Irish in action today at the Commonwealth Games: Monday 28th July - 1:20PM - 56kg Bantamweight - Round of 16 - Mick Conlan v Shiva Thapa (India) Monday 28th July - 2:15PM - 75kg Middleweight - Round of 16 - Connor Coyle v Dennis Thomas (Guyana) Monday 28th July - 7:10PM - 49kg - Light-Flyweight - Round of 16 - Paddy Barnes v Hamadi Furahisha (Tanzania) Monday 28th July - 7:25PM - 69kg Welterweight - Round of 16 - Steven Donnelly v Oscar Finau (Tonga) Monday 28th July - 7:50PM - 48kg-51kg Flyweight - Round of 16 - Michaela Walsh v Thessa Dumas (Mauritius)
Coyle, Donnelly, Barnes and Conlan all won today. So 8 out of 9 of the men's team are now 1 fight away from medalling. Impressive returns
Eddie Hearn claimed in Boxing News that the tickets for the Macklin fight at The Stadium were sold out within a couple of hours of going on sale. Surprising :think but good:yep
4 fight to guarantee at least bronzes today Tuesday 29th July - 1:45PM - 52kg Flyweight - Quarter Finals - Ruairi Dalton v Andrew Moloney (Australia) Tuesday 29th July - 7:15PM - 60kg Lightweight - Quarter Finals - Joe Fitzpatrick v Nicholas Okoth (Kenya) Tuesday 29th July - 8:00PM - 64kg Light-Welterweight - Quarter Finals - Sean Duffy v Khir Azim (Malaysia) Tuesday 29th July - 9:00PM - 81kg Light-Heavyweight - Quarter Finals - Seán McGlinchy v Elly Ochola (Kenya)
3 out of 4 aint bad considering most of our fancied fighters are on tomorrow. Would expect Conlan, Coyle, Barnes and Donnelly to win tomorrow. they've all been impressive so far!
That Aussie lad Maloney who beat Dalton looked a really good fighter. He fights young scottish lad McFadden who beat Edwards and Selby next. That should be a cracking fight.
ive only watched a bit of this event, but the Irish lads seem to be doing well. And it gets a fair amount of publicity
Times for today's Quarter Finals: 1:00PM - 56kg Bantamweight - Mick Conlan v Bashir Nasir (Uganda) 3:00PM - 49-51kg Flyweight - Michaela Walsh v Sarah Rae (Jamaica) 4:00PM - 57-60kg Lightweight - Alanna Audley-Murphy v Valerian Spicaer (Dominica ) 7:00PM - 49kg Light-Flyweight - Paddy Barnes v Charles Keama (Papua New Guinea) 8:15PM - 69kg Welterweight - Steven Donnelly v Custio Clayton (Canada) [ranked 8th in the World, 2012 Olympian reached the QFs] 8:45 - 75kg Middleweight - Conor Coyle v Siphiwe Lusizi (South Africa) [2012 Olympian at Welterweight, reached 2nd round]
Conlan won handily to guarantee a bronze Also, slipped under the radar but the EU Amateur Championships are being revived. They start in Sofia, Bulgaria on the 8th of August. Dunno what sort of a team Ireland will be sending considering the involvement of some of the lads in the Commonwealth Games. Anyway, a welcome return for the tournament in which Ireland have always performed well in (remember 2009 when 9 medals were won) http://www.iaba.ie/eu-mens-championships-countdown-begins/