Ireland Team To Contest European U22 Championships Named.
The Team Ireland Squad to contest the European U22 Championships has been named.
The tournament is being hosted by the Croatian Boxing Federation and will take place in at the Intersport Sport Hall, Poreč from March 11th to 24th.
The squad is comprised of 18 boxers – 9 men and 9 women, and includes reigning 2022 IABA U22 Champions
2022 IATBA Championships Begin On Saturday.
Over 130 boxers will contest the 2022 IATBA Championships, which will take place at the National Stadium, Dublin.
Boxing begins on Saturday, when there are 24 bouts down for decision.
Day One – Quarter Finals and Semi Finals: Saturday, February 26th.
Quarter Finals
- 69KG JN Daniel Vaughan MTU BC/MTUC v Adam Brophy Omagh B&G BC/QUB
- 69KG JN Samuel O’Donnell GMIT BC/GMIT v Brian Hughes DCU BC/DCU
- 69KG JN Patrick Hughes Belfast Met BC/BMC v Justin Cannon Monkstown BC/TUDC
- 75KG SN Sean Mawhinney Bangor Abbey/UU v David Brolly St.Canices/UU
- 81KG SN Ben Patton Belfast Met BC/BMC v Christopher O’Neill Clan Naofa/DKIT
- 81KG SN Tiarnan Holland DCU BC/DCU v Josh Slevin NUIG BC/NUIG
- 81KG SN Patrick Pigott WIT BC/WIT v Dylan Gibbons GMIT BC/GMIT
- 66KG FS Linda Desmond Rylane BC/MTUC W/O
- 67KG MS Cahan Hallinan Olympic BC/NUIG v Jon McConnell Holy Trinity BC/UU
- 67KG MS Ryan Cullen Ballagh BC/UL v Matthew McCole Illies GG BC/LYIT
Semi Finals:
12. 86KG SN John Cawley Monkstown BC/TCD W/O
Ireland To Take On Wales In An International At The Home Of Irish Boxing.
The IABA is delighted to confirm that an Ireland V. Wales international will take place at the National Stadium, the home of Irish boxing.
10 bouts, in all, will be boxed on Friday, March 4th, in the first international event to be held at the stadium in 2 years.
The card begins at 7pm and will be live-streamed on IABA’s YouTube channel.
Harrington & O’Rourke Will Box For Gold In Strandja On Saturday.
Olympic lightweight champion, Kellie Harrington and Olympian, Aoife O’Rourke, will box for gold at the 73rd Strandja International Tournament .
Both boxers came through their semi finals today with unanimous decisions, and decisive performances.
W75kg Aoife O’Rourke was first in the ring in Sofia, Bulgaria this morning. She faced Russia’s Anastasiia Shamonova