IRISH BOXING TO FINISH OUT 2016 WITH BIG TOURNAMENTS

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Irish boxing will bring the curtain down on an eventful year with at least two prestigious tournaments in World and European competition.

First up is the European Women’s Youth and Junior Championships in Ordu, Turkey next month.

The Irish team for Ordu will be confirmed shortly.

The AIBA World Men’s Youth Championships, meanwhile, is slated for St Petersburg, Russia in November.

The Irish panel for St Petersburg will be ratified after this weekend’s U/18 Championships at the National Stadium in Dublin.

The European Women’s Elite Championships are pencilled in for November in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The European Boxing Confederation today confirmed that the 10th edition of tournament will go ahead in Sofia on the above dates.