WORLD YOUTH C’SHIPS UPDATE

The 2021 AIBA World Men’s and Women’s Youth Championships will be hosted in Poland next Spring.

The tournament begins at an exact date to be confirmed in Kielce in south-central Poland next April.

Two candidates, Poland and Nicaragua, were intended to host the tournament.

The AIBA Executive Committee voted with the majority for Poland’s bid. 

Jude Gallagher won light-flyweight bronze for Ireland at the 2018 AIBA World Youths in Budapest, Hungary.

The proposed dates for the 2021 tournament – which was postponed from November this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic – are April 10/24 next year.