Boxing: Mulgrew cruises through

Ulster Intermediates

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

By David Kelly

 

Brendan Mulgrew put down an emphatic marker at the Patsy Quinn Ulster Intermediate championships last night.

Mulgrew of Sacred Heart Newry moved through to the next round of the light-welterweights with a 15-9 victory over David Nevin of Cavan.
Mulgrew took the first 3-0 and then moved up a gear in the second and by the end of the third round he was 13-3 ahead.
Larry Fryers of Clones moved through to a welterweight clash this evening with Patrick Gallagher of Gleann.
Fryers stopped Hugh Higgins of St Patrick's Newry in third round last night, while Gallagher was a second round winner over Denis Lancaster of Sacred Heart Newry.
Kevin McIntyre of St. Josephs and James McDonagh of the Dockers will meet tonight after both had walkovers at light-welter.
Also tonight, Immaculata's latest rising prospect Alfredo Meli meets Paul Dooley of FinnValley at light-middle.


Results:
Light-welterweight: David Nevin (Cavan) lost to Brendan Mulgrew (S/H Newry) 15-9; Neill Doherty (St Bridget's) lost to Charles O'Donnell (Illies G.G.) 13-5; Kevin McIntyre ( St Joseph's) walkover; James J McDonagh (Dockers) walkover; John Wallace (Dungloe) walkover.
Welterweight: Larry Fryers (Clones) bt Hugh Higgins (St Pat's Newry) rsco3; Denis Lancaster (S/H Newry) lost to Patrick Gallagher (Gleann) rtd2.
Light-middleweight: Matthew Johnston (Abbey) bt Kevin Shearer (H/Trinity) rsc2.
Middleweight: Charlie Boyle Coleraine W.w.o. Patrick Hearn Springhill
Featherweight: Paul Hyland (Gleann) bt Rian McNulty (S.J.Bosco) rsc1; James O'Donnell (Glenside) lost to Ben Mulligan (Enniskillen) 8-5; Cathal Owens (Glenard) bt Matt Connery (Springhill) rsc3.
Lightweight: Ryan McFlynn (Springhill) lost to Michael Harvey (Eastside) 22-15.

 

 

McDonagh edges home

Boxing: Patsy Quinn Ulster Intermediate Boxing Championships

From Paul McConville at the Dockers’ Club


WELL PEG-GED: Pegasus’ Conor O’Flannaghan scores with a stiff right jab against Abbey’s Gerard Gilmore in the Ulster

Intermediates welterweight contest at the Dockers club last night. O’Flannaghan won the bout, 17-5. Full results below

 

FRESH from his victory in the Antrim Intermediate Championships, James McDonagh was made to fight all the way last night in his bid to add an Ulster Intermediate title to his success of three weeks ago.
The Dockers’ light welterweight edged his preliminary round showdown with Kevin McIntyre of St Joseph’s.
Two big right hands helped McDonagh edge ahead 6-4 in a tight opening round. But his opponent from Derry city had him rocking on his heels when he caught McDonagh with a sweet left hand early in the second round.
However, McDonagh came storming back with a thundering right hand and kept his nose ahead on point going into the third round.
A quick exchange led to McIntyre forcing the Dockers’ man into a standing count, but the Derry man couldn’t force home that advantage and despite winning the final round, McDonagh’s early work saw him through.
Clones welterweight Larry Fryers advance to the semi-finals of the 67kg division, but couldn’t repeat his blistering performance of the previous evening.
Fryers was taken all the way Patrick Gallagher of Gleann in a tight and tetchy affair. Despite an all-action first round from both fighters, neither managed to trouble the scorers with Fryers edging it 2-1.
There were few clean punches in the second round as well, but the Clones fighter managed to open up the gap in the third and fourth rounds for an 11-6 victory.
Fryers will meet Irish U21 champion Christopher Boyle in the last four after the Dunfanaghy man saw off the challenge of experienced Clonoe fighter Andrew O’Neill.
Boyle’s patient approach in the opening two round allowed him to open up an 8-2 lead as he was able to pick off the cleaner punches.
With the bout slipping away from him, it was up to O’Neill to go on the front foot for the final two rounds, but Boyle was able to repel his advances and run out a 10-5 winner.
The other semi-final pairing in the welterweight division will see Shaun McShane of Dungloe face Conor O’Flannaghan of the Pegasus club in Downpatrick.
McShane was in stunning form as he swept aside Damien Cassidy of Ederney in last night’s quarter-final.
Cassidy’s neat combinations saw him win the first round 6-3. McShane managed to take the fight to his opponent in the second and third rounds, doing a great job of cutting off the ring and landing some heavy hits. As a tiring Cassidy looked for the big shot he needed in the final round, McShane was able to stay out of trouble and ease to a 22-10 victory.
O’Flannaghan was also well in command of his bout with Gerard Gilmore of Abbey. The Downpatrick man won the opening two round and forced Gilmore into a standing count in the third before finishing off the job in the final round to win 17-5.

 

Boxing: Fryers moves through to semis

Ulster Intermediates

Thursday, November 08, 2007

By David Kelly

 

Larry Fryers of Clones moved through to the semi-finals of Patsy Quinn Ulster Intermediate championships last night.

Welterweight Fryers and Gallagher served up a tasty encounter in the Dockers Club, which the Clones man won 11-6.
There was little between the two in the opening round with Fryers taking a 2-1 advantage into the second.
Gallagher started strongly and landed with his hooks but as the round wore on Fryers started to make his clean, straight shots tell.
Though Gallagher of Gleann seemed to edge the round he remained behind 4-3 and then came the third in which Fryers stamped his authority on the contest.
Fryers met the assaults of Gallagher with a sturdy jab and deservedly took a 9-5 lead into the final two minutes.
Also through to the welterweight semi-finals is Conor O'Flannaghan.
O'Flannaghan of the Pegasus club in Downpatrick, outpointed Gerard Gilmore of Abbey 17-5.
Light-welter James McDonagh held on to squeeze through to tomorrow night's semi-finals night in the Dockers Club.
After an even first round with Kevin McIntyre of St Joseph's, Derry McDonagh seemed to just nick the second and was 12-9 ahead at the midway point.
McDonagh, of the Dockers, was surprisingly given a count in the third by referee Tom McGaharan but still led 15-12 going into the final round.
Southpaw McIntyre began strongly and seemed to close the gap at the start of the round with his straight punching.
McDonagh responded with his hooks and as the seconds ticked away it was anyone's contest but the Dockers man won it 21-19.

Results:
Light-welterweight: Kevin McIntyre (St. Joseph's) lost to James McDonagh (Dockers) 21-19.
Welterweight: Shaun McShane (Dungloe) bt Damian Cassidy (Ederney) 22-10; Conor Flannaghan (Pegasus) bt Gerard Gilmore (Abbey) 17-5; Christopher Boyle (Dunfanaghy) bt Andrew O'Neill (Clonoe) 10-5; Larry Fryers (Clones) bt Patrick Gallagher (Gleann) 11-6.
Light-middle: David McCrudden (Scorpion) bt Noel McCarron (Carrigart) rsc3; William Ball (Monkstown) bt Conor Coyle (St Joseph's) 15-14; Paul Dooley (Finn Valley) lost to Alfredo Meli (Immaculata) rtd1.
Middleweight: Eamon Breen (St Bronagh's) lost to Gearoid McGilloway (Oakleaf) cb18-17; Paul Ferguson (Ring) bt Michael Reid (Braid) 15-13; Martin Lynch (Illies G.G) bt Mark Tracey (Mark Heagney) rsc1; Luidas Sakalis (Keady) bt Charlie Boyle (Coleraine) 12-5.

 

 

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Boxing: Hyland edges wilton cracker

Friday, November 09, 2007

By David Kelly

 

Paul Hyland of Gleann came through a thriller with Luke Wilton to move through to the featherweight final of the Patsy Quinn Ulster Intermediate championships last night.

Hyland came out on top 21-16 as the two Belfast men fought each other to a standstill and duly received a standing ovation.

"I have to win it now. The final can't be any harder than that. That was tough," said 17-year-old Hyland, an electrician with Wilsons/ Dowds.

"We fought each other a couple of weeks back and that went to a countback.

"That was just non-stop punching and my fitness got me through,"

Wilton, of Eastside, got off to a fine start as the opening two minutes set the pattern with furious exchanges from start to finish.

Wilton led 5-3 going into the second round which proved to be quite sensational as they fought an amazing intensity and hardly a few inches apart for the full two minutes.

Hyland was now in front 10-7 and though he won the third the decisive 17-10 advantage going into the last round was a little harsh on Wilton.

Hyland will now meet Cathal Owens of Glenard in the decider next Friday night back in the Dockers Club.

Owens defeated Enniskillen's Ben Mulligan 15-5.

The semi-finals continue tonight.

 

McShane poised for Boyle Tir-up
Sport: Patsy Quinn Ulster Intermediate Championships
From Paul McConville at the Dockers’ Club

THE Ulster Intermediate welterweight final will be an all-Donegal affair after Shaun McShane and Christopher Boyle came through last night’s semi-finals in the Dockers’ Club.
Dunfanaghy’s Boyle used his long reach to great affect as he edged a tight contest with Clones heavy-hitter, Larry Fryers.
Although close in the opening rounds, it was Fryers who edged them, leading 11-9 after the second round. Boyle, enjoying an inch or two more in height over his opponent, was allowing himself to get dragged into a scrap, a dangerous tactic against a strong hitter like Fryers.
But once the Dunfanaghy man stepped back and exploited his superior reach, he was able to pick off some scoring shots to take the third round and square the contest at 12-12 going into the final round.
Fryers came onto the front foot again in the final round, but it was Boyle who refused to get drawn in and kept his distance, allowing his long jabs to do the damage and give him a 17-12 victory.
Dungloe’s Shaun McShane was taken all the way by Conor Flanagan of Pegasus in the other semi-final.
McShane’s quick combinations and body shots saw him take the second and third rounds after an even opening round.
Flanagan came back in the fourth, but by that stage had left himself too much to do and McShane advanced to the final by a 12-7 margin.
James McDonagh remained on course to add the Ulster championship to the Antrim title he won recently with a 30-12 win over Dungloe’s John Wallace in the semi-final of the light welterweight division.
After a tentative opening, McDonagh ended the first round with a flourish, taking a 7-2 lead. Despite a big right from Wallace in the second round, which rocked the Dockers’ man, McDonagh got great joy from his jabs.
A Wallace comeback in the final round was halted by a big left hand from McDonagh, who now faces Charles O’Donnell of Illies GG in next Friday’s final.
O’Donnell edged a tetchy contest with Brendan Mulgrew of Sacred Heart, Newry. Mulgrew was warned for some low punching early on and eventually docked a point in a scrappy affair which contained more grappling than actually punching. O’Donnell capitalised on his opponent’s poor discipline to run out a 10-7 winner.
Illies GG will also have a representative in the flyweight final after Tyrone McCullough enjoyed a comprehensive win over Immaculata’s Christoper Rice in last night’s semi-final.
Rice could not live with the fast hands of his Buncrana opponent and after two punishing rounds from McCullough, Rice’s corner retired him at the start of the third.

 

Boxing: Ball sets up final battle with Meli

Saturday, November 10, 2007

By David Kelly

 

William Ball of Monkstown produced an eye-catching second round stoppage of David McCrudden in their Patsy Quinn Ulster Intermediates light-middleweight semi-final last night in the Dockers Club.

Ball's jab seemed to have just given him the opening round but Scorpion man McCrudden held a 2-1 lead going into the second.

Ball shocked McCrudden with a quick burst of punching which rocked back on his heels and led to him being given a count.

McCrudden regained his composure and got back to his natural aggressive assaults but as he tried to land his bombs Ball measured him up and forced another count and subsequent stoppage.

Ball will now meet the highly more impressive Alfredo Meli of Immaculata.

Meli, the reigning Irish under-19 champion, stormed into an 11-1 lead after the opening round with Abbey's Matthew Johnston.

Johnston was showing plenty of heart but the class was with Meli and he forced the Abbey man to take a count in the second a further one in the third which led to the referee calling a halt just before the fight would have been stopped on the 20-point outscored rule.

In a highly entertaining, close encounter at light-welterweight Charles O'Donnell of Illies defeated Sacred Heart Newry's Brendan Mulgrew 10-7, with two of those points coming in the second round when Mulgrew was given a public warning by referee Ciara Curran for holding.

Mulgrew was left gutted by the decision and how the judges did not score five clear body blows in the opening round is beyond me.

Instead the Newry man was down 2-1 but ahead 4-3 after the second in which O'Donnell took a count.

After some superb exchanges in the third, including some tidy body attacks from both men, McDonnell was 6-5 ahead and there was little between the two in the fourth.

O'Donnell will now face James McDonagh of the Dockers in next Friday night's final.

McDonagh defeated Dungloe's John Wallace 30-12, repeatedly ramming home his solid jab throughout.

O'Donnell's clubmate Tyrone McCullough forced the retirement of Chris Rice of Immaculata in the third round of their flyweight semi.

Other results:

67kg: Shaun McShane (Dungloe) bt Conor Flanagan (Pegasus) 12-7;

Chris Boyle (Dunfanaghy) bt Larry Fryers (Clones) 17-12.

 

 

Boxing: Rising star McCarthy hungry for glory

Friday, November 16, 2007

By David Kelly

 

Tommy McCarthy will bid to add another title to his long list at the Dockers Club tonight.

McCarthy starts a hot favourite against Patrick McKenna of Mark Heagney in the light-heavyweight final of the Patsy Quinn Ulster Intermediate championships.
The Oliver Plunkett lad will be hoping to hand himself the ideal present, having just celebrated his 17th birthday.
McCarthy has established himself as one of the best young prospects around and has great ambitions to succeed at the highest level.
Coach Patsy McAllister said: "He's a very hungry, ambitious kid and, down the line, way down the line he wants to turn professional, but before that he has his eyes on the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and the Olympics in 2012.
" He's naturally very confident and sometimes you just have to calm him down a little but he has great potential and he has shown his ability with five straight Irish titles."
Not only has McCarthy dominated the Irish scene but, in the summer, won a silver medal at the European Cadet championships.
Coach McAllister added: "He's a very dedicated lad and he's been on the High Performance squad for a couple of years and his next big target will be the Irish Under-19s in January.
" They are a massive event for him because victory there opens the door to all the international events."
One of the most intriguing finals will be at light-welterweight when James McDonagh of Dockers and Charles O'Donnell of Illies come face to face and there should be little between the two at the end.
The finals start at 7.30pm.

FINALS:
Light-flyweight: Peter Brady (Holy Trinity) Walkover
Fly: Ciaran McConville (Gilford) v Tyrone McCullough (Illies GG)
Bantam: Ruari Dalton (St. Johns) v Prabjoj Singh (Letterkenny)
Feather: Paul Hyland (Gleann) v Cathal Owens (Glenard)
Light: Sean Magee (Ligoniel) v Ronan McCann (Clonoe)
Light-welter: James McDonagh (Dockers) v Charles O'Donnell (Illies GG)
Welter: Shaun McShane (Dungloe) v Chris Boyle (D/Fanaghy).
Light-middle: William Ball (Monkstown) v Alfredo Meli (Immaculata)
Middle: Paul Ferguson (Ring) v Martin Lynch (Illies GG)
Light-heavy: Patrick McKenna (M/Heagney) v Thomas McCarthy (O/Plunkett)
Cruiser: Luke Cadden (Cavan) v Daniel Brown (Braid)
Heavy: Sean O'Brien (Scorpion) v Martin Stokes (Letterkenny)
Super-heavy: Charles Hillick (S.J. Bosco, Belfast) Walkover

 

 

 

 

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