutherland (St Saviours) – Bronze

Beat Nabil Kassel (Algeria) RSC4
Beat Alfonso Blanco (Venezuela) 11-1

S/Final
Lost to eventual gold medalist James DeGale (Britain) 10-3

Light-flyweight: Paddy Barnes (Holy Family) – Bronze

Beat Jose Luis Meza (Ecuador) 14-8
Beat Lukasz Maszczyk (Poland) 11-5

S/Final
Lost to eventual gold medalist Zou Shiming (China) 0-15

London 2012

Lightweight; Katie Taylor (Bray) – Gold

Beat Natasha Jonas (England) 26-15
Beat Mavzuna Chorayeva (Tajikistan) 17-9

Final

Beat Sofya Ochigava (Russia) 10-8

Bantamweight: John Joe Nevin (Cavan) – Silver

Beat Denis Ceylan (Denmark) 21-6
Beat Kanat Abutalipov (Kazakhstan) 15-10
Beat Oscar Valdez (Mexico) 19-13
Beat Lazaro Alvarez (Cuba) 19-14

Final
Lost to Luke Campbell (England) 14-11

Flyweight Michael Conlan (St John Bosco) – Bronze

Beat Micah Duke (Ghana) 19-8
Beat Nordine Oubaali(France) 22-18

S/Final
Lost to eventual gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez (Cuba) 20-10

Light-flyweight: Paddy Barnes (Holy Family) – Bronze

Beat Thomas Essomba (Cameroon) 15-10
Beat Laishram Devender Singh (India) 23-18

S/Final
Lost to eventual gold medallist, Zou Shiming (China) + 15-15 (countback)