Boxing
Introduction to Boxing
Boxing is one of the most illustrious and historic sports in the Olympic Games. Men have sparred in competition since 5000BC in the Middle East, while boxing was one of the key events in the original Olympic Games in ancient Greece. For contact details of Irish Amateur Boxing Association please click Full story
Boxing squad named
The Irish Amateur Boxing Association have ratified their seven-man squad for the final Olympic qualifier for European male boxers in Trabzon, Turkey in April. Paddy Barnes, Michael McDonagh, Ross Hickey, Adam Nolan, Joe Ward, Tommy McCarthy and Con Sheehan will line out for Ireland by the banks of the Black …
Elite Boxing Championships
The Elite Boxing Championships will take place later this evening at the National Stadium with 24 boxers in tonights showcase (RTE2 9.00pm). Kenny Egan and Joe Ward will again meet each other in the light-heavyweight final. The pair have drawn focus on that weight category because the bout involves a …
Katie Taylor at Training Camp in Georgia
Katie Taylor during her training camp in Georgia as part of the cooperation agreeement between the Olympic Council of Ireland and the Georgian Olympic Committee
IABA Elite Semi’s
Current European and Irish Elite light-heavyweight champion Joe Ward will open his Irish title defence with a semi-final meeting against Davey Joe Joyce at the National Stadium on Friday. The winner will advance to face either Ken Egan or Eamon Walsh in the 81Kg final. Walsh and Egan clash Saturday. …
Katie attends Training Camp in Georgia
Katie Taylor will arrive in Georgia tomorrow for a training camp as part of the cooperation agreement between the Olympic Council of Ireland and the Georgian Olympic Committee, Pat Hickey’s colleagues from the Georgian NOC have informed him they are looking forward to the arrival of Katie and will ensure …
Medals for Irish Boxers
Ken Egan and Con Sheehan have claimed light-heavyweight and super-heavyweight gold following wins in the finals of the Olympic Test Event at the ExCel in London today. Belfast middleweight Conrad Cummings won a silver medal after he was narrowly defeated in his 75kg final by Russia’s Maxim Koptyakov. Egan was trailing 7-3 …
Three boxers London Finals
Kenny Egan, Conrad Cummings and Con Sheehan have advanced to Sunday’s finals at the Olympic Test Event following wins at the ExCel in London tonight. Dublin southpaw Egan beat Australia’s Damien Hooper, the 2010 Olympic Youth champion, who is officially ranked number two in the world by AIBA, 15-11 to …
Irish boxers world rankings
Irish boxers are ranked in the Top 20 according to the latest released AIBA world rankings. Katie Taylor, Darren O’Neill, Joe Ward, John Joe Nevin, Paddy Barnes, Ray Moylette, Michael Conlan, Ryan Burnett and Eric Donovan are all in the Top 20 in their respective weight categories. Taylor, who has …
Taylor wins Gold
Katie Taylor claimed her fifth European lightweight title in a row with a composed victory over Sofya Ochigava at the eighth European Women’s Championships in Rotterdam this evening. The Irish three-time World champion was rarely troubled before being handed a 10-5 decision over the Russian two-time World champion after four …
Taylor in last four
Katie Taylor has won her quarter-final at the European Women Boxing Championships following a comprehensive victory over Azerbaijan’s Ayzanat Hajiyeva in Rotterdam today. The Irish lightweight, who was 13-3 up going into the fourth and final round, earned a 17-4 win to claim her third victory in three days at …
London 2012