Irish Boxing

good win for nevin. 21-14

 

I done Nevin to win Gold. Is that the lads finished until tomorrow?

 

Egan on now.

 

egans on now, then thats it foir today.

 

down 7-5 after first

 

egan stopped in 3rd was well behind anyway.

 

stopped :shock: how bad as he?

 

I think for Kenny this weight division may well be a step too far for him. With Ward in his original weight divison the move up in weight was always on the cards but he will find it hard to get to London and do as well as he done at the last games.

 

Didnt look great, Competitive first round but the cubans body punches seemed to suck the life out of him. He took a count in the second aswell.

 

Barnes out of World Championships

Monday, 3 October 2011 09:21
Paddy Barnes, the Olympic bronze medallist from Beijing in 2008 and European gold medallist from Moscow last year, sensationally bowed out of the World Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, this morning with a 20-12 defeat to the Philippines' Mark Barriga.

Barnes, who didn't compete in the European Championships in Turkey this summer due to a hand injury, looked ring rusty and at times over anxious as the fast hand-movements of Barriga caused problems.
But more importantly Barriga's combinations hit the target too many times and easily enough scored points, especially at the end of the first round and again in the second.


At the end of round one, the Filipino boxer was in front 6-4 and had stretched his lead to 13-8 by the time the bell rang to signal the end of the second.

Barnes tried mightily to score, but Barriga moved around the ring swiftly and his one, two, three fast counter-punching moves struck gold as Barnes came in search of winning punches and scores.

At the end of round three, Mark Barriga had beaten Paddy Barnes 20-12.

Belfast man Barnes told RTÉ Sport that he was bitterly disappointed, that he boxed very poorly, and that the signs of his long lay-off were apparent. Although he emphasised he wasn't using that as an excuse.

Barnes added that Barriga was a good boxer, but he was essentially bitterly disappointed with his own performance.

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O'Neill and Joyce make last 16 at worlds

Monday, 3 October 2011 14:29
Darren O'Neill and David Oliver Joyce have both reached the last 16 at the World Boxing Championships in Baku.
O'Neill, the Dublin primary school teacher and native of Paulstown, Co Kilkenny, came through a searching test in the last 32 of the middleweight division of the World Boxing Championships in Baku.

O'Neill beat Mohammad Hikal - a 32-year-old from Egypt, who won bronze at the last World Boxing Championships in Milan - by 15-13 with the result in doubt right up to the final bell.


The Irish southpaw controlled the first round easily and had a two-point advantage at 4-2 going into the second round.

Hikal was a dogged performer and changed his game plan in round two as he tried to upset O'Neill by adopting a more attack-orientated style. It seemed to work for the Egyptian as he only trailed by one point, 8-7, at the end of round two.

The third round was pulsating as both boxers knew victory was within sight. Hikal picked up a public warning, and a penalty of two points, giving the advantage to O'Neill.

But within 40 seconds O'Neill had also picked up a public warning for diving with the head so it became game on for both boxers.

While O'Neill was taller than his opponent, the Egyptian jab was effective.
There were many anxious moments before the end, but O'Neill survived to win and qualify for the last 16 on a scoreline of 15-13.
Joyce gave one of the best performances at the 2011 World Boxing Championships in Baku in reaching the last 16 of the lightweight division.

The St Michael's Athy man faced what appeared to be stiff opposition from Mohammad Khaiber of Afghanistan when they went into battle and ended 5-5 at the end of the first round.

The second round belonged to the Kildare lightweight as the 24-year-old's strong jab, allied to fleetness of foot and a burning passion to succeed, forced Khaiber to retreat.

The Afghani boxer really had no answer as Joyce found his rhythm and accumulated points to lead 16-10 at the end of the second round.

Joyce became masterful in the contest as his jab continued to work to great effect. His speed and movement outclassed the Afgani and he won out 26-13 at the final bell.

Joyce, speaking to RTÉ Sport, said he was delighted with his performance and that his ambition of winning an Olympic spot for London next year was still on course. He also said he considered his training had gone well in Germany.

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lads is it the round of 16 or the round of 8 the have to get into the get qualifacation?

 

Quarters gets them a place in olympics unless your a heavy or superheavy then its the semis.

 

Egan is stopped, Nevin marches on

Monday, 3 October 2011 19:57
Kenneth Egan is out of the World Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan after being beaten in his first ever international appearance as a heavyweight.
The Olympic silver medalist was up against it from the start after being handed a tough draw against Cuba's Jose Larduet, and the referee stopped the contest with a minute and forty one seconds left to box in the third and final round.
Egan enjoyed good fist round, only trailing by 5-7 at the bell but the second belonged to Larduet.

The Dubliner did score with some quality right and left hooks but the Larduet hit the Egan with series of body punches that clearly winded him.
Meanwhile John Joe Nevin produced a pulsating perforrmance to book himself into the last 16 in the Bantamweight division.
Nevin got the better of India's facing Akhil Kumar. The first round was tight with body punches dominating the exchanges but Nevin led by two at the bell 7-5.
The second round saw a confident Nevin going forward more aggresively and he scored regularly increasing his lead to 5 points.
Nevin continue to control things in the final round with a classy jab and move and in the end had accumulated 21 points to Akhil Kumar 14 points.

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Joe Ward due in the ring at 9 in the morning, how many out of six can we get :bart

Then later on Con Sheehan faces Cammarelle - looking forward to that one. That's to get to the quarters, like Nutter said, he needs to get to the semis.