I made it up for a bit earlier, Conlon looked very good and too aggressive for Declan Garaghty as he won 15-11. In the other bantamweight fight, I though Chris Phelan was very unlucky (again!) as he went down 13-12 to Ruairi Dalton. BK you're right, this is preferable though - we have international standard fighters at many weights and only right they're assessed. There's no exact science to picking a team. But: If the IABA Boxing Council decide their team on August 20, and they team departs for training camp THE PREVIOUS DAY, how the feck is that going to work? Billy and his chosen few just gonna depart?
Lads, what's the story with Michael McDonagh at 60k? Did he not even enter the box-offs? Also, I don't see why, as national champion, he hasn't been mentioned in any of the press articles - along with the five who didn't weigh in.
He's gone towards the European Youths in Citywest and will take part in those - no doubt encouraged all the way. On the other hand, Chris O'Reilly boxed great yesterday for a 17 year old and is into the senior semis at 69kg...
Thanks, just heard about that. All as clear as mud. Wouldn't Joe Ward be eligible for the youths as well? If we're all this confused, can you imagine how the boxers feel?
He would be indeed. Joe's not 18 until October or something - born in 1993. Wonder how ould that makes some of the fellas on here feel
we are? i stopped training cause there was no word- Roggie style i dnt like a date sprung on me like this! but for the sake of making a good show lets get it on
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Sturm has a go at macklin again calls him a coward http://www.irish-boxing.com/2011/08/beating-his-sturm-felix-calls-macklin-a-coward/ Kodjo ready to ruin Casey return and talks about Pajo http://www.irish-boxing.com/2011/08/2905/
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Seems the IABA are usuing the winners of the box offs for def now....according to the press releases, ah well ibiza 17th of september with my mates will have to be booked tomorow!
The IABA would want to get their ****ing finger out and decide for definite how the hell they're going to pick which fighters go. Although it would seem unfair on the winners on the box-off, with the fighters who have excluded themselves(or were unavailable) to take part, I think it'd be in the best interests of Irish boxing to select fighters based on the National finals, box-offs and recent International form. But no matter which method they picked it should of been clear from the very start how they were going to go about it.
Today's statement: I would have thought today's statement was more of a back-track on the other day, when the IABA secretary Sean Crowley said they would be recommending that the winners from this weeks Open Unseeded Elite Competition will be the team for the 2011 AIBA World Championships.
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