IRISH AMATEUR BOXING
ASSOCIATION
"Irish Boxers advance
in Vilnius"
Mark McCullough.Anthony
Cacace and Michael Collins , advanced to semi finals and quarter finals
of the Danas Pozniakas Junior Multi Nations in Lithuania following
impressive last eight and last sixteen wins in Vilnius yesterday.
McCullough, from the Cairn
Lodge club in Belfast, progressed after recording a 3-2 victory over
Doos Symzhanuly from Kazakhstan, and lightweight Cacace, (Oliver
Plunketts), received a unanimous 5-0 decision over Lithuanian Ant
Petrusvkas.
Collins, of the Darndale club
in Dublin, was also in top form yesterday beating Jay Kimitsidis from
Greece (5-0) and will now meet Lithuanian Farios Dadeb in today's (March
16th) quarter final.
John Joe Nevin (Cavan) and
Stephen Donnelly (All Saints Belfast) will also be in the ring this
afternoon for quarter final showdowns with Eile Isajevas (Lithuania)
and Elierg Irchak from the Ukraine.
Heavyweight Con Sheehan (Clonmel)
will face a Russian opponent in tomorrows semi finals while McCullough
and Cacace
will also be in the ring for
last four meetings against opponents to be confirmed.
Danas Pozniakas Junior Multi
Nations Q/F and Last 16 Results.
54Kg: Mark McCullough
(Ireland) beat D Symzhanuly (Kazakhstan) 3-2.
60Kg: Anthony Cacace
(Ireland) beat A Petrusvkas (Lithuania) 5-0.
69Kg: Michael Collins
(Ireland) beat J Kimitsidis (Greece) 5-0.
Danas Pozniakas Junior Multi
Nations Quarter Final Line Up (March 16th)
69Kg: Michael Collins
(Ireland) v F Dadeb (Lithuania)
51Kg: John Joe Nevin
(Ireland) v E Isajevas (Lithuania)
57Kg: Stephen Donnelly
(Ireland) v E Irchak (Ukraine)
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING
ASSOCIATION
"Five Irish Boxers into
Semi Finals"
The
Irish Amateur Boxing Association will be hoping to paint Vilnius green on St
Patrick's Day after five Irish boxers marched into today's semi finals of
the Danas Pozniakas Junior Multi Nations in Lithuania following impressive
last eight wins yesterday. (March 16th).
Bantamweight Mark McCullough,
lightweight Anthony Cacace, welterweight Michael Collins and flyweight
John Joe Nevin all advanced to the last four and will be in the ring in
Vilnius today. (March 17th).
Heavyweight Con Sheehan (Clonmel)
received a bye into the semi finals and will face a Russian opponent
this afternoon.
McCullough, from the Cairn
Lodge club in Belfast, progressed after recording a 3-2 victory over
Doos Symzhanuly from Kazakhstan, and lightweight Cacace, (Oliver
Plunketts), received a unanimous 5-0 decision over Lithuanian Ant
Petrusvkas.
Collins, of the Darndale club
in Dublin, is also just one fight from gold after he stopped Lithuanian
Farios Dadeb in the
second round of his quarter
final last night.
John Joe Nevin (Cavan) and
featherweight Stephen Donnelly (All Saints Belfast) were also in the
ring yesterday with Nevin recording a 5-0 win over Eile Isajevas
(Lithuania) but Donnelly was beaten 4-1 by Elierg Irchak from the
Ukraine.
Danas
Pozniakas Junior Multi Nations Results.
54Kg: Mark McCullough
(Ireland) beat D Symzhanuly (Kazakhstan) 3-2.
60Kg: Anthony Cacace
(Ireland) beat A Petrusvkas (Lithuania) 5-0.
69Kg: Michael Collins
(Ireland) beat J Kimitsidis (Greece) 5-0.
69Kg: Michael Collins
(Ireland) beat F Dadeb (Lithuania) RSC2.
51Kg: John Joe Nevin
(Ireland) beat E Isajevas (Lithuania) 5-0.
57Kg: Stephen Donnelly
(Ireland) lost to E Irchak (Ukraine) 1-4.
March 17th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Ireland target Five
Gold's in Vilnius"
FIVE Irish boxers have punched their way into
tomorrows (March 18th ) Danas Pozniakis Multi Nations finals in Lithuania
following impressive semi final wins in Vilnius
on St Patrick's Day.
Flyweight John Joe Nevin, bantamweight Mark
McCullough, lightweight Anthony Cacace,welterweight Michael
Collins, and heavyweight Con Sheehan are all
just one fight from gold.
Nevin, of the Cavan boxing club,
progressed following a 21-20 win over Michael Smikas (Lithuania)
and McCullough (Cairn Lodge, Belfast) chalked up
a convincing 23-11 win over Victor Zubrikavs also of Lithuania.
Cacace (Oliver Plunketts) defeated Daniel
Kliuciakas 32-11 while Clonmel ace Sheehan booked his ticket
into the 90kg final with a resounding 31-11
victory over Russia's Sal Kozhnov.
Meanwhile, classy welterweight Michael Collins
from the Darndale club in Dublin, recorded his third victory in three days
after stopping Niak Samoudi on the 20 point rule
in round three.
Today's wins, which guarantee Ireland at least
five silver medals, arrive exactly one week after five Irish boxers
cruised into the Zlatko Hrbic Senior Multi
Nations finals in Serbia.
Commentating on yesterdays wins Irish Amateur
Boxing Association High Performance Director Gary Keegan was full of praise
for the Irish squad in Vilnius.
He said: "The Irish team are performing
exceptionally well in Lithuania and I cannot praise them highly enough
for what has already been a very successful
tournament."
"We are absolutely thrilled with yesterday
performances and hopefully we can bring home five gold medals
from today's finals."
March 18th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Ireland Win Four Gold and one Silver Medal in Lithuania"
THE Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA)
were celebrating today (March 18th) after winning four gold and one
silver
medal and the boxer of the tournament
award at the Danas Pozniakis Junior Multi Nations finals in Lithuania
Flyweight John Joe Nevin, started the Irish
gold rush with a 29-25 victory over Lithuanian Eile Petraus in Vilnius.
And to cap an incredible tournament for the
talented young Cavan man he was also presented with the boxer of the
tournament award.
Bantamweight Mark McCullough, from the Cairn
Lodge club in Belfast, also finished on top of the podium following a
convincing 27-13 victory over Slovakian puncher Tomas Varion.
To complete a remarkable tournament for the
IABA, lightweight Anthony Cacace (Oliver Plunketts) and welterweight
Michael Collins (Darndale, Dublin) also claimed gold.
Cacace recorded a comprehensive 31-11 win
over Ian Mansry of France and Collins beat Bulgarian Vitalij Kuzmiriuk
20-25.
Talented Clonmel heavyweight Con Sheehan was
also competing in today's finals but had to settle for silver after
being edged out 22-20 by Italian Rosane Francesco.
Commentating on today's outstanding medal
haul, IABA Technical chief Gary Keegan was full of praise for the Irish
squad and management in Vilnius.
He said: "We are absolutely thrilled with
the medal wins in Lithuania and everyone involved with the Irish squad
deserves enormous credit.
"I was watching the Irish team in training
at the National Stadium before they departed for Lithuania
last Wednesday and they looked extremely focussed and we were quietly
confident that they would do well in Vilnius.
"The junior team are training with the
seniors and that is obviously impacting on their performances in a very
positive way
as they proved in Lithuania today."
Ten nations were competing at the Lithuanian Multi Nations.
Today's medal haul arrives just seven days
after the Irish senior team took home one gold, four silver, and two
bronze medals for the Zlatko Hrbic Multi Nations in Croatia.
The Irish squad were under team manager Bernard Dunne, coaches Jim Moore
and Martin Fennessey, Eugene Duffy (R&J) and physio Lorcan Galvin in
Vilnius.
Irish Squad In Lithuania.
51Kg: John Joe Nevin
(Cavan),
54Kg: Mark McCullagh (Cairn
Lodge, Belfast),
57Kg: Stephen Donnelly (All
Saints, Belfast),
60Kg: Anthony Cacace (Oliver
Plunketts),
69Kg: Michael Collins (Darndale,
Dublin),
90Kg: Con Sheehan (Clonmel).
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