Irish Boxing

For all the keen fans of the amateur game on here - probably the best amateur fight ever.

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz4AHrttlx8[/url]

 

Yeah I thought Ryan edged it to but the opponent LOOKED more aggressive.
Donovan outboxed a wild Yank but I didn't see Coughlan, aren't they just
great?

 

Watched Coughlan on stream,in Spain, maybe it's the sun but was he jobbed?

 

I certainly felt so,Didnt start great so lost the first IMO,had a brilliant second,dominated the opponent thought he was going to count the guy,the russian started the third well but died in the last minute and coughlan took over completly,
I had it 29-28 coughlan,how some judge didnt give him a round was scandalous,but the irish coach told coughlan before he went out for the decision, just remember where you are and who you are fighting so looks like they were expecting it as well,:roll:
Hopefully that may benefit Donovan as these things tend to at times,

 

exactly how I saw it, at least I'm not losing it. Well done Coughlan!

 

Thought the Russian won the 1st and 3rd, not by much tbh but it was close, no robbery .

 

You could argue that alright,the russian landed some very clean shots at the start of the third but i felt coughlan did enough down the stretch to pull those back,but the second round was a clear round for the cork lad i felt,yet it was judge against him,

 

Agree with both of you a bit but i felt overall Coughlan dominated the action, cutting off the ring and getting his shots off, forcing the Russian to break ground. In a close fight-which it was-ring generalship should decide.

 

Donovan lost aswell,S****py fight but i agreed with the decision,had it one each after 2 and felt the turk just did a bit more in the last,Irish corner were sure we had a gold though,

 

It was hard to watch Valdez hammer recent Frampton foe Chris Avalos. Avalos loks so bad it does take a bit of the shine off Carls win. Avalos looks beyond shot to me and needs to retire today. Frampton couldnt miss him and neither could Valdez. Probably the ease with which he hammered Avalos contributed to Carl being a bit complacent about the Gonzalez fight, and led to the problems he had early on in that fight.

 

Any news on the Irish fighters last night,Fitz,o brien in Birmingham and the show in Belfast,
Would be interested to hear from anyone that was in Belfast,was the Malta show any good there seems to be some controversy over that Maltese commission

 

And Bernard Roe made his debut last night. Anyone know how he got on?

 

From what I've seen on FaceBook

Results from last night:


Bernard Roe won PTS 40-35

Sean Creagh won PTS 40-37

Marty Kayes beat Phil Townley

Joe Hillerby beat John Waldron PTS (Waldron says it was a robbery)

Matthew Fitzsimmons won KO2

Craig O'Brien won

Anto Fitzgerald lost PTS

Alec Bazza lost PTS 34-40

Just missing Mark Morris and Tommy Tolan

 

is fitzgerald retiring:good

 

Francis Cleary claimed gold at the Brandenburg Youth Cup in Frankfurt/Oder in Germany this morning – and also scooped the Best Technical Boxer Award.

The Olympic BC ace, who beat a Russian opponent in the semi-finals, beaten a second Russian,Vladimir Strygin, today on a unanimous decision to finish on top of the bantamweight podium.

Shane Flavin had to settle for silver after he lost out in the flyweight decider to Aidos Arapov of Kazakhstan.

“Francis beat a very good Russia southpaw in today’s final, a tough lad. Francis got better as the tournament went on, his movement especially. That’s why he got the Best Technical Boxer Award. An excellent performance today and throughout the tournament, said Irish coach Jimmy Halpin.

“Shane was terrific in his final. He was up against a very good Kazakh and gave a terrific performance. Michael Nevin should have been in the finals, but we’re delighted to be bringing home two medals and the award.”

Team Ireland are due to arrive home via Dublin Airport at 11pm tonight.





Brandenburg Youth Cup Frankfurt/Oder Germany

September 13th Finals

52kg Shane Flavin (Ireland) lost to Aidos Arapov (Kazakhstan) 0-3
56kg Francis Cleary (Ireland) beat Vladimir Strygin (Russia) 3-0

September 12th S/Finals

52kg Shane Flavin (Ireland) beat Lukusz Cwikiel (Austria) 3-0
56kg Francis Cleary (Ireland) beat Beslam Khamsaev (Russia) 3-0

September 11th Q/Finals
52kg Shane Flavin (Ireland) beat Bradley Strand (England) 3-0
56kg Francis Cleary (Ireland) beat Saul-Joe Bayliss (England) 3-0
75kg John Joyce (Ireland) lost to Dzhamal Makhmudov (Russia) 1-2
81kg Cormac Long (Ireland) lost to Jonathon Fischbuck (Germany) 0-3
91+kg Denis Gifford (Ireland) lost to Shaun Lewis (Wales) 0-3

September 10th Prelims
75kg John Joyce (Ireland) beat Kryan Jones (Wales) 3-0
69kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) lost to Silvio Schievle (Germany) 1-2
64kg Adam Kelly (Ireland) lost to Konstantin Mischehkan (Russia) 0-3

Irish Squad

52kg Shane Flavin (Paulstown) (Silver)
56kg Francis Cleary (Olympic) (Gold)
64kg Adam Kelly (Ballynacargy)
69kg Michael Nevin (Portlaoise)
75kg John Joyce (St Michaels Athy)
81kg Cormac Long (Rathkeale)
91kg+ Denis Gifford (Bracken)

Best Technical Boxer: Francis Cleary (Olympic BC)

Team manager: Joe Charles
Coaches: Jimmy Halpin / Ralph McKay
Physio: Catriona O’Dwyer