Irish Boxing

Dean gardiner through to final. One win away from rio! O'Reilly also in final

 

I know and the Italian he will face is a guy he has beaten twice already . o never imagined dean qualifying, if he can do it it will be amazing and i fancy moylette to get through too, we could have 9 out of ten boxerw in rio

 

Dean Gardiners having the tournament of his career. Lets hope he can do the business in the final. 7 male boxers qualified is good, 8 would be brilliant and 9 would be unbelievable!

 

I think he lost his first fight with the Italian in the EU championships 2-1 but gained revenge in Baku 3-0 last year. Bit of a 50-50 fight as similar styles, Dean might be busier and throws more one-two so hopefully he can pull off a famous win.

 

Missed O'Reilly, did he get a WO?
Indian has dropped out too so he should win gold.

 

BTW Dean won 3-0 not 2-1 as on the IABA website.

 

Do you think dean will beat the Italian ? He has won the first two rounds in both fights and list the last like he is coasting may have a lit left in tank

 

The Italian likes to jab/grab, fall in and Dean is very much a one-two man, so if he can land a few of the right hands, i think he nicks it. (Can't believe this!)

 

Id say he has the beatings of him too. Dean applies constant pressure and the only guys who can beat him convincly are the ones who are very skilled. Id love to see him go to the Olympics, he is a full time carpenter i think, heck if he becomes an Olympian he might even go pro

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJxBXedPX7w A short snippet from last year.

 

Now that Michael O’Reilly has qualified for the Games, it is time to look at his prospective opponents.

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[/b](Uzb) New kid on the block, won World silver, losing to Lopez in the final. Wins over O'Reilly and Alimkhanuly. Also Krishan and Assomo. Asian champion and former World youth gold.

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(POL) Reilly beat him 2-1 in Poland last year. Krishan beat him too, he beat Cavallaro but so far can’t step up despite a decent WSB resume. Won Euro silver last year. Actually beat Luke Keeler in 2011.

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(ALG) Another WSB product, beat Fowler 2-1 there but rest of record doesn’t suggest medals.

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(Russia) Beat Darren O’Neill and John Joe Joyce-the latter in, wait for it, 2004- so a veteran. Lost to Jason Quigley in 2013 at the Worlds in Almaty in the semi-final. Beat the other top Russian Khamukov in their 2014 final. In the APB won and lost to Kilicci-now drug banned-and beat Mytrofanov. Has lost to Mytrofanov in regular boxing, Harcsa too and defeated Jablonski. Might be past his medal-winning date.

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(Ukraine) In because Kilicci got banned. He has beaten Darren O’Neill and split decisions with Chebotarev but lost to Fowler and Alimkhanuly. Stopped Fred Evans in the WSB and beat Tavares , Suarez and Abdin in the APB. A dark horse for a medal.

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(CUB) The man at the weight. World Champion and unbeated since 2014 when Alimkhanuly beat him. Beat Vivas, Delgado, Rodriguez, Abbadi, Harnouf, Minggang, Abdin and Melikuziyev. Chebotarev did beat him in the WSB back in 2014 and Nursultanov from Kazhistan in 2015 also WSB.

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(KAZ) is the reason his excellent compatriot Nursultanov is not going to Rio. Quigley(in the World final) Lopez, Mytrofanov, Krishan and Rodriguez are in his win ledger. O’Reilly beat him in Doha and Melikuziyev also did the trick last year, both on close 2-1 decisions. Another serious gold prospect.

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(EGY) Decent, experienced operator, got a dreadful decision over O’Reilly at the Worlds. Losses to Kilicci, Mytrofanov, Harcsa, but beat Abbadi on his way to becoming Africian champion and Tavares in the WSB. He also beat Krishan at the Worlds so no mug but a medal will test him in Rio.

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(CMR) Beat Radovan from Germany on the way to a World Military Games bronze and won the All-African Games as well as the African Olympic qualifier. A good young boxer, experience at this level may catch him out.
The other African qualifiers will be out of their depth,

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(MEX) is a good fighter but has done nothing at this level. Fowler, Harnouf, Lopez, Alimkhanuly and Vivas have defeated him. He has beaten Delgado.

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(USA) beat Rodrigues 2-1 and Vivas to win the American qualifier. Young and inexperienced but has a few WSB bouts and a win over usefull 69kg American Krool.

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(Col) Has the upper-hand on Rodriguez but lost to Conwell, Delgado and Lopez.

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(China) beat Lewis and Krishan before Alimkhanuly stopped him in the final of the Asian qualifiers. Beat Di in the Chinese finals so could spring a surprise or two. Stopped by Lopez in the WSB.

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(Australia) Beat Washeed and Krishan but lost at the Worlds 3-0 against O’Reilly but put up a good show. Lost to Minggang in the Asian qualifiers but beat Achilov and Shinebayar to secure his Olympic place.

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(FRA) Won the European qualifiers and has a win over O’Reilly 2-1 from the 2014 European Union final. A top performer but a little inconsistent. Wins over Fowler, Shakhsuvarly, Cavallaro and Alimhanuly. Losses to Cavallaro and Melikuziev.

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WSB wins over Rodriguez and Harnouf but a loss to Abbadi. Has a regular win over Mytrofanov but lost to Cavallaro. Plenty of Irish form, beat O’Reilly 2-0 in 2014 and also beat Adam Nolan but John Joe Joyce and Quigley had his number. Lost to Assomo in the Euro qualifier. Won World bronze in 2013 where he lost to Alemkhanuly.

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(HUN) Wins over Abdin, Jablonski, Alimkhanuly,and Chebotarev. Lost to Krishan at the Doha Worlds and Quigley at the 2013 championships. Beat Mytrofanov on his way to qualifying at the Euros. Form dipping lately.

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(India) The best of the rest from the last qualifier but so inconsistent. Wins over Harcsa, Jablonski, Waheed and Achilov. Even hammered O’Reilly back in 2010 on his way to the World youth gold. Losses to Melikuziev, Lewis, Alimkhanuly Minggang and Abdin in there too.

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(TKM) Losses to Lewis, and Krishan but a good win over Cavallaro, however it would be a surprise if he features.

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(Iraq) Losses to Lewis, Krishan and O’Reilly rule him out as a serious medal contender despite a good final qualifier, where he defeated several solid boxers.

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(Azerbaijan) Outclassed by O’Reilly at the O’Rqualifier holds a win over Achilov and beat Gonzales of Venezuela in Baku. Has lost to Assomo as well.

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(Ireland) After losses to Nolan and Quigley, finally beat Darren O’Neill to get the Irish spot. Losses to Fowler, Assomo, Krishan, Melikuziev and a robbery against Abdin disguise the talent that won Euro gold and World bronze. Lewis, Alimkhanuly, Jablonski, Wahid Abderrdha and Shakhsuvarly are among his conquests.
No outstanding fighter not qualified, the erratic Juratoni, Gonzales from Venezuela and Delgado from Ecuador might be the best of the APB/WSB lot if no good pros are entered.
Lopez is the clear and deserved favourite but any of five of the chasing pack could strike gold, O’Reilly, Melikuziyev, Alimkhanuly, Assomo or perhaps Fowler.In the top ten below I have Mytrofanov at ten but again any of Minggang, Conwell, Ntsengue, Lewis or Jablonski could have that place.
1-Lopez
2-Melikuziyev
3-Alimkhanuly
4-O’Reilly
5-Assomo
6-Fowler
7-Chebotarev
8-Krishan
9-Harcsa
10-Mytrofanov

 

O'Reilly could medal at these games. He's a real dark horse

 

Good work again. Anybody at the stafium last night?

 

The Wsb/APB qualifiers are a bit of a joke. Theres only 7 boxers entered at Ray Moylettes weight. Top 3 qualify.

 

Yeah, I was at the Stadium, just a spar really, all the boys looked sharp against a very weak Russian team.
Moylette has a bunch of pros in his weight class but they are in the other half. He has Hovannes Bachkov of Armenia in the quarters and then needs to beat the winner of Matviichuk-Portillo(an 18-0 pro) in the semi. The pro record is misleading-he never defeated a fighter with a winning record!
Bachkov is good but beatable. He beat Gaibnaizarov in 2013 who is heading for Rio and Biyarslanov of Canada who has also qualified, in 2014. Lost to Petrauskas, Sotomayor and Amzile who have also qualified. I think Ray beats him. Matviichuk would be 50/50 in the semi but I'd fancy Ray to beat the three fellows in the other half if it's a play-off for third place.