Irish Boxing

The European Youths start in a few days, id say this is without doubt the strongest Youth team we have ever had.



Former AIBA World Junior champion Willie Donoghue is focused on adding another gold medal to his impressive CV at the European Youth Championships in Kolobrzeg, Poland.

The St Michael’s Athy BC flyweight, who is part of an eight-strong squad in Poland, has put in big training shifts preparing for the last Continental tournament of the year.

Garry Cully, the last Irish boxer to win European Youth gold in the Netherlands in 2013, has been helping the Irish champion prepare.

Donoghue said: “I have trained twice a day, seven days a week to try and get the gold medal in the upcoming EUBC European Confederation Youth Boxing Championships.

“I won the gold medal in the Pavlyukov Youth Memorial Tournament in Russia and have been sparring with some strong boxers, especially Garry Cully who won the title in 2013. I am focusing on Kolobrzeg before my elite years.”

Irish coach John Conlan reported this morning that Team Ireland are in top shape and looking ahead to the opening bell on Saturday.

The squad have been training with the host country, Germany and Hungary and had test matches with all three nations in training camp in Kolobrzeg.

Frankie Cleary will captain the Irish squad at the 25th European Youth Championships.



Irish Squad

49kg Stephen McKenna (Old School) Commonwealth Youth Champ
52kg Willie Donoghue (St Michael’s Athy) World Junior Champ
56kg Frankie Cleary (Olympic) European Silver
60kg James McGivern (St Georges) European and Commonwealth Champ
64kg Adam Kelly (Ballynacargy)
69kg Michael Nevin (Portlaoise) 2 time European Champ
75kg John Joyce (St Michael’s Athy) 2 time European Champ
81kg Cormac Long (Rathkeale)

Team Manager: Brian Wallace

 

John Joyce won silver at this tournament last year so he should be looking for gold this time around

 

Anyone for the fights in Belfast tomorrow night?

 

Ive seen him as a pro and Cummings is a pressure fighter.
Dunno what else you could call him.

Probably agree Quigley beats him but its too early to say for sure.

 

Shane McGuigan turned him into a boxer-puncher when he turned pro. He doesn't fight the same way.

 

Well you may call him a boxer-puncher, but to me he is a pressure fighter. Maybe he was all-out agression as an amateur, even more so than he is now, I dont know. :thumbsup

 

I'm going ... not sure how ticket sales are doing... but hopefully there will be a bigger crowd than the last waterfront fight card:good

 

Its 9.00am in the morning ticket sales open for Farmpton-Quigg right?

 

yea but the other poster is referring to the fights in Belfast tomorrow night:good

 

Apparently Jamie Kavanagh was arrested earlier this month for "violent disorder" in Dublin

 

If anything, that backs up my argument!

 

Well what do you base your opinion on so - Quigley's first few pro fights against poor opposition?

Surely you take into account their amateur head-to-head record too (especially as it was so recent)?

Okay, Cummings has changed his style under Shane McGuigan to suit the tempo of the more/longer rounds, but we surely have to mention their amateur background when assessing the head-to-head (down the line) at this stage in their careers.

I just don't see how people can say at this stage that Quigley will have "no bother" beating him. To me it seems 50/50, all things considered!

 

Couldn't agree more. Translating that into a 12 round fight is very difficult. I think people have accepted that of late though. Conlan, Reilly, Ward are regarded as the main pro prospects at this stage after all - none of them fit the "strong, go-forward, two-handed, pressure" description in its entirety.

However, with Cummings, his amatur style has to be taken into account - especially considering his defeat of the Cuban in the WSB and his noted wins on the international scene against olympic medalists etc.

Basically, I don't think it's his style alone that has led people to believe he'd make a good pro - I think it's the caliber of opponent he was able to defeat while having a style that (arguably) was not entirely suited to 3x3 rounds.


I'm all "styled" out now

 

The apple doesnt fall far from the tree........:-(

 

Yip couldnt agree more with this:deal