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*The Irish squad are
scheduled to return home via Dublin Airport tomorrow morning (Sunday
November 16th) between 7.15am and 7.30am (Ryanair)
November 15th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"European Senior Championships"
Ireland occupy seventh spot in
the points and medal score tables (up to the semi finals stages)
based on the performances of forty nations at the 37th European
Senior Championships which conclude in Liverpool tonight.
The final placings will be confirmed
after this evenings finals.
Tonight's finals will be televised live
by TG4 beginning at 7pm.
Ireland's interest in the Championships
ended on Thursday after Eamon O'Kane, John Joe Joyce and Ross Hickey
bowed out at the semi final stage.
However, all three will be taking home
bronze medals from the continental deciders, boosting Ireland's
medal haul
to 36 since Jimmy Ingle and Paddy
Dowdall won double gold at the 1939 European Senior Championships in
Dublin.
The hat trick of podium
finishes maintains Ireland's remarkable sequence of having won
medals at every tournament entered in 2008.
This includes the Olympics Games (one
silver, two bronze), the World Youth Championships (one gold, one
silver, two bronze), European Union Senior Championships (four gold,
two silver), Women's European Union Senior Championships (one gold,
one bronze), 1st Junior Olympic Championships (one silver, one
bronze), European Junior Championships (two bronze), European
Schoolboy Championships (one bronze).
37th European Senior
Championships Results
November 6th
(Preliminary)
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg
(Ireland) beat Abdullah Dursion (Turkey) 9-4
69Kg: Willie McLoughlin
(Ireland) beat Mariano Hillario Jimenez (Spain) 14-5
November 8th (Last 16)
51Kg: Conor Ahern
(Ireland) lost to Salomo N'Tuve (Sweden) Disq4
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg
(Ireland) beat Samir Mammadov (Azerbaijan) 11-3
60Kg: Ross Hickey
(Ireland) beat Oleksandr Kluchko (Ukraine) 10-7
69Kg: Willie McLoughlin
(Ireland) lost to Jack Culcay-Keth (Germany) 2-7
November 9th (Last 16)
57Kg: David Oliver Joyce
(Ireland) beat Joe Murray (England) 16-3
81Kg: Darren O'Neill
(Ireland) lost to Nikolajs Grishunins (Latvia) 5-11
November 10th (Last 16)
64Kg: John Joe Joyce
(Ireland) beat John Tain (Scotland) 20-3
75Kg: Eamon O'Kane
(Ireland) beat Adem Kiliggi (Turkey) 7-6
91Kg: Con Sheehan
(Ireland) beat Viktar Chvarkou (Belarus) 10-2
November 11th
(Quarter Finals)
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg
(Ireland) lost to Denis Makarov (Germany) 4-5
60Kg: Ross Hickey
(Ireland) beat Famil Suleymanov (Azerbaijan) 6-1
November 12th
(Quarter Finals)
57Kg:David Oliver
Joyce (Ireland) lost to Vasyl Lomachenko
(Ukraine) 2-10
64Kg: John Joe Joyce
(Ireland) beat Dimitar Stilianov (Bulgaria) 9-7
75Kg: Eamon O'Kane
(Ireland) beat Andranik Hakoyban (Armenia) 6-4
91Kg: Con Sheehan
(Ireland) lost to Petrisor Gananau (Romania) 2-4
November 13th (Semi
Finals)
60Kg: Ross Hickey
(Ireland) lost to Vazgen Safaryants (Belarus)
3-9
64Kg: John Joe Joyce
(Ireland) lost to Gyula Kate (Hungary) 2-8
75Kg: Eamon O'Kane
(Ireland) lost to Maxim Koptyakov (Russia) 2-10
Irish European
Senior Championships Squad And Management
51Kg:(Flyweight)
Conor Ahern (Baldoyle)
54Kg:(Bantamweight)
Ryan Lindberg (Immaculata)
57Kg: (Featherweight)
David Oliver Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
60Kg: (Lightweight)
Ross Hickey (Grangecon)
64Kg: (Light
welterweight) John Joe Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
69Kg: (Welterweight)
Willie McLoughlin (Illies GG)
75Kg: (Middleweight)
Eamon O'Kane (Immaculata)
81Kg: (Light
heavyweight) Darren O'Neill (Paulstown)
91Kg: (Heavyweight)
Con Sheehan (Clonmel)
Team Manager: Joe
Hennigan
Coaches: Billy Walsh
and Zuar Antia
Physio. Scott Murphy
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It’s bronze for boxer O’Kane
By David
Kelly
Friday, 14 November 2008
Eamonn
O'Kane's run at the European senior championships in
Liverpool came to an end last night.
O'Kane
will be delighted with his bronze medal when the
dust has settled but was nevertheless "very
disappointed" that he went down 10-2 at the hands of
classy Russian Maxim Koptyakov in their middleweight
semi-final.
O'Kane,
who has been struggling throughout with a sore left
elbow, said: "I felt I was a little bit sluggish
coming back with punches and I'm just very
disappointed I couldn't get through to the final.
"But, you
know, he caught me with six or seven really tough
body shots and my conditioning got me through it.
"I gave
it everything but the performance wasn't quite what
I wanted but if someone had offered me a bronze
medal at the start of the championships I would have
broken their arm for it."
It was
also the end of the road for light-welter John Joe
Joyce and lightweight Ross Hickey.
Joyce had
beaten Hungarian Gyula Kate in the Olympics but in
last night's semi-final he allowed the Magyar to
grab the initiative at the midway point and go on to
triumph 8-2.
Only
trailing 2-1 at the end of the second, Joyce seemed
to land at least two clean blows in the third which
failed to register on the computer scoring, while
Kate's punches did and he took a 4-2 lead into the
last two minutes.
It went
from bad to worse for Joyce as he received a public
warning for holding, handing two more points to the
Hungarian who was then able to pick off the Irishman
as he chased him down in desperation,
Irish
president Dominic O'Rourke and Joyce’s St Michael’s
Athy coach said: "I was disappointed with the
scoring because there were times when Johnny scored
but it didn't come up.
"And then
he was chasing the contest in the last round which
is always hard.
“We
thought he could repeat what he did in Beijing but
Kate was very strong and he had clearly learned from
the Games and boxed very well.
Lightweight Ross Hickey also had to settle for a
bronze medal after going down 9-3 at the hands of
Belarussian Vazgen Safaryants.
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Irish trio settle for bronze
Boxing: European Amateur
Championships
By Eamonn O’Hara
14/11/2008
IRELAND’S bid for glory and gold at the 37th European Senior
Championships in Liverpool came to grief last night as Eamon
O’Kane, Ross Hickey and John Joe Joyce all suffered
heartbreak defeats in their semi-final bouts.
O’Kane, the vastly experienced Immaculata middleweight, knew
the hopes of Irish boxing rested finally on his broad
shoulders before he stepped into the ring at the Greenback
Academy to take on Russian power-puncher Maxim Koptyakov.
For, earlier in the evening, Hickey’s hopes of qualifying
for tomorrow night’s gold medal match in Europe’s 2008
Capital of Culture faded away at lightweight when beaten by
six points by Belarussian Vazgen Safaryants.
Unfortunately, the same margin would bring the challenge of
John Joe Joyce at light-welter to an end also after four
rounds against his long-time international rival Gyula Kate
of Hungary.
Safaryants won 9-3, Kate 8-2 and those defeats left all
Irish eyes on the man from the ‘Mac, who had produced two
tremendous
performances to defeat Turkey’s Adem Kiliggi by a point and
Andranik Hakoyban of Armenia by two points in the
quarter-finals.
But big-hitter Koptyakov delivered the cleaner punching and
after eight tough minutes their middleweight silver medal
box-off finished 10-2 to the Russian.
It was, nonetheless, an outstanding tournament for Ireland,
yet another terrific showing by an Irish team this year,
with O’Kane, Hickey and Joyce returning home with bronze
medals. In all major competitions IABA entered teams in this
year, medals were achieved and prior to the semi-finals
Ireland were ranked fourth in the overall standings.
A big night, however, it turned out for host nation England
as Hull bantam Luke Campbell battled to a 4-1 cat-and-mouse
victory over Germany’s Denis Makarov. Hel is eight minutes
away potentially from becoming the first English gold
medallist at this level since Frankie Taylor won a senior
European title in Belgrade in 1961. Campbell faces
Bulgaria’s Detelin Dalakliev in tomorrow’s final after
Dalakliev scored a 7-0 win over Andrew Selby of Wales.
A rest day at Liverpool, there is no shortage of fight
action on the cards for local fans tonight with finals of
the Patsy Quinn Ulster
Intermediate Championships scheduled at the Dockworkers
Club.
For Dockers ABC, the title bill offers three opportunities
to produce champions. Paddy Fitzsimmons prospects feature at
light-welter where James McDonagh takes on rangy St Joesph’s
Derry finalist Kevin McIntyre, at welter through Matthew
Neeson and super-heavy where Ben Urquart shoulders their
hopes.
Neeson, who forced the retirement of Neil Murphy (Holy
Cross) in the semis, faces Gleann power-puncher Patrick
Gallagher who caught the eye, and Gilford’s Peadar
McComiskey, quickly and often for an RSC2 semi-final win.
Urquart goes against Holy Trinity’s Stephen McMonagle.
Trinty have two title contenders, the other being Mark
O’Hara, a featherweight who displayed solid defensive skills
and impressive accuracy to see off Gleann’s Gerard Matthews
14-6.
O’Hara is matched against Braid’s rangy 17-year-old Steven
Richmond whose clean punching in the third round of his
semi-final with Glenside’s James O’Donnell was key to edging
a two-point result having earlier impressed against
Lisburn’s Martin Frazer.
At light-middle the experience of hard-hitting Michael
Bustard of Monkstown provides a stern exam for Gilford’s Ben
Davidson while County Down is stringly represented with
Rostrevor’s cruiser favourite Declan Trainer (St Bronagh’s)
opposed by Colm Caulfield of Castleblayney and two from All
Blacks ABC in with a shout. Paul Quinn takes on Errigal
bantam Colin Glendenning and Matthew Toner aims for
light-heavy success against Ring’s Paul Ferguson.
The doors at the famous Pilot Street venue open at 7.30pm
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November 13th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"O'Kane,
Joyce, Hickey Bow Out"
There was triple disappointment for
Ireland at the 37th European Senior Championships in Liverpool
tonight after Eamon O'Kane, John Joe Joyce and Ross Hickey lost
their semi bouts at the Greenbank Academy.
However, despite the hat trick of
reversals all three will be taking home bronze, boosting Ireland's
medal haul since the 1939 European Senior Championships in Dublin to
thirty six.
Eamon O'Kane, one of the great stalwarts
of Irish boxing, was the last Irish boxer into the ring tonight, but
the Immaculata Belfast middleweight had to accept second best
after he was beaten 10-2 by
Maxim Koptyakov of Russia.
Earlier in this evenings semi final
bouts, Ross Hickey and John Joe Joyce bowed out following defeats to
Vazgen Safaryants of Belarus and Hungarian light welterweight Gyula
Kate, who Joyce beat at the 2008 Olympics.
But there was no repeat of the St
Michael's Athy mans impressive performance in Beijing on Merseyside
this evening as Kate had his hand raised in victory on an 8-2
verdict - Joyce received a public warning for holding in the fourth
round of this bout.
Hickey was the first Irish boxer between
the ropes. However, despite a brave performance the Grangecon
lightweight lost out 9-3 to Safaryants, who earned two of his points
after Hickey received a public warning for holding in the third
frame.
The preliminary rounds (up to and
including tonight's semi finals) of the European
Senior Championships were held at the Greenbank Academy.
The finals will be held at the Echo
Arena in Liverpool on Saturday November 15th.
All eleven finals will
be televised live by TG4 starting at 7pm.
Friday is a rest day at the
European Senior Championships. The Irish squad will
return home on Sunday morning.
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O’Kane tipped for gold
European Senior Championship boxing
By Paul McConville
13/11/2008
right on target: Eamonn O’Kane is a guaranteed a
medal after his quarter-final win last night
EAMONN O’Kane guaranteed himself at
least bronze medal at the European Senior Boxing
Championships in Liverpool last night, but his Immaculata
coach Gerry ‘Nugget’ Nugent believes there’s more to come
from the Derry man.
O’Kane edged out Armenia’s Andranik Hakobyan 6-4 in their
75kg quarter-final bout and now faces Russian Maxim
Koptyakov, a 12-3 winner over Mikalai Vesialou of Belarus,
in the semi-final.
“Eamonn comes on, he starts getting better as the tournament
goes on. The Russians are always going to be hard,” said
Nugent.
“Eamonn’s a good kid, he trains hard and his defence has
come on a lot.”
O’Kane’s victory went some way toward making up for the
disappointment of another ’Mac man, Ryan Lindberg, who was
cruelling edged out his 54kg quarter-final bout in the dying
seconds the previous night “Ryan was very unlucky, the guy
scored in the last three seconds. But he’ll bounce back,”
said Nugent.
There was mixed fortunes for the two Joyces on the Ireland
team. Featherweight David Oliver lost his quarter-final bout
against Ukrainian Olympic champion Vasyl Lomachenko 10-2,
Lomachenko, who was also named Boxer of the Tournament at
the Beijing Games and was a silver medalist at last year’s
World Championships in Chicago, shut Joyce out in the first
two rounds to take a 4-0 lead.
The Athy man got a point back in the third which was tied,
the Ukrainian stretched away in the final round, taking it
5-1.
There was better news for David Oliver’s cousin, John Joe,
in the 64kg division with Irish senior champion and Olympian
John Joe came out on top of a toe-to-toe encounter with
Bulgarian Dimitar Stilianov.
There was nothing between the fighters in the first three
rounds and with the score poised at 7- 7 going into the
decisive final round, with was Joyce who found that extra
bit in the tank to secure the win.
He will not have too long to dwell on his victory though as
he will now face Hungary’s Gyula Kate in today’s semi-final.
Joyce met Kate in the Olympics in Beijing and won the bout
9-5 so the Hungarian will be out for revenge.
Ireland’s other medal hopeful in action last night, Con
Sheehan was on the wrong end of a 4-2 decision against
Romanian Petrisor Gananau in the heavyweight quarter-final.
Ross Hickey, who secured himself a bronze on Tuesday night,
will be looking to change that colour to silver at the least
when he takes on Vazgen Safaryants of Belarus in today’s
60kg semi-final.
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November 12th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Semi Final Schedule & Rankings"
Ireland are lying in joint third spot in
the rankings tables based on the performances of forty nations at
the 37th European Senior Championships following tonight's quarter
finals at the Greenbank Academy in Liverpool (see above attachment).
Tomorrow's semi finals will begin at 5pm
(see above attachment) and will feature Ireland's Ross Hickey, John
Joe Joyce and Eamon O'Kane.
The preliminary rounds (up to and
including the semi finals) of the European
Senior Championships are being held at the Greenbank Academy
with the finals pencilled in for the Echo Arena in Liverpool on
Saturday November 15th.
All eleven finals will
be televised live by TG4.
Friday is a rest day at the
European Senior Championships.
37th European
Senior Championships Results and Draw
November 6th
(Preliminary)
54Kg: Ryan
Lindberg (Ireland) beat Abdullah Dursion (Turkey)
9-4
69Kg: Willie
McLoughlin (Ireland) beat Mariano Hillario Jimenez
(Spain) 14-5
November 8th
(Last 16)
51Kg: Conor
Ahern (Ireland) lost to Salomo N'Tuve (Sweden) Disq4
54Kg: Ryan
Lindberg (Ireland) beat Samir Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
11-3
60Kg: Ross
Hickey (Ireland) beat Oleksandr Kluchko (Ukraine)
10-7
69Kg: Willie
McLoughlin (Ireland) lost to Jack Culcay-Keth
(Germany) 2-7
November 9th
(Last 16)
57Kg: David
Oliver Joyce (Ireland) beat Joe Murray (England)
16-3
81Kg: Darren
O'Neill (Ireland) lost to Nikolajs Grishunins
(Latvia) 5-11
November 10th
(Last 16)
64Kg: John Joe
Joyce (Ireland) beat John Tain (Scotland) 20-3
75Kg: Eamon
O'Kane (Ireland) beat Adem Kiliggi (Turkey) 7-6
91Kg: Con
Sheehan (Ireland) beat Viktar Chvarkou (Belarus)
10-2
November
11th (Quarter Finals)
54Kg: Ryan
Lindberg (Ireland) lost to Denis Makarov
(Germany) 4-5
60Kg: Ross
Hickey (Ireland) beat Famil Suleymanov
(Azerbaijan) 6-1
November
12th (Quarter Finals)
57Kg:David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) lost to Vasyl
Lomachenko (Ukraine) 2-10
64Kg: John
Joe Joyce (Ireland) beat Dimitar Stilianov
(Bulgaria) 9-7
75Kg: Eamon
O'Kane (Ireland) beat Andranik Hakoyban
(Armenia) 6-4
91Kg: Con
Sheehan (Ireland) lost to Petrisor Gananau
(Romania) 2-4
November
13th (Semi Finals)
60Kg: Ross
Hickey (Ireland) v Vazgen Safaryants (Belarus)
64Kg: John
Joe Joyce (Ireland) v Gyula Kate (Hungary)
75Kg: Eamon
O'Kane (Ireland) v Maxim Koptyakov (Russia)
Irish
European Senior Championships Squad And
Management
51Kg:(Flyweight) Conor Ahern (Baldoyle)
54Kg:(Bantamweight) Ryan Lindberg (Immaculata)
57Kg:
(Featherweight) David Oliver Joyce (St Michael's
Athy)
60Kg:
(Lightweight) Ross Hickey (Grangecon)
64Kg: (Light
welterweight) John Joe Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
69Kg:
(Welterweight) Willie McLoughlin (Illies GG)
75Kg:
(Middleweight) Eamon O'Kane (Immaculata)
81Kg: (Light
heavyweight) Darren O'Neill (Paulstown)
91Kg:
(Heavyweight) Con Sheehan (Clonmel)
Team
Manager: Joe Hennigan
Coaches:
Billy Walsh and Zuar Antia
Physio.
Scott Murphy
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November 12th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"JJ Joyce and
O'Kane Advance"
Irish middleweight Eamon O'Kane joined
John Joe Joyce and Ross Hickey in the semi finals of the 37th
European Senior Championships after recording a deserved win over
Andranik Hakoyban in Liverpool tonight.
All three boxers are guaranteed
bronze from the Championships, maintaining Ireland's remarkable
sequence of having won medals at every international tournament -
including the Olympic Games - entered this year.
O'Kane, from the Immaculata club
in Belfast, chalked up a 6-4 victory over the Armenian 2008 Olympian
to set up tomorrows semi final with Maxim Koptyakov of Russia at the
Greenbank Academy.
O'Kane's victory arrived less
that an hour after light welterweight John Joe Joyce staged
yet another showdown with Hungarian Gyula Kate following an edge of
the seat 9-7 win over Bulgarian 2004 European lightweight champion
Dimitar Stilianov.
That verdict ensured that Joyce,
from the St Michael's Athy club, would meet Kate - who he beat at
last Augusts Olympics - in Thursdays semi final - their fifth
meeting in the last three years.
But while Joyce and O'Kane had
their hands raised in victory there was disappointment for Tipperary
heavyweight Con Sheehan who was beaten 4-2 by Romanian, Petrisor
Gananau this evening.
Earlier today, featherweight
David Oliver Joyce bowed out at the quarter final stage after he
was beaten 10-2 by Ukrainian Olympic champion Vasyl Lomachenko.
Lomachenko won silver
medallist at the 2007 World Championships in Chicago and
also claimed the boxer of the tournament award at the 29th Olympiad
in Beijing.
Ross Hickey won his quarter
final bout on Tuesday and will face Vazgen Safaryants of Belarus in
Thursdays lightweight semi final.
The preliminary rounds of the European
Senior Championships are being held at the Greenbank Academy with
the finals pencilled in for the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday
November 15th.
All eleven finals will
be televised live by TG4. Friday is a rest day at the
European Senior Championships.
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November 12th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Triple J
Advances"
John Joe Joyce got Ireland back to
winning ways with a quarter final victory over Bulgarian
light welterweight Dimitar Stilianov at the European Senior
Championships in Liverpool
tonight.
The Irish senior champion beat
the 2004 European lightweight champion 9-7 in a bout which was
poised on a knife edge (1-1,2-2,4-4) all the way down to the final
round where Joyce found that extra gear.
Tonight's win at the Greenbank
Academy guarantees the St Michael's Athy man at least bronze -
Ireland's second of the tournament following Ross Hickeys win
yesterday.
Joyce, nicknamed triple J,
will now meet Hungarian Gyula Kate in tomorrows 64Kg semi final in a
repeat of last Augusts Olympic clash in Beijing which Joyce won 9-5.
Middleweight Eamon O'Kane and
heavyweight Con Sheehan will be in the ring over the next hour and a
half.
Earlier today, featherweight
David Oliver Joyce, a first cousin of John Joes, exited the European
Senior Championships at the quarter final stage this afternoon after
he was beaten 10-2 by Ukrainian Olympic champion Vasyl Lomachenko at
the Greenbank Academy in Liverpool.
Lomachenko, a silver
medallist at the 2007 World Championships in Chicago, who
also claimed the boxer of the tournament award at the 29th Olympiad
in Beijing, is now guaranteed at least a bronze medal.
Round scoring: 0-2,0-2,1-1,1-5.
The preliminary rounds of the
European Senior Championships are being held at the Greenbank
Academy with the finals pencilled in for the Echo Arena in
Liverpool on Saturday November 15th.
All eleven finals will
be televised live by TG4. Friday is a rest day at the
European Senior Championships.
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November 12th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Joyce Out Of
Europeans"
Irish featherweight David Oliver
Joyce exited the European Senior Championships at the quarter final
stage this afternoon after he was beaten 10-2 by Ukrainian Olympic
champion Vasyl Lomachenko at the Greenbank Academy in Liverpool.
Lomachenko, a silver
medallist at the 2007 World Championships in Chicago, who
also claimed the boxer of the tournament award at the 29th Olympiad
in Beijing, is now guaranteed at least a bronze medal.
Round scoring: 0-2,0-2,1-1,1-5.
Light welterweight John Joe
Joyce, middleweight Eamon O'Kane and heavyweight Con Sheehan
will be all be involved in quarter final bouts tonight. Boxing
begins at 6.30pm this evening.
The preliminary rounds of the European
Senior Championships are being held at the Greenbank Academy with
the finals pencilled in for the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday
November 15th.
All eleven finals will
be televised live by TG4. Friday is a rest day at the
European Senior Championships.
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Lindberg just misses out on semi after ‘agonising’ loss
European Senior Championship boxing
By Bernard O’Neill and Andy Watters
12/11/2008
GERMANY’S Denis Makarov ended Ryan Lindberg’s European
Senior Championship medal bid in the dying seconds of their
quarter-final last night.
Lindberg was hoping to follow team-mate Ross Hickey into the
semis, but his German opponent landed a last-gasp scoring
punch to shade a nail-biting contest 5-4 at Liverpool’s
Greenbank Academy.
Immaculata bantamweight Lindberg had fought back bravely to
level the bout at 4-4 in the final round.
Then, with just seconds to go, Makarov landed the winning
score to book his ticket to the last four.
Speaking from Liverpool, Dominic O’Rourke, president of the
Irish Amateur Boxing Association, described Lindberg’s
defeat as
“agonising”.
“Ryan levelled the bout in the fourth and we thought that he
would win it out,” he said.
“But the German picked up that vital point in the final
three seconds. It was an agonising defeat for Ryan, who
boxed brilliantly tonight.”
However, Ireland are guaranteed at least one medal after
Hickey made his way to the last four.
Hickey, from Grangecon ABC in Wicklow, cruised through to
the 60kg semis with a 6-1 win over Famil Suleymanov of
Azerbaijan.
The 20-year-old Irish senior lightweight champion will now
meet Vazgen Safaryants, of Belarus, tomorrow for a place in
the 60kg final.
Safaryants beat England’s Tom Stalker 6-4 in yesterday
afternoon’s corresponding quarter-final.
Hickey’s win ensures that Ireland’s boxers have claimed
medals from every international tournament they have entered
this year.
This includes the Olympic Games, the European Union Senior
Championships, the World Youth Championships, the European
Union Women’s Championships, the Junior Olympics, the
European Junior Championships, the
European Schoolboy Championships and numerous Multi-Nations
tournaments.
A quartet of Irish boxers will hope to join Hickey in
tomorrow’s semi-finals when they enter the ring today.
At 57kg (featherweight), David Oliver Joyce takes on Vasyl
Lomachenk.
Light welterweight John Joe Joyce meets Bulgaria’s Dimitar
Stilianov.
Six-time Ulster senior middleweight champion Eamon O’Kane
squares up to Andranik Hakoyban (Armenia).
Clonmel ABC super heavy Con Sheehan is also in action
tonight. He meets tough Romanian Petrisor Gananau.
The finals have been scheduled for the Echo Arena in
Liverpool on Saturday, November 15.
All 11 finals will be televised live by TG4. Friday is a
rest day at the championships.
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November 11th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Lindberg
Bows Out"
Ryan Lindberg was edged out by just one
point at the quarter final stage of the European Senior
Championships after losing 5-4 to Germanys Denis Makarov in
Liverpool tonight.
The Belfast bantamweight had fought
back bravely to level the bout at 4-4 in the final round. But with
just seconds to go at the Greenbank Academy Makarov landed the
winning score to book his ticket into the semi finals.
Speaking from Liverpool, the President
of the Irish Amateur Boxing Association, Dominic O'Rourke described
the defeat as agonising.
He said: "Ryan levelled the bout in the
fourth and we thought that he would win it out. But the German
picked up that vital point in the final three seconds - it was an
agonising defeat for Ryan who boxed brilliantly tonight."
Earlier today, Ross Hickey guaranteed
Ireland at least a bronze medal following
a magnificent 6-1 quarter final victory
over Famil Suleymanov of Azerbaijan.
The 20 year old Irish senior
lightweight champion will now meet Vazgen Safaryants of Belarus in
Thursdays 60Kg semi final.
Safaryants beat England's Tom
Stalker 6-4 in this afternoons corresponding quarter final.
David Oliver Joyce, John Joe
Joyce, Eamon O'Kane and Con Sheehan will be all be involved in
quarter final bouts tomorrow.
Hickeys win ensures that Irish
boxers have claimed medals from every international tournament they
have entered this year.
This includes the Olympic
Games, the European Union Senior Championships, the World Youth
Championships, the European Union Women's Championships, the
Junior Olympics, the European Junior Championships, the European
Schoolboy Championships and numerous Multi Nations tournaments.
The preliminary rounds of the
European Senior Championships are being held at the Greenbank
Academy with the finals pencilled in for the Echo Arena in
Liverpool on Saturday November 15th.
All eleven finals will
be televised live by TG4. Friday is a rest day at the
European Senior Championships.
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No Mersey from Irish in Euro medal chase
Seconds Out
By Eamonn O'Hara and Thomas Hawkins
11/11/2008
IRELAND’S senior boxers are enjoying unparalleled success in
a vintage 2008. Following on from outstanding achievements
at the Beijing Olympics, the Irish squad are now poised to
make another major medal-winning haul, this time at the
European Senior Championships in Liverpool.
Five of Ireland’s nine-strong panel are just one win away
from clinching bronze medals after some outstanding
performances this week at Liverpool’s Greenbank Academy.
West Belfast bantam Ryan Lindberg was first into the
last-eight box-offs, two cracking victories pitching him
into the medal reckoning.
And last night, Lindberg’s Immaculata clubmate Eamonn O’Kane
joined him in the quarters.
The Derry-born middleweight came from behind in a torrid
encounter to oust tough Turk Adem Kiliggi, winning by the
narrowest of margins, 7-6.
The two ’Mac men are joined in the medal hunt by Grangecon
lightweight Ross Hickey, feather David Oliver Joyce (St
Michael’s, Athy) and his light-welterweight cousin John Joe
Joyce, also from the Kildare stable.
Clonmel’s Con Sheehan was also aiming to make it through to
the quarter-final placings last night.
He was due to face Viktar Chvarkou (Belarus) in the last 16
of the heavyweight division.
Reigning Irish featherweight champ David Oliver Joyce
enjoyed a convincing 16-3 win over British 2008 Olympian Joe
Murray.
The Irish camp were delighted with Joyce’s win, but defeated
opponent Murray wasn’t at all impressed.
Reports yesterday stated that Manchester man Murray intends
“to move to the paid ranks in light of his one-sided
defeat.’’
The 21-year-old world bronze medallist was furious with the
16-3 score and said the judging was worse than in this
summer’s Olympic games, where he went out in the first round
after defeat to China’s Gu Yu.
“They said the scoring was bad in China, but when you come
back to your home country, it’s even worse,” Murray blasted.
“What’s the point putting in all the hard graft when you
don’t get a fair fight?
“I want to stay amateur, but I’ve been driven away. If I
don’t go professional, now I’m going to have to quit. All I
ask is to get in the ring and get a fair decision but it
seems too much.”
Murray will be hoping to emulate fast-rising brother John,
23, the reigning British lightweight champion with a perfect
25-0 (13 KOs) record.
But the Ireland camp will not take any of the Murray rant on
board, as they have more pressing concerns ahead.
Joyce will now face Ukrainian Olympic champion and 2007
World Championships silver medallist Vasyl Lomachenko in
tomorrow’s Greenbank programme.
His Athy cousin, John Joe, cruised into the quarters after a
comfortable 20-3 win over Scottish light welterweight John
Tain.
The Beijing Olympian clashes with Bulgarian southpaw and
2004 European senior lightweight champion Dimitar Stilyanov
tomorrow.
Stilyanov was beaten in the last 16 of the 2004 Olympic
Games by Amir Khan and was also beaten by Joyce’s St
Michael’s, Athy team-mate Roy Sheahan in the semi-finals of
the 2007 European Union Championships at the National
Stadium in Dublin.
Lindberg and Hickey progressed to the last eight after
registering wins over Samir Mammadov of Azerbaijan and
Oleksandr Kluchko (Ukraine).
Today they meet Denis Makarov (Germany) and Famil Suleymanov
(Azerbaijan).
But it isn’t all good news from the Irish camp in Liverpool.
Dubliner Darren O’Neill is out of the European reckoning
after losing out to Nikolajs Grishunins (Latvia).
Light-heavy O’Neill lost out 11-5.
Donegal’s Willie McLoughlin and Dublin’s Conor Ahern also
bowed out following last 16 reversals to Germany’s Jack
Culcay-Keth and Salomo N’Tuve of Sweden at the weekend.
The European finals are set for the Echo Arena in Liverpool
on Saturday November 15 with all 11 finals televised live by
TG4.
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Ireland are lying in
joint second spot in a league table of forty nations at European
Senior Championships.
November 11th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Hickey Into
Semi Finals"
Ross Hickey guaranteed Ireland at
least a bronze medal from the 37th European Senior Championships
following a magnificent 6-1 quarter final victory over Famil
Suleymanov of Azerbaijan at the Greenbank Academy in Liverpool this
afternoon.
The 20 year old Irish senior
lightweight champion will now meet Vazgen Safaryants of Belarus in
Thursdays 60Kg semi final.
Safaryants beat England's Tom
Stalker 6-4 in this afternoons corresponding quarter final.
Belfast bantamweight Ryan
Lindberg will be between the ropes this evening for a quarter final
clash with Denis Makarov of Germany.
David Oliver Joyce, John Joe
Joyce, Eamon O'Kane and Con Sheehan will be all be involved in
quarter final bouts tomorrow.
Hickeys win ensures that Irish
boxers have claimed medals from every international tournament they
have entered this year.
This includes the Olympic
Games, the European Union Senior Championships, the World Youth
Championships, the European Union Women's Championships, the
Junior Olympics, the European Junior Championships, the European
Schoolboy Championships and numerous Multi Nations tournaments.
The preliminary rounds of the
European Senior Championships are being held at the Greenbank
Academy with the finals pencilled in for the Echo Arena in
Liverpool on Saturday November 15th.
All eleven finals will
be televised live by TG4. Friday is a rest day at the
European Senior Championships.
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November 11th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Hickey First
Into Action"
Ireland are lying in
joint second spot in a league table of forty nations at European
Senior Championships.
Ross Hickey will get Ireland's quest for
a medal at the European Senior Championships underway at the
Greenbank Academy in Liverpool this afternoon.
Hickey, from the Grangecon club in Co
Wicklow, should be in the ring between 3pm and 3.30pm today for his
lightweight quarter final with
Famil Suleymanov of Azerbaijan.
Belfast bantamweight Ryan
Lindberg will be between the ropes this evening between 7.15pm and
7.45pm versus Denis Makarov of Germany.
If both boxers win then Ireland
will be guaranteed at least two bronze medals.
David Oliver Joyce, John Joe
Joyce, Eamon O'Kane and Con Sheehan will be all be involved in
quarter final
bouts tomorrow.
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Lindberg and Hickey on a roll in Liverpool
By Bernard O’Neill
10/11/2008
Belfast bantam Ryan Lindberg and Irish team-mate Ross Hickey
are just one win away from the medals at the 37th European
Senior Championships at the Greenbank Academy in Liverpool.
They were joined last night by reigning Irish featherweight
and 2008 European Union champion, David Oliver Joyce, who
beat English 2008 Olympian Joe Murray 16-3.
Lindberg, schooled by Gerard Nugent and co at the Immaculata
gym in the lower Falls in west Belfast, was in outstanding
form on Saturday.
He chalked up his second win of the championship within 48
hours with an 11-3 triumph over 2006 European silver
medallist Samir Mammadov of Azerbaijan.
The victory pitches him into a last-eight battle for the
bronze tomorrow against Germany’s Denis Makarov.
Lindberg’s Immaculata clubmate Eamon O’Kane is also involved
in Ireland’s search for medals in Liverpool.
Middleweight O’Kane gets his first taste of European action
in a last-16 clash with Adem Kiliggi (Turkey) today.
Hickey, from the Grangecon club in County Wicklow, ousted
Ukrainian lightweight Oleksandr Kluchko to set up a
quarter-final battle with Denis Makarov of Germany tomorrow.
But Ireland’s nine-strong squad lost two challengers at the
weekend.
Dubliner Conor Ahern and Donegal’s Willie McLoughlin are out
after suffering reversals on Merseyside.
McLoughlin, of the Illies Golden Gloves ABC, lost out to
German welterweight Jack Culcay-Keth by a five-point margin.
Flyweight Ahern (Baldoyle), exited the tournament after
being disqualified in the fourth round of an untidy tussle
with Sweden’s Salonmo N’Tuve Ahern received three public
warning for holding while N’Tuve received two.
Light-heavyweight Darren O’Neill was also involved in last
16 action over the weekend.
The preliminary rounds of the 40-nation Championships are
being held at the Greenbank Academy, with the finals
pencilled in for the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday,
November 15.
All 11 finals will be televised live by TG4.
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November 10th
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Six Into
Quarter Finals"
Six Irish boxers will compete in the
quarter finals of the 37th European Senior Championships following a
hat trick of last sixteen wins at the Greenbank Academy in Liverpool
today and this evening.
Belfast middleweight Eamon O'Kane and
big Clonmel heavyweight Con Sheehan joined John Joe Joyce, David
Oliver Joyce, Ross Hickey and Ryan Lindberg in the last eight.
All six boxers are now just one fight
away from claiming at least bronze.
O'Kane staged a thrilling comeback in
the final round to edge out Turkey's Adem Killiggi 7-6 tonight. The
Immaculatta clubman will face Armenian 2008 Olympian Andranik
Hakobyan in the quarter finals.
Con Sheehan meanwhile, followed that up
with a convincing 10-2 win over Viktar Chvarkou of Belarus
to set up a 91Kg showdown
with Petrisor Gananau of Romania.
Earlier today, John Joe Joyce cruised to
a 20-3 win over Scottish light welterweight John Tain.
The Irish 2008 Olympian meets Bulgarian
southpaw and 2004 European senior lightweight champion Dimitar
Stilianov with a bronze medal up for grabs Wednesday.
Stilianov was beaten in the last sixteen
of the 2004 Olympic Games by Amir Khan and was also beaten
by Joyce's St Michael's Athy team-mate Roy Sheahan in the semi
finals of the 2007 European Union Championships at the National
Stadium in Dublin.
Ryan Lindberg and Ross Hickey
will be in the ring tomorrow, while both Joyce's, O'Kane and
Sheehan will be in action 24 hours later.
The preliminary rounds of the
Championships are being held at the Greenbank Academy with the
finals pencilled in for the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday
November 15th.
All eleven finals will be televised
live by TG4 on November 15th.
Forty nations are taking part in the 37th European
Senior Championships.
37th European Senior
Championships Results and Draw
November 6th (Preliminary)
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg (Ireland)
beat Abdullah Dursion (Turkey) 9-4
69Kg: Willie McLoughlin
(Ireland) beat Mariano Hillario Jimenez (Spain) 14-5
November 8th (Last 16)
51Kg: Conor Ahern (Ireland) lost
to Salomo N'Tuve (Sweden) Disq4
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg
(Ireland) beat Samir Mammadov (Azerbaijan) 11-3
60Kg: Ross Hickey (Ireland) beat
Oleksandr Kluchko (Ukraine) 10-7
69Kg: Willie McLoughlin
(Ireland) lost to Jack Culcay-Keth (Germany) 2-7
November 9th (Last 16)
57Kg: David Oliver Joyce
(Ireland) beat Joe Murray (England) 16-3
81Kg: Darren O'Neill
(Ireland) lost to Nikolajs Grishunins (Latvia) 5-11
November 10th (Last 16)
64Kg: John Joe Joyce
(Ireland) beat John Tain (Scotland) 20-3
75Kg: Eamon O'Kane
(Ireland) beat Adem Kiliggi (Turkey) 7-6
91Kg: Con Sheehan (Ireland) beat
Viktar Chvarkou (Belarus) 10-2
November 11th (Quarter Finals)
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg (Ireland) v
Denis Makarov (Germany)
60Kg: Ross Hickey (Ireland) v
Famil Suleymanov (Azerbaijan)
November 12th (Quarter Finals)
57Kg:David Oliver Joyce
(Ireland) v Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine)
64Kg: John Joe Joyce (Ireland) v
Dimitar Stilianov (Bulgaria)
75Kg: Eamon O'Kane (Ireland) v
Andranik Hakoyban (Armenia)
91Kg: Con Sheehan (Ireland) v
Petrisor Gananau (Romania)
Irish European
Senior Championships Squad And Management
51Kg:(Flyweight) Conor Ahern
(Baldoyle)
54Kg:(Bantamweight) Ryan
Lindberg (Immaculata)
57Kg: (Featherweight) David
Oliver Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
60Kg: (Lightweight) Ross
Hickey (Grangecon)
64Kg: (Light welterweight)
John Joe Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
69Kg: (Welterweight) Willie
McLoughlin (Illies GG)
75Kg: (Middleweight) Eamon
O'Kane (Immaculata)
81Kg: (Light heavyweight)
Darren O'Neill (Paulstown)
91Kg: (Heavyweight) Con
Sheehan (Clonmel)
Team Manager: Joe Hennigan
Coaches: Billy Walsh and
Zuar Antia
Physio. Scott Murphy
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November 10th
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"JJ Joyce Into
Last Eight"
John Joe Joyce cruised into the quarter
finals of the 37th European Senior Championships following a
comfortable 20-3
win over Scottish light welterweight
John Tain at the Greenbank Academy in Liverpool this afternoon.
The Irish 2008 Olympian will now face
Bulgarian southpaw and 2004 European senior lightweight champion
Dimitar Stilyanov in the quarter finals on Wednesday with a bronze
medal up for grabs.
Stilyanov was beaten in the last sixteen
of the 2004 Olympic Games by Amir Khan and was also beaten
by Joyce's St Michael's Athy team-mate Roy Sheahan in the semi
finals of the 2007 European Union Championships at the National
Stadium in Dublin.
Four Irish boxers, Ryan Lindberg,
Ross Hickey, and first cousins David Oliver Joyce and John Joe
Joyce, both
of the St Michael's Athy club, are
through to the quarter finals and are just one bout away from
claiming at least bronze.
Middleweight Eamon O'Kane, of the
Immaculata club in Belfast, and Clonmel heavyweight Con Sheehan will
both be involved in last 16 bouts tonight.
The preliminary rounds of the
Championships are being held at the Greenbank Academy with the
finals pencilled in for the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday
November 15th.
All eleven finals will be televised
live by TG4 on November 15th.
Forty nations are taking part in the 37th European
Senior Championships.
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November 9th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"O'Neill
Bows Out"
Darren O'Neill is out of the European
Senior Championships after losing out to Nikolajs Grishunins at the
Greenbank Academy in Liverpool tonight.
O'Neill had been hoping to reach the
quarters finals of the tournament but was beaten 11-5 by the Latvian
light heavyweight.
Earlier today, reigning Irish
featherweight champion David Oliver Joyce joined Ryan Lindberg and
Ross Hickey in the quarter finals following a convincing 16-3 win
over British 2008 Olympian Joe Murray.
Joyce, from the St Michael's Athy club,
will now face Ukrainian Olympic champion and 2007 World
Championships silver medallist Vasyl Lomachenko with a bronze medal
up for grabs in Wednesdays quarter finals.
Lindberg and Hickey progressed to
the last eight after registering wins over
Samir Mammadov of Azerbaijan and Oleksandr Kluchko
of the Ukraine yesterday.
But Donegal's Willie McLoughlin
and Dublin's Conor Ahern bowed out following last 16 reversals to
Germanys Jack Culcay-Keth and Salomo N'Tuve of Sweden on Saturday.
The preliminary rounds of the
Championships are being held at the Greenbank Academy with the
finals pencilled in for the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday
November 15th.
All eleven finals will be televised
live by TG4 on November 15th.
Forty nations are taking part in the 37th European
Senior Championships.
37th European Senior
Championships Results and Draw
November 6th (Preliminary)
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg (Ireland)
beat Abdullah Dursion (Turkey) 9-4
69Kg: Willie McLoughlin
(Ireland) beat Mariano Hillario Jimenez (Spain) 14-5
November 8th (Last 16)
51Kg: Conor Ahern (Ireland) lost
to Salomo N'Tuve (Sweden) Disq4
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg
(Ireland) beat Samir Mammadov (Azerbaijan) 11-3
60Kg: Ross Hickey (Ireland) beat
Oleksandr Kluchko (Ukraine) 10-7
69Kg: Willie McLoughlin
(Ireland) lost to Jack Culcay-Keth (Germany) 2-7
November 9th (Last 16)
57Kg: David Oliver Joyce
(Ireland) beat Joe Murray (England) 16-3
81Kg: Darren O'Neill
(Ireland) lost to Nikolajs Grishunins (Latvia) 5-11
November 10th (Last 16)
64Kg: John Joe Joyce (Ireland) v
John Tain (Scotland)
75Kg: Eamon O'Kane (Ireland) v
Adem Kiliggi (Turkey)
91Kg: Con Sheehan (Ireland) v
Viktar Chvarkou (Belarus)
November 11th (Quarter Finals)
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg (Ireland) v
Denis Makarov (Germany)
60Kg: Ross Hickey (Ireland) v
Famil Suleymanov (Azerbaijan)
November 12th (Quarter Finals)
David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) v
Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine)
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November 9th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Joyce Beats
Murray"
Reigning Irish featherweight champion
David Oliver Joyce joined Ryan Lindberg and Ross Hickey in the
quarter finals
of the 37th European Senior
Championships following a convincing 16-3 win over British 2008
Olympian Joe Murray at the Greenbank Academy in Liverpool this
afternoon.
Joyce, from the St Michael's Athy club,
will now face Ukrainian Olympic champion and 2007 World
Championships silver medallist Vasyl Lomachenko with a bronze medal
up for grabs in Wednesdays quarter finals.
Lindberg and Hickey progressed to
the last eight after registering wins over
Samir Mammadov of Azerbaijan and Oleksandr Kluchko
of the Ukraine yesterday.
But Donegal's Willie McLoughlin
and Dublin's Conor Ahern bowed out following last 16 reversals to
Germanys Jack Culcay-Keth and Salomo N'Tuve of Sweden on Saturday.
Kilkenny light heavyweight Darren
O'Neill meets Latvian, Grishunis Nikolajs tonight.
The preliminary rounds of the
Championships are being held at the Greenbank Academy with the
finals pencilled in for the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday
November 15th.
All eleven finals will be televised
live by TG4 on November 15th.
Forty nations are taking part in the 37th European
Senior Championships.
Team Manager: Joe Hennigan
Coaches: Billy Walsh and
Zuar Antia
Physio. Scott Murphy
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November 9th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Mixed Fortunes
For Ireland"
Ross Hickey and Ryan Lindberg are just
one bout away from claiming at least bronze medals at the 37th
European Senior Championships at the Greenbank Academy in Liverpool
following wins last night and yesterday.
But Conor Ahern and Willie McLoughlin
are out after suffering reversals on Merseyside.
Hickey, from the Grangecon club in Co
Wicklow, beat Ukrainian lightweight Oleksandr Kluchko last
night to set up a quarter
final clash with Denis Makarov of
Germany on Tuesday.
But McLoughlin, of the Illies
Golden Glove club in Donegal, lost out to German welterweight Jack
Culcay-Keth by a five point margin.
Earlier yesterday, bantamweight Ryan
Lindberg chalked up his second win in 48 hours courtesy of
an 11-3 triumph over 2006
European silver medallist Samir Mammadov of Azerbaijan.
Flyweight Ahern, from the
Baldoyle club in Dublin, exited the tournament after being
disqualified in the 4th round after receiving his third public
warning for holding versus Sweden's, Salonmo N'Tuve - who
received two public warnings.
Reigning Irish featherweight and 2008
European Union champion, David Oliver Joyce meets English 2008
Olympian Joe Murray today.
Light heavyweight Darren O'Neill will
also be involved in a last sixteen action today.
The preliminary rounds of the
Championships are being held at the Greenbank Academy with the
finals pencilled in for the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday
November 15th.
All eleven finals will be televised
live by TG4 on November 15th.
Forty nations are taking part in the 37th European
Senior Championships.
November 6th (Preliminary)
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg
(Ireland) beat Abdullah Dursion (Turkey) 9-4
69Kg: Willie McLoughlin
(Ireland) beat Mariano Hillario Jimenez (Spain) 14-5
November 8th (Last 16)
51Kg: Conor Ahern
(Ireland) lost to Salomo N'Tuve (Sweden) Disq4
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg
(Ireland) beat Samir Mammadov (Azerbaijan) 11-3
60Kg: Ross Hickey
(Ireland) beat Oleksandr Kluchko (Ukraine) 10-7
69Kg: Willie McLoughlin
(Ireland) lost to Jack Culcay-Keth (Germany) 2-7
November 9th (Last 16)
57Kg: David Oliver Joyce
(Ireland) v Joe Murray (England)
81Kg: Darren O'Neill
(Ireland) v Grishunis Nikolajs (Latvia)
November 10th (Last 16)
64Kg: John Joe Joyce
(Ireland) v John Tain (Scotland)
75Kg: Eamon O'Kane (Ireland)
v Adem Kiliggi (Turkey)
91Kg: Con Sheehan (Ireland)
v Viktar Chvarkou (Belarus)
November 11th (Quarter
Final)
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg
(Ireland) v Denis Makarov (Germany)
60Kg: Ross Hickety (Ireland)
v Famil Suleymanov (Azerbaijan)
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November 8th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Lindberg Wins But
Ahern Bows Out"
Irish bantamweight Ryan Lindberg chalked
up his second win in 48 hours at the 37th European Senior
Championships
following an 11-3 victory over
2006 European silver medallist Samir Mammadov of Azerbaijan at the
Greenbank
Academy in Liverpool this afternoon.
But earlier today, flyweight
Conor Ahern, from the Baldoyle club in Dublin, bowed out of the
tournament after he was disqualified in the fourth round after
receiving his third public warning for holding versus
Sweden's, Salonmo N'Tuve - who also received two public warnings.
Lindberg, from the Immaculata
club in Belfast, will now face Germany's Denis Makarov in the
quarter finals on Tuesday knowing that a win will guarantee at least
bronze.
The Ulster man was in top form on
Merseyside, showing excellent defensive and offensive skills to
restrict Mammadov to just three points whilst extending his
advantage at the end of each of the first three rounds
(1-0,5-1,8-1).
Irish head coach Billy Walsh said:
"Ryan produced a fantastic four rounds today and it is a great scalp
to take as Mammadov is a vastly experienced boxer. Ryan can take a
lot of confidence from his performances so far going into the
quarter finals."
Lightweight Ross Hickey and welterweight
Willie McLoughlin will both be in action this evening.
The preliminary rounds of the
Championships are being held at the Greenbank Academy with the
finals pencilled in for the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday
November 15th.
All eleven finals will be televised
live by TG4 on November 15th.
Forty nations are taking part in the 37th European
Senior Championships.
37th European Senior
Championships Results and Draw
November 6th (Preliminary)
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg (Ireland)
beat Abdullah Dursion (Turkey) 9-4
69Kg: Willie McLoughlin
(Ireland) beat Mariano Hillario Jimenez (Spain) 14-5
November 8th (Last 16)
51Kg: Conor Ahern (Ireland) lost
to Salomo N'Tuve (Sweden) Disq4
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg
(Ireland) beat Samir Mammadov (Azerbaijan) 11-3
60Kg: Ross Hickey (Ireland) v
Kluchko Oleksandr (Ukraine)
69Kg: Willie McLoughlin
(Ireland) v Jack Culcay-Keth (Germany)
November 9th (Last 16)
57Kg: David Oliver Joyce
(Ireland) v Joe Murray (England)
81Kg: Darren O'Neill (Ireland) v
Grishunis Nikolajs (Latvia) or Gzim Tahir (Austria)
November 10th (Last 16)
64Kg: John Joe Joyce (Ireland) v
John Tain (Scotland)
75Kg: Eamon O'Kane (Ireland) v
Adem Kiliggi (Turkey)
91Kg: Con Sheehan (Ireland) v
Viktar Chvarkou (Belarus)
November 11th (Quarter Final)
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg (Ireland) v
Denis Makarov (Germany)
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Lindberg gets off to a flyer
Boxing: European Senior Championships
By Eamonn O’Hara
07/11/08
Ryan mighty: Immaculata’s Ryan Lindberg (blue)
got his European seniors campaign off to a fine
start yesterday with a five-point preliminary round
victory over Turkish bantam Abdullah Dursion.
Picture: Colm O’Reilly
IRELAND enjoyed the perfect start to
the European Senior Championships after Ulster pair Ryan
Lindberg and William McLaughlin fought through their
preliminary round bouts at the new Kings Dock Arena,
Liverpool.
Last night, welterweight William McLoughlin of Illies Golden
Gloves beat Spain’s Mariano Hilario Jiminez 14-5, to add to
Lindberg’s five-point preliminary round victory over Turkish
bantam Abdullah Dursion.
Immaculata’s star edged the first three rounds before
cracking off five scoring punches in-a-row early in the
fourth to earn a 9-4 win and set up a clash tomorrow with
Samir Mammadov of Azerbaijan.
McLoughlin will face Germany’s Jack Culcay-Keth in the
second round.
If Lindberg can deal with Mammadov, who defeated Ukraine’s
Ole Yegorovksandr 13-10, he will face either Israel’s Peter
Moyshenzon or Denis Makarov of Germany for a bronze medal.
His club coach Gerard Nugent said: “Ryan boxed really well,
is punching a bit more now, with less footwork to his
approach, and I’ve seen a big difference in his boxing, with
getting more punches off and blocking opponents shots
better. He was delighted. It was a great start for him.”
Featherweight hope David Oliver Joyce has drawn England’s
number one Joe Murray in the last 16 box-offs. They showdown
on Sunday for a place in the quarter-finals where
20-year-old Beijing Olympic gold medallist Vasyl Lomachenko
is expected to provide the opposition.
Lomachenko, a former World Junior champion and winner of the
Val Barker Trophy as the best boxer of the 2008 Olympics,
starts his campaign against Estonia’s Vladimir Nikiforov.
Paul King, England’s ABA chief executive, said of the
Ukrainian: “This kid is the real deal. He’s the best boxer
in the world right now and one of a handful of Olympic stars
that are here in Liverpool.”
Apart from Lindberg, tomorrow also sees Conor Ahern begin
his challenge at 51 kilos. He takes on Sweden’s Salomo
N’tuve. Turkey’s Erdai Inanli or Bato-Munko Vankeyev of
Belarus oppose the winner.
Ross Hickey, at lightweight, goes against Ukraine’s
Oleksandor Kluchko for the right to meet
Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Ismet Zeric or
Azerbaijan’s Famil Suleymanov.
Irish light-heavyweight Darren O’Neill begins his campaign
on Sunday with a box-off for a place in the quarter-finals
against Nikolajas Grishunis of Latvia or Austria’s Gzim
Tahir.
The final three of the squad into the European Seniors
spotlight will be Immaculata middleweight Eamon O’Kane,
light-welter John Joe Joyce and heavyweight Cornelius
Sheehan. All open their medal bids on Monday.
O’Kane has been drawn against Adem Kiliggi of Turkey. A win
will secure a quarter-final against either Armenia’s
Andranik Hakobyan or Darius Sek of Poland. Joyce has
Scotland’s John Thain to deal with. Victory would set-up a
last eight encounter with Italian Dario Vangeli or
Bulgaria’s Dimitar Shtilyanov.
Sheehan is matched with Viktar Chvarkou of
Bosnia-Herzegovina and should he progress, Romania’s
Petrisor Gananau or Lukas Viktora of the Czech Republic will
await him in Europe’s 2008 ‘Capital of Culture’.
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November 6th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"McLoughlin/Lindberg
Win in Liverpool"
Donegal welterweight Willie McLoughlin
maintained Ireland's perfect start to the 37th European Senior
Championships with an impressive 14-5 win over Spain's Mariano
Hilario Jimenez at the Greenbank Academy in Liverpool tonight.
The Illies Golden Gloves ace was also in
control, hammering home his advantage by winning the third frame 5-0
to set up a last sixteen showdown with Jack Culcay-Keth of
Germany on Saturday.
Ryan Lindberg got Ireland's campaign off
to a flier earlier today courtesy of a preliminary round win over
Turkish bantamweight Abdullah Dursion.
Lindberg, from the Immaculata club in
Belfast, edged the first three rounds before opening up with a
vengeance in the fourth and final frame, scoring five straight
points to register a 9-4 win.
Meanwhile, featherweight David Oliver Joyce faces
English 2008 Olympian Joe Murray in the last sixteen Sunday.
The winner of this bout could meet Vasyl Lomachenko
of the Ukraine in the quarter finals.
Lomachenko won gold at last Augusts Olympics in
Beijing and also won the boxer of the tournament award.
Irish 2008 Olympian John Joe Joyce is in
against Scottish light welterweight John Tain on Monday afternoon.
Ireland will have a day off tomorrow but four Irish
boxers will be in the ring for last 16 bouts on Saturday.
The preliminary rounds of the
Championships are being held at the Greenbank Academy with the
finals pencilled in for the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday
November 15th.
All eleven finals will be televised
live by TG4 on November 15th.
Forty nations are taking part in the 37th European
Senior Championships.
37th European Senior
Championships Results and Draw
November 6th (Preliminary)
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg (Ireland)
beat Abdullah Dursion (Turkey) 9-4
69Kg: Willie McLoughlin
(Ireland) beat Mariano Hillario Jimenez (Spain) 14-5
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November 6th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Lindberg Wins
in Liverpool"
Ryan Lindberg got Ireland's European
Senior Championships campaign off to a flying start with a
preliminary round win over Turkish bantamweight Abdullah Dursion at
the Greenbank Academy in Liverpool this afternoon.
Lindberg, from the Immaculata club in
Belfast, edged the first three rounds before opening up with a
vengeance in the fourth and final frame, scoring five straight
points to register a 9-4 win.
The Ulster man will now meet Samir
Mammadov of Azerbaijain in the last sixteen.
Donegal welterweight Willie McLoughlin
will be involved in preliminary round action tonight versus
Hilario Jimenez of Spain.
Meanwhile, featherweight David Oliver Joyce faces
English 2008 Olympian Joe Murray in the last sixteen Sunday.
The winner of this bout could face Vasyl Lomachenko
of the Ukraine in the quarter finals.
Lomachenko won gold at last Augusts Olympics in
Beijing and also won the boxer of the tournament award.
Irish 2008 Olympian John Joe Joyce is in
against Scottish light welterweight John Tain on Monday afternoon.
37th European Senior
Championships Results and Draw
November 6th (Preliminary)
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg (Ireland)
beat Abdullah Dursion (Turkey) 9-4
69Kg: Willie McLoughlin
(Ireland) v Hillario Jimenez (Spain)
November 8th (Last 16)
51Kg: Conor Ahern (Ireland) v
Salomo N'Tve (Sweden)
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg (Ireland) v
Samir Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
60Kg: Ross Hickey (Ireland) v
Kluchko Oleksandr (Ukraine)
November 9th (Last 16)
57Kg: David Oliver Joyce
(Ireland) v Joe Murray (England)
81Kg: Darren O'Neill (Ireland) v
Grishunis Nikolajs (Latvia) or Gzim Tahir (Austria)
November 10th (Last 16)
64Kg: John Joe Joyce (Ireland) v
John Tain (Scotland)
75Kg: Eamon O'Kane (Ireland) v
Adem Kiliggi (Turkey)
91Kg: Con Sheehan (Ireland) v
Viktar Chvarkou (Belarus)
Irish European
Senior Championships Squad And Management
51Kg:(Flyweight) Conor Ahern
(Baldoyle)
54Kg:(Bantamweight) Ryan
Lindberg (Immaculata)
57Kg: (Featherweight) David
Oliver Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
60Kg: (Lightweight) Ross
Hickey (Grangecon)
64Kg: (Light welterweight)
John Joe Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
69Kg: (Welterweight) Willie
McLoughlin (Illies GG)
75Kg: (Middleweight) Eamon
O'Kane (Immaculata)
81Kg: (Light heavyweight)
Darren O'Neill (Paulstown)
91Kg: (Heavyweight) Con
Sheehan (Clonmel)
Team Manager: Joe Hennigan
Coaches: Billy Walsh and
Zuar Antia
Physio. Scott Murphy
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Boxing: Hennigan: Youth can
inspire
Thursday November 06 2008
IRISH
team manager
Joe Hennigan believes that the performances of
Ireland's young boxers at the World Youth
Championships will be an inspiration to their senior
counterparts.
A
nine-man Irish senior squad are in
Liverpool for tonight's 37th European Senior
Championships.
Light
heavyweight
Ken Egan, who won Olympic silver, and
Andy Lee are the only boxers to win a medal at
the Europeans this century.
Lee
claimed bronze en route to qualifying for the Athens
Olympics in 2004 and Egan won bronze at the last
European Senior Championships in 2006.
Egan
won't be competing in Liverpool, but
John Joe Joyce, who was beaten in the last 16 in
Beijing by eventual Olympic champ,
Felix Diaz, will be boxing at light welter.
Up to 12
preliminary round bouts could be decided tonight,
and Hennigan said anyone who wins a medal in
Liverpool will have earned it.
"It is
going to be tough as the best in
Europe are here and I expect that
Russia will be out in force once again,"
Hennigan said.
"Our
youth squad performed magnificently in
Mexico last weekend and that will be a
confidence-booster for the lads in Liverpool."
The
preliminary rounds will be held at the
Greenbank Academy on Merseyside with the finals
pencilled in for the Echo Arena in Liverpool on
November 15. All 11 finals will be shown live on
TG4.
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November 4th.
IRISH AMATEUR
BOXING ASSOCIATION
"European
Senior Championships"
The Irish senior squad finished up
sparring sessions with England, France and Sweden at the English
Institute of Sport in Sheffield last night ahead of the 37th
European Senior Championships which begin in Liverpool on Thursday.
The preliminary rounds of the
Championships will be held at the Greenbank Academy on Merseyside
with the finals
pencilled in for the Echo Arena in
Liverpool on Saturday November 15th.
Ireland have named a nine man squad for
the continental deciders.
Speaking from Liverpool this
morning, Irish head coach Billy Walsh reports that preparations are
going according to plan.
He said: "We got a lot of work done in
sparring and training and the squad are relaxed and focussed ahead
of the Championships.
"We finished our sparring sessions with
England, France and Sweden last night and we will have a training
session today before travelling to Liverpool in the morning.
"The European Senior Championships are
without a doubt one of the most competitive amateur boxing
tournaments in the World.
"The Irish squad have put a lot of work
into their preparations for this tournament and are ready to meet
the challenges ahead."
Meanwhile, TG4 have announced that they
will broadcast all eleven finals live from the Echo Arena on
November 15th.
Ireland have won thirty
three medals (five gold) at European Senior Championships
level since 1939.
The first European Senior
Championships were held in Stockholm in 1925.
The Irish Amateur Boxing
Association hosted back-to-back European Senior Championships -
normally a biennial event - in Dublin in 1939 and 1947 because
of WW2.
Click on below link for
further information.
Irish European
Senior Championships Squad
51Kg:(Flyweight) Conor Ahern (Baldoyle)
54Kg:(Bantamweight) Ryan
Lindberg (Immaculata)
57Kg: (Featherweight) David
Oliver Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
60Kg: (Lightweight) Ross Hickey
(Grangecon)
64Kg: (Light welterweight) John
Joe Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
69Kg: (Welterweight) Willie
McLoughlin (Illies GG)
75Kg: (Middleweight) Eamon
O'Kane (Immaculata)
81Kg: (Light heavyweight) Darren
O'Neill (Paulstown)
91Kg: (Heavyweight) Con Sheehan
(Clonmel)
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October 29th
IRISH
AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"TG4 To Broadcast
European Championships Finals Live"
TG4 have announced that they
will broadcast the finals of the 37th European Senior Championships
live from Liverpool.
Coverage will glove off at 7pm
on Saturday November 15th and all eleven finals from light flyweight
to super heavyweight will be shown live with expert analysis between
bouts.
The Irish Amateur Boxing
Association (IABA) have named a nine man squad for the continental
deciders on Merseyside, and IABA President Dominic
O'Rourke believes that TG4s
coverage will provide a fantastic boost for Ireland's most
successful Olympic sport.
He said: "We are delighted that
TG4 will be broadcasting live from Liverpool and hopefully we can
get a few of our boxers into the finals.
"We are now at the beginning of
a new cycle following the incredible achievements of our squad at
the Olympics Games in Beijing.The European Senior Championships are
always very competitive and when you look at the medals tables from
Augusts Olympics, European nations, including Ireland, feature
prominently in the top fifteen.
"TG4s coverage of the European
Senior Championships finals will be a fantastic boost for our sport
and is great news for boxing fans in Ireland."
TG4 press release
Bernard O'Neill
Public Relations Officer
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October 28th
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"European Senior Championships"
The Irish senior squad arrived in
Sheffield this morning for a training camp ahead of next months
European Senior Championships in Liverpool.
The nine man squad will train and spar
with England, France and Sweden at the English Institute of Sport (EIS)
ahead of the Championships which begin on Merseyside on November
5th.
Current senior champions, John
Joe Joyce - who reached the last 16 at the Beijing Olympics - David
Oliver Joyce, Ross Hickey and Con Sheehan have been named in the
Irish squad.
Ulster's Eamon O'Kane, Ryan
Lindberg and Willie McLoughlin will also be competing on
Merseyside along with Darren O'Neill and Conor Ahern.
Ireland will begin their
training camp with a sparring session against England at the EIS
tomorrow.
The XXXVII (37th) European
Senior Championships will be held at the Echo Arena
in Liverpool between November 5th and 15th.
Irish European
Championships Squad /Liverpool November 5th/15th
51Kg:(Flyweight) Conor Ahern
(Baldoyle)
54Kg:(Bantamweight) Ryan
Lindberg (Immaculata)
57Kg: (Featherweight) David
Oliver Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
60Kg: (Lightweight) Ross
Hickey (Grangecon)
64Kg: (Light welterweight)
John Joe Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
69Kg: (Welterweight) Willie
McLoughlin (Illies GG)
75Kg: (Middleweight) Eamon
O'Kane (Immaculata)
81Kg: (Light heavyweight)
Darren O'Neill (Paulstown)
91Kg: (Heavyweight) Con
Sheehan (Clonmel)
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