You were right on both fair play, Im claming the 60k bates over cully, Just thought it was ayear to soon for cully,he may need to move up a weight,
If andy lee isn't defending in dublin March 14,Gary Hyde is putting on a card in the stadium. Not sure who is headlining but was at his last one and really enjoyed it,
BUI awards winners in: Fighter: Andy Lee Prospect: Jono Carroll Fight: Carroll v Geraghty KO: Spike v Fitz Trainer: Packie Collins
We have a lot of prospects more talented Jono Carroll, but he's had phenomenal year by any prospects standards, so I can see why they chose him. Every other choice seems good.
Saturday January 17th (7pm) 64kg Sarah Close (Holy Family GG) V Kayleigh Murrihy (Kilfenora) (Result: Murrihy wins 40-36, 38-38, 39-37) 64kg Grainne Walsh (Sparticus) V Kelly Harrington (St Margarets) (Result: Harrington wins 38-38, 40-36, 40-36) 69kg Christina Desmond (Macroom) beat Tina Donelly (Baldoyle) W/O 69kg Jillian Duffy (St Fergals Bray) V Clare Grace (Callan) (Grace wins 39-37, 40-36, 40-36) 75kg Michael OReilly (Portlaoise) V Conor Coyle (St Joseps Derry) (Result: OReilly wins 30-27, 29-28, 28-29) 75kg Caoimhin Hynes (Holy Trinity) V Stephen Broadhurst (Dealgan) (Result: Broadhurst wins 28-29, 28-29, 28-29) 81kg Roy Sheahan (St Michaels Athy) V Chris Blaney (Navan) (Result: Sheahan wins 29-28, 28-29, 29-28) 81kg Padraig McCrory (Holy Trinty) V Matthew Tinker (St Francis) (Result: Tinker wins 30-27, 28-29, 28-29) 91kg Darren ONeill (Paulstown) V John Joe McDonagh (Crumlin) (Result: ONeill wins 29-28, 30-27, 30-27) 91kg Stephen McMonagle (Holy Trinity) V Kenneth Okungbowa (Ahtlone) (Result: Okungbowa wins 29-28, 30-27, 30-27) 91+kg Dean Gardiner (Clonmel) V Niall Kennedy (Gorey) (Result: Gardiner wins 29-28, 29-28, 30-27) 91+kg Jason Barron (Holy Trinity) V Constantin Popovicu (Johnstown) (Result: Popovicu wins by stoppage)
Read in the paper today that Eamonn O'Kane now being managed and trained by Paddy Fitzpatrick. Going to be having his training camps in London and great sparring with George Groves, could be a good move for him. Hopefully, he can kick on and get himself back in the frame for big fights.
Very very strange year for irish fighters. On the one hand one guy ..Andy Lee.. Wins a bixing world title and hardly gets a mention in the irish media, on the other hand I can't read a paper or turn on the radio without hearing some guff about that kiddy icon Conor mcgroeger. Then again a boxer gets named "fighter of the year" in a year that he ..literally...hardly won a round, (according to the judges scoring his fights)!!!! Very strange.....