Irish Boxing

looks a good bet for boxer of the tournament aswell in all the aiba write ups he was described as coastin in his fights

 

Lads (and ladies if there are any) a ton of new stuff up on site. There is loads of good news at the minute and its looking like a busy summer.

 

Well done joe ward!!!

 

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Well done to Burnett and Ward! O'Neill, Egan, Quigley, Barnes, Nevin, Molloy and Geraghty better look over their shoulders.

 

good to see the write up on mcdonagh on irish boxing . spotted a mistake tho hes fighting in limerick not belfast steve lol

 

my mistake, not steves/ Will get it fixed later this afternoon. I blame being stuck in work on a Bank Holiday.

 

Bought this today - its an original press photo with report on the rear.

Anyone want to show off and share the who, what wheres and whens with us!!

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Joe Ward wins gold for Ireland in Baku

Monday, 3 May 2010 15:18
Joe Ward claimed his second world title inside a year with a comfortable victory over Damien Hooper at the AIBA World Youth Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday.

The Westmeath teenager, who claimed light middleweight gold at the AIBA World Junior Championships in Armenia last May, beat Australian Hooper to the middleweight crown. Ward won on a scoreline of 6-1 over three, three minute rounds in today's 75kg final.

However, Belfast light flyweight Ryan Burnett had to settle for silver after he lost 9-4 to Salman Alizada of Azerbaijan in the 48kg decider.

Speaking after his win Ward, who along with Burnett has qualified for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in August, said that he was having difficulty believing that he had just created a unique piece of Irish amateur boxing history.

He said: 'I still can't believe it and I think it will take a while for it to sink in that I'm a double world champion.
'I'm thrilled with the win and very proud to be taking home gold for Ireland from this tournament.'

AIBA World Youth Championships: Results.

Last 64 - 25 April:
69kg: Chris Blaney (Ireland) beat Benny Muziyo (Zambia) 10-4

Last 64 - 26 April 26:
48kg: Ryan Burnett (Ireland) beat Erik Sokolov (Germany) 4-0
60kg: Michael O'Reilly (Ireland) beat Shafiq Asif (England) 10-4

Last 64 & 32 - 27 April:
51kg: Chris Phelan (Ireland) beat Arios Aguero (Dominican Rep) 5-1
64kg: Kieran Forde (Ireland) lost to Zura Mekerishvili (Georgia) 3-3 (count-back)
Last 32:
69kg: Chris Blaney (Ireland) beat Mina Rojas (Ecuador) 6-1
75kg: Joe Ward (Ireland) beat Bekim Vjerdha (Albania) RSC2 (18-1)

Last 32 - 28 April 28:
48kg: Ryan Burnett (Ireland) beat Manuel Fabrizio (Italy) 3-1
51kg: Chris Phelan (Ireland) lost to Shaban Shahpalangov (Azerbaijan) 6-15
60kg: Michael O'Reilly (Ireland) beat Yunior Boleri (Cuba) 11-3

Last 16 - 29 April 29:
48kg: Ryan Burnett (Ireland) beat Rober Estrada Barrera (Columbia) 16-4
60kg: Michael O'Reilly (Ireland) beat Mitchell Buckland (Wales) 12-6
69kg: Chris Blaney (Ireland) beat Dongjin Lee (Korea) 7-3
75kg: Joe Ward (Ireland) beat Frankie Sanchez (Cuba) 8-1

Quarter-finals - 30 April:
48kg: Ryan Burnett (Ireland) beat Mark Anthony Barriga (Philippines) 6-4
60kg: Michael O'Reilly (Ireland) lost to Vikas Krishan (India) 0-8
69kg: Chris Blaney (Ireland) lost to David Lourencio de Costa (Brazil) 2-9
71kg: Joe Ward (Ireland) beat Kyazim Eneev (Russia) 9-6

Semi-finals - 2 May:
48kg: Ryan Burnett (Ireland) beat Yosvany Soto Veita (Cuba) 5-3
75kg: Joe Ward (Ireland) beat Palacio Carrillo (Columbia) 11-3

Finals - 3 May:
48kg: Ryan Burnett (Ireland) lost to Salman Alizada (Azerbaijan) 4-9
75kg: Joe Ward (Ireland) beat Damien Hooper (Australia) 6-1

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Jeepers was talking to Mick Dowling today had a bit of a shiner on him but looks very healthy he must still be helping out with sparring!

 

Got that fixed

 

It was probably Jim Rock.He eventually got sick of Mick trying to answer EVERY question (badly) and contradicting anything anyone else says.

 

sorry, don't get on here very often Deno, yeah Jamie is a very skilfull boxer..My club is up in north Wexford, St Mogue's BC..In recent years I would say Willie Reilly was the best to come out of St Pauls..I did his corner in the European Schoolboys Final in in Hungaria a few years ago when he won the gold medal and the boxer of the Championship..Seamus Cowman and Neal Gough are doing great work in Pauls..

 

The sick thing is Ward is 16 years old and this tournament is for 17, 18 year olds.

Does this mean that technically he could have been disqualified? I know the coaches and all didn't want to make a big fuss about his age.

It's some achievement and he's good for gold in the Youth Olympics - sure he eliminated both the Cuban and the the Russian before the semi-final stage, thus ending their interest in the Singapore yoke already.

Wonder if the stayaway Yanks have anyone decent.