European Amateur Boxing Championship starting in June 17 at Ankara Turkey

[mattdonnellon]

Barnes is out with injury! Damn.

[mattdonnellon]

European 56kg
1 Vodopyanov Russia
2 Azalimov Rssia
3 Polyansky Russia
4 Makarov Ger
5 Nevin Ire
6 Campbell Eng
7 Yafai Eng
8 Dalakiev Bulgaria
9 Andreiano Romania
10 Parrinello Italy

THE TOUGHEST CLASS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH THE 54 AND 57 KILOS MERGING.
Any of the top eight could be argued for the top spot, Polyansky is the Russian representive and beatable. there are at least ten other very good fighters in this class like Najafov(Aze) Nagy(Hun) Koota(Fin)-beat McCullough 7-0- N'Tuen(Swe) Gutmans(Lat) Gojan(Mol) Michelus(Pol) Selby(Wales) and Ulas from Turkey for example.
Nevin can certainly win now that he hasn't to fight weight at every weigh-in with Campbell a big danger.

[mattdonnellon]

lightweight 60kg European
1 Lomachenko Ukraine
2 Selimov Russia
3 Bruhard Germany
4 Bril Germany
5 David Oliver Joyce
6 Chudenki Poland
7 Eric Donovan
8 Ward England
9 Vaganov Russia
10 Valentino Italy
10 Azzedine France

Not the strongest weight, maybe Lomachenko is slipping, Vagaov is the Russian rep and Donovan, Joyce, Selimov, and either Bril or Bruhard wont be there. Valentino too has probably seen his best amature days so the likes of Iayev(Aze) Ward, McDonagh, Keles(Turkry) ismetov(Bul) could step up and win.Lomachenko is the sensible bet though.

[mattdonnellon]

BRITISH TEAM
Charlie Edwards
England
49 Kg
Lynn ABC, London
Zack Davies
Wales

Khalid Yafai
England
52 Kg
Birmingham City, Birmingham

Andrew Selby
Wales
52 Kg
Splott ABC, Barry

Luke Campbell
England
56 Kg
St Paul’s, Hull

Sean McGoldrick
Wales
56Kg
St Joseph’s, Cardiff

Martin Ward
England
60Kg
Repton, London

Josh Taylor
Scotland
60Kg
Lochend, Edinburgh

Tom Stalker
England
64Kg
Salisbury, Liverpool

Aston Brown
Scotland
69Kg
Noble Art, Glasgow

Scott Cardle
England
69Kg
Kirkham, Lytham

Fred Evans
Wales
69Kg
Joseph’s, Cardiff

Anthony Ogogo
England
75Kg
Triple A Boxing Club, Lowestoft

Obed Mbwakongo
England
81Kg
Lynn ABC, London

Danny Price
England
91Kg
Westway, Scarborough

Anthony Joshua
England
91+Kg
Finchley ABC, London

[Goodhill]

Team Finland has only three fighters
56 kg Matti Koota
75 kg Ville Hukkanen
81 kg Eemeli Katajisto

Koota (in blue)
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62sBZ6KD__U"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62sBZ6KD__U[/ame]

Hukkanen (in blue)
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWMSMPhXmfg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWMSMPhXmfg[/ame]

Katajisto (in blue) - Eemeli said that it was a shitty fight from him
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4diOqxyHUc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4diOqxyHUc[/ame]

[mattdonnellon]

64 kg Europe
1 Javakhyan Armenia
2 Petraukas Lithuania
3 Stalker England
4 Kate Hungary
5 Skrowankov
6 Solyankou Russia
7 Chladek Czeck
8 Ignatev Russia
9 Shelestyuk Ukraine
10 Jafaroc Azerbaijan
10 Hickey

I think Hickey would have had a real shot at this, such was his form. Very strange that nobody seems to know why the army didn't release him to the high-performance-taxpayers pay eneough money into these two organizations. Moylette is a great competitor and could surprise a few here.
Stalker to win for me with Jafaroc a danger. Of courst JJJ's old friend Kate is still here(Hickey beat him 4-0 last year) and Russia has Ignatiev.

[mattdonnellon]

Azerbaijan team.
Salman Alizade (49 kg), Elvin Mamishzade (52 kg), Rahim Gajafov (56 kg), Elvin Isayev (60 kg), Heybetulla Hajialiyev (64 kg), Osman Aliyev (69 kg), Rahib Beylerov (75 kg), Ramil Aliyev (81 kg), Teymur Mammadov (91 kg) and Farid Pashayev (over 91 kg).

[mattdonnellon]

Hungary
49 kg: Lakatos István (KSC)
52: Kalucza Norbert (DVSC)
56: Nagy Krisztián (Szolnoki MÁV)
60: Varga Miklós (Harangi SE)
64: Káté Gyula (Unió Kispest)
69: Bacskai Balázs (Vasas-Süllős)
75: Harcsa Zoltán (Unió Kispest)
81: Szellő Imre (KSC)
91: Darmos József (Vasas-Süllős)
+ 91 kg: Bernáth István (DVSC)

[mattdonnellon]

The Belarusian team will include well-known super heavyweight boxer Viktor Zuyev (91+) who took silver at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow. Apart from Viktor Zuyev the national team will also comprise Vadim Kirilenko (49kg), Ivan Figurenko (52kg), Dmitry Zhukov (56kg), Ivan Baranchik (60kg), Yevgeny Romashkevich (64kg), Vitaly Bondarenko (75kg), Magomed Nurudinov (69kg), Mikhail Dolgolevets (81kg), Sergei Korneyev (91kg).

[boxeo#1]

Netherlands:
69kg: Stephen Danyo
75kg: Peter Mullenberg

[Zacker]

Originally Posted by mattdonnellon

In the next few days I intend to inflict my views on the upcoming euro championships on this thread, starting with the 49kg division.

Nice, looking forward to reading it.

[mattdonnellon]

1. Łukasz Maszczyk –waga 49kg;
2. Mateusz Mazik waga 56kg;
3. Michał Chudecki –waga 60kg;
4. Michał Syrowatka –waga 64kg;
5. Tomasz Jabłoński –waga 75kg;
6. Włodzimierz Letr –waga 81 kg;
7. Michał Olaś –waga 91 kg;
8. Marcin Rekowski –waga +91 kg;

[mattdonnellon]

69kg
1 Bacskai Hun
2 Shelestyuk Ukr
3 Kavlauskas Lith
4 McLoughlin Ire
5 Evans Wal
6 Wojiki Ger
7 Vastine France
8 JJ Joyce Ire
9 Aliyev Aze
10 Zamkovoy Russia

The top three aside, not an inspiring weight-class.
McLoughlin and Vastine can mix it with the big three for the medals.

[kenmore]

Why isn't Sergei Kuzmin representing Russia? He won last year's superheavyweight gold medal at the Euro championships.

[avk47]

Originally Posted by kenmore

Why isn't Sergei Kuzmin representing Russia? He won last year's superheavyweight gold medal at the Euro championships.

Russia is sending their B team to the Europeans. The A-team will go to the worlds (unless someone from the B team does well enough to convince the coaches to put hin on the A team). Thats why the other top guns are not there.