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MCLAUGHLIN WINS IN WSB
Willie McLaughlin’s Milano Thunder have one foot in the World Series of Boxing 9WSB) Team Championship final following a shut out 5-0 semi-final win over the Baku Fires of Azerbaijan yesterday. McLaughlin, Vincenzo Picardi, Branimir Stankovic, Imre Szello and Clemente Russo claimed wins at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan. Thunder travel to Baku next Friday for the return leg needing just one …
by Webmaster on March 25th, 2012 Comments Off
MCLAUGHLIN IN WSB ACTION
WILLIE MCLAUGHLIN will aim to edge Milano Thunder a step closer to the World Series of Boxing (WSB) Team Championships final tonight. Thunder face the Baku Fires of Azerbaijan over five bouts in the first-leg of their WSB semi-final in Milan this evening. McLaughlin, of the Illies GG BC in Donegal, meets Azerbaijani middleweight Osman Aliyev targeting his 5th win in-a-row in the WSB this season. Both sides …
by Webmaster on March 24th, 2012 Comments Off
WSB UPDATE
John Joe Nevin’s Paris United crashed out of the World Series of Boxing Team Championships at the quarter-finals stage after losing 5-0 to Willie McLaughlin’s Milano Thunder in Milan last night. The Parisians, the defending champions, went into last night’s match holding a 3-2 advantage from Monday’s first-leg win over Thunder in Paris. London 2012 Olympian Nevin (Cavan BC) contributed to that margin of victory with …
by Webmaster on March 10th, 2012 Comments Off
NEVIN AND MCLAUGHLIN WIN IN WSB
London 2012 Olympian John Joe Nevin came from behind to beat Branimir Stankovic on a split decision to help the Parisians beat Willie McLaughlin’s Milano Thunder 3-2 in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) in Paris last night. Cavan BC ace Nevin was trailing on points after the second round against the Serb in United’s first leg quarter final clash with Thunder. But the Irish Elite …
by Webmaster on March 6th, 2012 Comments Off
UNITED VERSUS MILAN IN WSB
Irish team-mates John Joe Nevin and Willie McLaughlin won’t have much time for admiring Paris in the springtime tonight. Both men will be on opposing sides when Paris United host Milano Thunder in the first-leg of World Series of Boxing (WSB) quarter-finals in the French capital this evening. London 2012 Olympian Nevin, who helped United win the inaugural WSB Team Championships last season. meets Serbian …
by Webmaster on March 5th, 2012 Comments Off
NEVIN HELPS UNITED QUALIFY FOR WSB Q/FINALS
John Joe Nevin turned on the style to help Paris United come from behind and secure a 4-1 win over Ken Egan’s and Con Sheehan’s Leipzig Leopards in Paris tonight. The Irish 2012 Olympian cruised to a unanimous (50-45,50-45,50-45) decision over Rashid Kassem at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin in the French capital. The win was Nevin’s second victory this season over the Danish …
by Webmaster on February 17th, 2012 Comments Off
WORLD SERIES OF BOXING
John Joe Nevin’s clash with Rashid Kassem has been chosen as the fight of the week in the World Series of Boxing. Nevin (Paris United) meets the Dane (Leipzig Leopards) in Paris on Friday night. The fight will be show live on www.worldseriesboxingtv.com
by Webmaster on February 16th, 2012 Comments Off
NEVIN TO START FOR UNITED
LONDON 2012 Olympian John Joe Nevin has been named in the Paris United squad for their crucial clash with Ken Egan’s and Con Sheehan’s Leipzig Leopards in the World Series of Boxing on Friday night. Both sides meet over five bouts in Paris and the winner will be guaranteed qualification for the WSB Team Championships quarter-finals. Neither Egan, who has a …
by Webmaster on February 16th, 2012 Comments Off
MCLAUGHLIN SCOOPS WSB BOXER OF THE WEEK AWARD
WILLIE MCLAUGHLIN scooped the World Series of Boxing (WSB) Boxer of the Week award after claiming his third victory on-the-trot for Milano Thunder versus the Bangkok Elephants in Milan tonight. McLaughlin, from the Illies GG club in Donegal, dropped Anong Artwichian of the Elephants mid-way through the third and the ref stopped the fight after the Thai middleweight took a barrage of unanswered punches …
by Webmaster on February 10th, 2012 Comments Off