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AIBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SEMI-FINALS
Katie Taylor will be in action in the semi-finals of the AIBA World Women’s Championships on Friday. Ireland’s Katie Taylor, Tajikistan’s Mavzuna Chorieva, Russia’s Sofya Ochigava and England’s Natasha Jonas have all secured Olympic qualification and guaranteed themselves at least bronze from the 7th AIBA World Women’s Championships in China. However, it would be safe to assume that none of …
by Bernard O'Neill on May 17th, 2012 Leave a comment »
Olympic Qualifiers Trabzon – FINAL RESULTS
AIBA European Olympic Qualifiers Trabzon, Turkey April 15th (Evening) (last 32) 60kg: David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) beat Joe Cordina (Wales) RET3 81kg: Joe Ward (Ireland) beat Kennedy Katende (Sweden) 16-6 April 16th (Afternoon) (last 16) 64kg: Ross Hickey (Ireland) lost to Dimitri Galagot (Moldova) 11-24 69kg: Adam Nolan (Ireland) beat Thomasz Kot (Poland) 14-9 April 16th (Evening) (last 16) 81kg: …
by Webmaster on April 21st, 2012 Leave a comment »
WATCH BOXING IN TRABZON LIVE
RTE will be streaming the Olympic Qualifiers Semi Finals Live from Trabzon, Turkey. Tune in from 11:30am on Friday 20th April to catch all the action WATCH LIVE (click here) 1pm : Adam Nolan V Ionut Gheorghe (Romania) 4pm : Paddy Barnes V Ferhat Pehlivan (Turkey) 6pm : Tommy McCarthy V Vladimir Cheles (Moldova) *Times are approximate
by Webmaster on April 19th, 2012 Leave a comment »
DAY 2 – OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS
The IABA have lodged a protest on behalf of Moate BC light-heavyweight Joe Ward in Trabzon, Turkey. The Irish Amateur Boxing Association have lodged a protest at the result of Joe Ward’s last-16 bout with Bahran Muzaffer of Turkey tonight. Muzaffer was controversially adjudged to have beaten Ward 18-15 in tonight’s light-heavyweight clash at the final Olympic qualifier for …
by Bernard O'Neill on April 16th, 2012 Leave a comment »
Olympic Qualifiers – Day 1
Ireland made a winning start to the AIBA 2012 Olympic qualifiers in Trabzon, Turkey…. Joe Ward and David Oliver Joyce got Ireland off to a winning start on the opening day of the AIBA Olympic qualifiers in Trabzon, Turkey. Ward, the current European light-heavyweight champion, recorded a 16-6 win over experienced Swedish light-heavyweight Kennedy Katende last night. And St …
by Bernard O'Neill on April 16th, 2012 Leave a comment »
OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS (UPDATED)
Ireland’s AIBA Olympic qualifying campaign will get underway in Trabzon, Turkey this evening……. (Please see below draw sheets (below squad) David Oliver Joyce and Joe Ward (pictured) will get Ireland’s AIBA Olympic qualifying campaign underway in Trabzon, Turkey this evening. Joyce meets Welsh lightweight Joe Cordina, and Ward, the current European champion, is in against Swedish light-heavyweight Kennedy Katende. Ross …
by Bernard O'Neill on April 15th, 2012 Leave a comment »
START OF OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS DELAYED
THE opening bell for the final Olympic qualifier for European male boxers in Trabzon, Turkey has been delayed 24-hours because of fog. The tournament was due to begin today (Apr 14) in the north-eastern Turkish city but now won’t glove off until Sunday (Apr 15) because of the inclement weather. Forty four nations and 211 boxers have registered to compete in …
by Bernard O'Neill on April 14th, 2012 Leave a comment »
ASIA OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS
The final Asian qualifier for the 2012 Olympics concluded in Astana, Kazakhstan today. Twenty five boxers qualified for the London Games at the tournament. They are as follows: Light Fly (46-49kg) Birzhan Zhakipov (Kazakhstan) Fly (52kg) Ilays Suleimenov (Kazkhstan) Tugstsogt Nyambayer (Mongolia) Pak Jong Chol (People’s Republic of Korea) Katsuaki Susa (Japan) Bantam (56kg) Shiva Thapa (India) Wessam …
by Bernard O'Neill on April 12th, 2012 Leave a comment »
CLEAN SWEEP FOR AUSTRALIA
Australia will have a full compliment of ten male boxers at the 2012 London Olympics after claiming a highly impressive nine wins out of nine at the finals of AIBA Oceania Olympic Qualifying Event in Canberra, Australia today. Aussie light-heavyweight Damien Hooper, who was beaten by Ireland’s Joe Ward in the 2010 AIBA World Youth final in Baku, secured qualification …
by Webmaster on March 25th, 2012 Comments Off
CHEMISTRY CUP FINALS
Joe Ward may have denied Russia one gold at the 39th Chemistry Cup in Halle, Germany on St Patrick’s Day. However, that didn’t stop the European powerhouses claiming four gold medals at the 20-nation tournament. Ward finished on top of the light-heavyweight podium – and also scooped the Best Technical boxer award – after a 20-14 win over Russia’s 2009 …
by Webmaster on March 19th, 2012 Comments Off