Irish Boxing

did you watch the fights moorser? only saw hyde and Donovan, taught both were impressive but Donovan in particular struck me as a boy with some serious talent

 

I really want to see Coughlan after his last two performances and havnt seen ryan yet but il watch him

 

Ceire Smith sensationally beat current AIBA World No. 1 flyweight Marlen Esparza of the USA at the Feliks Stamm multi-nations in Poland today.

The Cavan BC ace beat the current AIBA World Elite champion, a bronze medallist at the London 2012 Olympics, on a split decision in Warsaw.

“Ceire employed the tactics we gave her throughout and it was a fantastic performance and win against a world class opponent,” said Irish head coach Billy Walsh.

Esparza beat Smith in the 2014 Feliks Stamm tournament.

“We’re very proud of Ciara and she’s a great kid. That’s a tremendous victory today,” said Brian McKeown, Smith’s coach at the Cavan BC.

Meanwhile, Wayne Kelly will be in action tomorrow in Warsaw. Michael O’Reilly, the current European Games middleweight champion, received a bye into the last-four.





Feliks Stamm Multi Nations Warsaw, Poland

September 9th

Prelims

51kg Ceire Smith (Ireland) beat Marlen Esparza (USA) 2-1

September 10th

Q/Finals
51kg Ceire Smith (Ireland) v Helena Envali (Sweden) or Kholodkova Snizhana (Ukraine)
64kg Wayne Kelly (Ireland) v Gynee Gavin (Wales)

September 11th
S/Finals
75kg Michael O’Reilly (Ireland) v Tomasz Jabolinski (Poland)





Irish squad

51kg Ceire Smith (Cavan)
64kg Wayne Kelly (Ballynacargy)
75kg Michael O’Reilly (Portlaoise)

Team Manager: Billy O’Connor
Coaches; Billy Walsh: and Zauri Antia
Physiotherapist: Ursula Brooks
R/J: Larry Durand

 

Yeah Donovan is very impressive has beaten some top nations so far, in Kazackhstan, Armenia and Kyrgystan.

Ryan is pure class very hard to hit, he has won all his fights with ease so far.

Purcell and Hyde were unlucky as you said Hyde started very slow and finally got to grips in the 3rd round, great tournament from him though if you consider it was his very first internationals and he made last 8 .

 

Fourteen wins in-a-row – beat that!

The entire Northern Ireland squad, pictured above, are through to the finals of the Youth Commonwealth Games following another incredible day in Samoa.

Irish champions Stephen McKenna, James McGivern, Tiernan Bradley, Aidan Walsh and Breet McGinty all won to improve the squad to 14 and 0 in the South Pacific.

All five are guaranteed at least a silver medal each.

“A great day’s boxing by all,” said coach John Conlan, who is working the squad’s corner with Damien Kennedy at the Games.

The finals will be held tomorrow. Click here for website.


Commonwealth Youth Games

September 7th
49kg Stephen McKenna beat Steven Pius (Tanzania) 2-1
56kg James McGivern beat Beupu Noki (Papua New Guinea) TKO3
60kg Tiernan Bradley beat Eric Ngema (South Africa) 3-0
64kg Aidan Walsh beat Edrian Volcker (Seychelles) 3-0

September 8th

49kg Stephen McKenna beat Kieran McDonald (England) 2-1
56kg James McGivern beat Kutiwano Ogaketse (Botswana) 3-0
60kg Tiernan Bradley beat Aliu Ibrahim Abayo (Nigeria) 3-0
64kg Aiden Walsh beat Tevili Steven (Kiribati) 3-0
69kg Brett McGinty beat Ryan Scaife (New Zealand) 3-0

September 9th S/Finals
49kg Stephen McKenna beat Leichombam Singh (India) 3-0
56kg James McGivern beat George Payne(Australia) 3-0
60kg Tiernan Bradley beat Dalton Smith (England) 3-0
64kg Aidan Walsh beat Prayag Chatham (India) 3-0
69kg Brett McGinty beat Jack Gipp (Australia) 3-0

September 10th
49kg Stephen McKenna v Tyler Bilzzard (Australia)
56kg James McGivern v William Stuart (Scotland)
60kg Tiernan Bradley v TBA
64kg Aidan Walsh v Matthew Rennie (Isle Of Man)
69kg Brett McGinty v TBA

Squad

49kg Stephen McKenna (Old School)
56kg James McGivern (St Georges)
60kg Tiernan Bradley (Scared Heart Omagh)
64kg Aidan Walsh (Holy Family)
69kg Brett McGinty (Oakleaf)

Coaches
John Conlan (HP)
Damien Kennedy (Toome

 

and you have to factor in McKenna got robbed, O'Reilly had a 50-50 tear up with the home favourite who will win gold. We could look back at this in 10 years time and say this was the best junior squad ever

I was impressed with Hyde but I think he would be better suited to 3 minute rounds. 2 minute rounds are wham,bham thank you maam, while hyde likes to think his way into a fight you don't get that time in 2 minute rounds but bags of potential

 

cheers do you think Ormonds new promoters will promote here in Dublin or Cork

 

I'd be fairly confident they would now that they have a stable that includes

- Spike
- Ormond
- Michael McLaughlin (Loads of potential Irish title fights for him)
- Danny O'Connor (Celtic fanatic, sure to go down well here)

Murphy's also have a good working relationship with Golden Boy so if Quigley has a homecoming before he becomes a superstar, it's possible it would be on a Murphy's card.

Niall Kennedy would also appear I assume, and he is a big ticket seller.

Collins Jr. too

Dunno about Keeler and Carroll as they are signed to Matchroom.

Hopefully there could be a National Stadium Show early next year

 

Thanks Luke, yeah he looks special, so fast.

 

Excellent news, thanks for that Joe

 

A local kid, younger brother of a friend of mine won gold at the commonwealth youth games. James McGivern, from what I heard he was a skilled little fighter on the amateur circuit but he seems to just keep winning and progressing and passing all the tests, and a tricky southpaw to boot

 

Just noticed it was covered lol

 

Yea hopefully they run show soon they where ready to go with a show same time as Andy Lees but when that clashed it got cancelled , and Hearn has agreed to allow us to fight on any Murphy shows in Ireland so good news for us aswel that regards. I reckon early next year is most likely 👍

 

Eamar Coughlan and Paddy Donovan through to the finals of the world juniors, Paul Ryan very unlucky not to win lost on a split, thought he won the first 2 rounds myself.

 

Don't they have Logan McGuinness too? He made his debut in Ireland.