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
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 …
Taylor and Smith win
Katie Taylor and advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2011 European Women’s Championships after recording a landslide 22-3 win over Italian lightweight Romina Marenda in Rotterdam today. Also through is Ceire Smith who boxes out of the Cavan BC. She produced a stunning fightback , when trailing 8-4 versus 2010 European bronze …
Nevin ends with bronze
Ireland’s John Joe Nevin won a bronze medal in the World Boxing Championships, after suffering a semi-final count-back defeat to England’s Luke Campbell. Nevin and Campbell were tied at 12-12 after three rounds in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Irishman started the fight strongly bu Campbell was content to sit behind his long right …
Sheehan's anxious wait
The outcome of Friday’s welterweight semi-final between Egidijus Kavaliauskas of Lithuania and Sapiyev Serik of Kazakhstan can influence Ireland’s welterweight Roy Sheehan’s chances of Olympic qualification. Kavaliauskas, who beat Fred Evans of Wales on Thursday, beat Sheehan in the last-16 of the competition. However, if he beats Serik in the semi-finals …
London 2012