Irish Boxing

thank **** lol

 

whos fightin in the second ring?

 

Boxing - Irish off to flying start in Russia
Irish boxers won all their bouts on the first day of the European Boxing Championships yesterday. Paddy Barnes will fight for at least a bronze medal, after easily outscoring Hungarian Istvan Lakatos at the Ice Palace Megasport in Moscow. Kenny Egan edged Italian Simone Fiori, 3-2 while John Joe Joyce beat Vasilii Belous from Moldova 8-5. John Joe Nevin defeated Armenia's Karen Aylazyan 13-2 while Darren O'Neill completed a fine day for the Irish with a 4-2 victory over Romania's Ronald Gavril. Declan Geraghty and Eric are in first round action today while Egan, O'Neill and Joyce will also be fighting to secure a place in the quarter-finals.

 

I thought the same thing today!

 

http://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2010/0606/egan.html
Geraghty defeat the only sour note for Irish

Sunday, 6 June 2010 19:40
By Niall O'Flynn
At least four Irish boxers will fight for European medals this week, following another very successful day at the European Senior Boxing Championships in Russia.

Olympic medallists Kenny Egan and Paddy Barnes, Kilkenny's Darren O'Neill and Kildare's John Joe Joyce have all advanced to the quarter-finals in Moscow.


For Egan and Joyce, it's a chance to add to the European bronze medals they won in 2006 and 2008, respectively.

Egan, 28, played a captain's role in dismissing the challenge of Albanian Alexsander Ramo, scoring a sensational 15 points to 2.

It is the highest score, and the biggest winning margin, of any Irish boxer at these championships so far.

The Dublin light-heavyweight, the number two seed for the gold medal, produced an awesome display of counter-punching, scoring four points in the first round, seven in the second, and added a further four in the final round.

Egan's victory completed a great day for the Irish, who won four out of the five bouts they faced at the Megasport Ice Palace on Sunday.

Also into the last eight is Darren O'Neill, who swept aside the challenge of England's Anthony Ogogo, who's recently moved up to senior level after being one of the world's best juniors.

'Any day you beat an Englishman is great for an Irish person,' he joked afterwards.

John Joe Joyce, meanwhile, dismissed Bulgaria's Evgeniy Borisov with a hugely impressive 11-1 win.

Kildare's Eric Donovan is also into the last 16, following an excellent 10-2 win over Denmark's Rashid Kassem.

Dublin's Declan Geraghty, however, went down to Magomed Abdulhamidov, of Azerbaijan.
The 9-2 scoreline did not reflect the fighting performance by a lively Geraghty, who launched attack after attack, but failed to score points.
He wasn't helped by the referee, who warned the 20-year-old Dubliner for dropping his head, and for a low blow, and awarded his rival a total of four points.

Four other Irish remain in the competition. Ray Moylette, Eric Donovan, John Joe Nevin and Tyrone McCullagh all fight on Monday for the chance to make the quarter-finals.

 

another good day

 

I'm worried about Egan lads, he didn't throw a single right hand in the last round and switched orthodox far more than normal in order to jab. The left jab, and lead left were about all he used :-(

If he was just doing that than fair enough, but he must have hurt the right hand somewhat to box the way he did. Anyway fantastic stuff so far from the Irish team, as usual our boxers are doing us proud at the top level.

 

go on the men:happy:happy

 

Well done to the lads...:thumbsup

Disapointed with O'Neils comments though...:-(

 

stop him when he starts lyin!!! :deal

 

What did he say?

 

beatin Brits gives him the horn.......or some such sheeat!!

On a serious note the guy O'Neill fights nexts is more than handy. I watched Derevyanchenko in his first round and he school the guy, French guy I think.

 

:good

O'Neil is a good kid, I wish him well...:yep

 

Just got a tip off not sure if this is out yet but

it looks like Pirog will be fighting Danny Jacobs for the WBO Middleweight Title

Nothing is set in stone just yet

MAKE YOUR OWN THREAD!!!

whats the story pal?

 

What's the story...:think

I make complimentary comments about your fighters and I get told to make my own thread...:rofl