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Golden boy Moylett’s a shining star
Boxing
By Staff Reporter
03/11/08RAY
Moylett, the 18-year-old Westport lightweight, is the new
amateur star of Irish boxing after claiming gold at the
World Youth Championships in Guadalajara yesterday He edged
out his Kazakhstan’s Daniyar Yeleussino 3-1.
The tournament, fomerly the World Juniors, had only
previously seen four Irish finalists in Eamonn Loughran,
Eamonn Magee, Harry
Cunningham, and Andy Lee.
All had to settle for silver but Moylett, who boxes for the
St Anne’s club, went one better at 60 kilos on a weekend
that featured two Irish
boxers trying to become world champions.
The other was Dublin’s Jamie Kavangh of Crumlin ABC who took
on Cuban Frank Izla for 64kgs gold. Izla won 7-2. Ireland
also took bronze medals courtesy of Belfast
light-heavyweight Tommy McCarthy (Oliver Plunkett’s) and
David Joe Joyce of St Michael’s, Athy.
Joyce qualified for the semi-finals despite a damaged hand,
sustained in sparring prior to the tournament. He put up a
game challenge to Mexican favourite Oscar Molina, who went
on to win the title, losing Friday’s semi-final 4-2.
Cuba, as expected, topped the medals chart and delivered
champions at four weights, one of whom was 91 kilo talent
Erislandy Savon, a relative of Cuban legend Felix Savon, who
defeated Kazakh prospect Ivan Dichko.
Nanao Singh Thokchom of India took gold at 48kgs, beating
Russian champion Grigoriy Nikolaychuk 15-5. Puerto Rico’s
Jonathan Gonzalez surprised with a win over Cuban Yuniel
Robles at 51kgs.
Host nation Mexico claimed two golds via Oscar Rafael Valdez
(57kgs) against Russia’s Maxim Dadashev, not conceding a
scored punch in the process, and Oscar Molina, won the 69kgs
final 9-1 against Uzbekistan’s Boturjon Mahmudov.
- Shane McGuigan is just one fight away from adding an Irish
U21 title to the Ulster senior crown he gained earlier this
year after an eventful 30-21 win over Dunfanaghy’s Christy
Boyle at the National Stadium.
McGuigan produced four rounds of relentless aggressive
boxing, taking control of the fight in the first round to
build a lead of 11-2. Boyle did peg back the deficit to four
points at one stage of the third round, but was caught with
a cluster of body and head shots to start the last session
eight points adrift.
Boyle tried all he knew during a ferociously contested final
round, but young McGuigan emerged an 11-point winner. He
faces John Joe Joyce of the St Matthew’s club in Dublin in
Friday night’s title bout.
Ulster gained a lot of success at the weekend with wins for
Sonny Upton (Holy Family GG) at 60kgs over Mark Ginley of
Oliver Plunkett, for McGuigan’s club-mate at Clones, Larry
Fryers, who defeated Steven Donnelly at 64kgs, and Twintowns’
Stephen O’Reilly. He beat
Loughglynn’s Donal Ward.
Fryers’ success was remarkable. He survived two standing
counts in round two, was behind 11-2, but levelled the bout
in round three and finished a four-point winner.
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Moylett gold, McCarthy bronze at
World Youth boxing championships
By David
Kelly
Monday, 3 November 2008
Ray
Moylett made Irish boxing history at the weekend
when he claimed gold at the World Youth
championships in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Mayo
lightweight Moylett is the first Irishman to win
gold at these championships, formerly known as the
World junior championships - at which Eamonn
Loughran and Eamonn Magee won silver.
The 18
year old, from the St Anne's club in Westport,
defeated 2006 World Cadet champion Daniyar
Yeleussino of Kazakhstan 3-1 over four tough rounds.
On his
way to gold, Moylett defeated Welsh 2007 European
Cadet champion Fred Evans and Cuban National Youth
champion Juan Garcia.
Light-welterweight Jamie Kavanagh, from the Crumlin
Boxing Club, had to settle for silver when he lost
7-2 to Frank Izla of Cuba.
Tommy
McCarthy saw his dream of a final place slip away
when, despite being two points ahead going into the
final round he came off second best to Russian
Marten Magomedov who came back to clinch an 8-6
victory.
McCarthy,
along with David Joe Joyce, brought home bronze
which meant that Ireland finished fourth out of 68
nations in the medal table - one place above
America.
Meanwhile, Shane McGuigan is just one fight away
from adding an Irish U-21 title to his Ulster senior
crown following a thrilling semi-final over Christy
Boyle at the National Stadium on Saturday.
McGuigan,
who had dad Barry ordered away from the corner,
defeated Boyle 30-21 and now meets John Joe Joyce,
of the St Matthews club in Dublin, in Friday’s
final.
Larry
Fryers of Clones took two standing counts and was
11-2 down to Stephen Donnelly of All Saints in
Ballymena but, in an amazing comeback. Fryers threw
caution to the wind and won their light-welter semi
16-14.
Flyweight
Michael Conlan of St John Bosco lost 7-4 to Moate’s
Gary Molloy, while Sonny Upton of Holy Family
defeated Oliver Plunkett’s Mark Ginley 26-3 at
lightweight.
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November 3rd.
IRISH
AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Red Carpet Rolled Our For Irish Squad"
Irish coach Jim Moore has hailed the
performances of Ireland's young squad at the AIBA World Youth
Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The medal laden team touched down to a
heroes reception at Dublin Airport today.
Ray Moylett won an historic lightweight
gold at the Championships, Ireland's first ever top of the podium
finish at this level.
Jamie Kavanagh won silver and David Joe
Joyce and Thomas McCarthy claimed bronze.
Moore, who was working the Irish teams
corner in Guadalajara along with Jimmy Payne, was full of praise for
the entire squad.
He said: "We are thrilled with the
performances of the Irish squad in Guadalajara. When we looked at
the draw at the start of the tournament and saw the calibre of
opposition we were coming up against we knew we would have to
produce something special, we knew it was going to be very tough.
"But our boxers stood up to the
challenge and beat some of the best in the world, their performances
have exceeded all expectations.
"All of the squad have been with us for
a few years now and are a great bunch of lads who take great pride
in representing their country.
"They certainly did Ireland proud in
Mexico and their performances augur well for the 2012 Olympic Games
in London.
"I could see Rays confidence growing
when he beat the former European champion Fred Evans, and then he
followed that up with an incredible win over the Cuban champion.
"They squad were delighted with today's
reception at Dublin Airport and would like to thank everyone for
turning out.
They say that receptions like today's
are something they could get used to.
"If they keep dominating tournaments
like they did in Mexico then they will get the opportunity for that
- the praise will follow. It has been another fantastic week for
Irish amateur boxing."
Ireland's medal
winners at World Youth Championships (formerly called
World Junior Championships)
Eamon Loughran: 1987
Havana (Silver)
Denis Galvin: 1987
Havana (Bronze)
Eamon Magee 1989 San
Juan (Silver)
Neil Sinclair
1992 Montreal (Bronze)
Harry
Cunningham:1998 Buenos Aires (Silver)
Darren Campbell:
1998 Buenos Aires (Bronze)
Coleman Barrett:
2000 Budapest (Bronze)
Andy Lee: 2002
Havana (Silver)
Ray Moylett:
Guadalajara 2008 (Gold)
Thomas McCarthy:
Guadalajara 2008 (Bronze)
David Joe Joyce:
Guadalajara 2008 (Bronze)
Jamie Kavanagh:
Guadalajara 2008 (Silver)
(The inaugural 2008
AIBA World Youth Championships has replaced the AIBA
World Junior Championships)
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November 3rd.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Irish Team Homecoming"
The medal laden Irish youth squad are
due to arrive home via Dublin Airport from Guadalajara, Mexico today
at approximately 3.20pm (Flt EI607).
Ireland claimed four medals at the AIBA
Youth Championships in Mexico courtesy of podium finishes from Ray
Moylett (gold), Jamie Kavanagh (silver), David Joe Joyce (bronze)
and Thomas McCarthy (bronze).
Moyletts heroics means that Ireland now
have two World champions in the lightweight category, as Katie
Taylor,who defends her title in Ningbo City, China later this month,
is the reigning women's World 60Kg champion.
Eighteen year old Moylett, who boxes out
of the St Anne's club in Westport, admitted after he won gold on
Saturday that it would probably take a while for it all to sink in.
He said: "I still can't believe it
and I think that it will take a few weeks if not months for it
all to sink in that I have won a world title.
"When I beat the 2007 European Cadet
champion and then the Cuban National champion, psychologically
I began to believe that I could go on and win the gold.
"It is a fantastic feeling and I
would like to thank all my coaches for all their help. My dream
is too qualify for the London Olympics and I believe that I can
realise that dream."
The weekends medal haul ensured
that Ireland finish in fourth spot in the medals tables behind hosts
Mexico and power houses Russia and Cuba.
Sixty eight nations were competing in
Mexico.
Click on above links for tournament
statistics.
Ireland's medal
winners at World Youth Championships (formerly called
World Junior Championships)
Eamon Loughran: 1987
Havana (Silver)
Denis Galvin: 1987
Havana (Bronze)
Eamon Magee 1989 San
Juan (Silver)
Neil Sinclair
1992 Montreal (Bronze)
Harry
Cunningham:1998 Buenos Aires (Silver)
Darren Campbell:
1998 Buenos Aires (Bronze)
Coleman Barrett:
2000 Budapest (Bronze)
Andy Lee: 2002
Havana (Silver)
Ray Moylett:
Guadalajara 2008 (Gold)
Thomas McCarthy:
Guadalajara 2008 (Bronze)
David Joe Joyce:
Guadalajara 2008 (Bronze)
Jamie Kavanagh:
Guadalajara 2008 (Silver)
(The inaugural 2008
AIBA World Youth Championships has replaced the AIBA
World Junior Championships)
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02.11.2008
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The 1st AIBA Youth
World Championships, at the "Unidad Deportiva López Mateos"
Gymnastic Complex in Guadalajara, Mexico, has drawn to a close
with the best young pugilists from around the world being
crowned the youth champions of the world.
Nanao Singh Thokchom
(IND), Jonathan Gonzalez (PUR), Magomed Kurbanov (RUS), Oscar
Rafael Valdez (MEX), Raymond Moylett (IRE), Frank Izla, Rey
Recio, Jose Angel Larduet and Erislandy Savon (CUB), Erik
Brechlin (GER), and Oscar Molina (MEX) are the new stars of
world of boxing.
In a tournament ruled
by Cuban boxers, Irishman Moylett caused the biggest upset.
Against popular expectation, Moylett won the 60kg class beating,
one after the other, some of the biggest names of his weight
division.
Indian Thokchom was
also sensational in the final of the 48kgs' where he demolished
Russian Youth Champion Grigoriy Nikolaychuk by 15 to 5.
Cubans Izla and Savon
expectedly defetead Irishman Jamie Kavannagh and Kazakh Ivan
Dichko, in the 64kg and 91kg classes, respectively.
The same final score
marked the last two bouts of the world competition. Brechlin
(GER) and the much-awaited at the "Mateos" Complex Molina (MEX)
won by 9:1 against, respectively, Joseph Dawejko from the USA
(+91kg) and Boturjon Mahmudov, from Uzbekistan (69kg).
Romania's Andreiana
and Cuba's Larduet had it easy over Russians Magomed Kurbanov
(WO in the 54kg class), and Marten Magomedov (RSC in the 81 kg
category).
Puerto Rico's
National Senior Champion Gonzalez surprised everyone by clearly
beating Cuba's Yuniel Robles in the 51kgs group, while local
hero Oscar Valdez left scoreless in the 57kgs class' final Maxim
Dadashev (RUS) to thrill the boisterous fans at the "Unidad
Deportiva López Mateos".
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Mayo
lightweight Ray Moylett wrote another illustrious
chapter in the history of the Irish Amateur Boxing
Association after being crowned World Youth 60Kg
champion in Guadalajara, Mexico on Saturday night.
The 18-year-old, from the St Anne's club in Westport,
beat 2006 World Cadet champion Daniyar Yeleussino of
Kazakhstan 3-1 over four rounds to seal an historic
victory for Ireland.
Jamie Kavanagh, from the Crumlin Boxing club, was also
in action, but the talented young Dubliner had to be
content with silver after he lost out 7-2 to Frank Izla
of Cuba.
Ireland will now be taking home one gold, one silver and
two bronze medals for the tournament, courtesy of
semi-final finishes for Thomas McCarthy and David Joe
Joyce.
The medal haul is 50% of the total that Ireland has won
at this level before the 2008 Championships.
Moylett boxed clever in Guadalajara, using all his
skills to carve out a narrow but deserved win at the
Lopez Mateo's Gymnasium.
As reported by Irish team manager Paddy Gallagher,
Moylett claimed the first round 1-0 thanks to a solid
right.
He extended his lead to 2-0 with another right in the
second, but the Kazah reduced to deficit to 2-1 in the
third.
However, Moylett doubled his advantage with a tough
right in the fourth before being crowned World champion.
In two of his four fights in Mexico, the Westport
teenager beat Welsh 2007 European Cadet champion Fred
Evans and Cuban National Youth champion Juan Garcia.
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Irish boxer crowned champion in
Mexico
Sunday November 02 2008
Mayo
lightweight Ray Moylett wrote another illustrious
chapter in the history of the Irish Amateur Boxing
Association after being crowned World Youth 60-Kilo
champion in Guadalajara, Mexico last night. The 18
year old, from the St Anne's club in Westport, beat
his Kazakhstani opponent 3-1 over four rounds to
seal an historic victory for Ireland. Jamie Kavanagh,
from the Crumlin Boxing club, was also in action
last night, but the talented young Dubliner had to
be content with silver after he lost out 7-2 to
Frank Izla of Cuba. Ireland will now be taking home
one gold, one silver and two bronze medals for the
tournament, courtesy of semi final finishes for
Thomas McCarthy and David Joe Joyce.
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Fighting Irish on top of the world
Sunday November 02 2008
Once the
euphoria about the Olympics had died down, there
might have been a few sceptics wondering if the
performance of our boxers was, like that of Carruth
and
McCullough in 1992, simply a glorious one-off.
Not so. Because, over the past week in the Mexican
city of
Guadalajara, our young boxers have given one of
the most remarkable displays by any Irish team in a
very long time.
Let's
examine the evidence. Since the very first World
Junior, now renamed Youth, championships in 1979
Ireland had amassed a grand total of eight
medals. Those medals were won by some very fine
boxers, the likes of
Andy Lee,
Eamon Loughran and
Eamon Magee among them. But since Lee's 2002
silver in
Havana, we hadn't graced the podium.
There
were hopes that this year's team would break that
duck but only the most cock-eyed of optimists would
have predicted what has just happened. Our young
fighters have ended up with four medals, the third
highest total for any country at the championships,
bettered only by
Cuba and
Russia with six each. The Americans, the
Kazakhs, the Germans, the French, the cream of world
amateur boxing couldn't match our achievement.
Athy
welterweight
David Joe Joyce and light heavyweight
Thomas McCarthy from the
Oliver Plunkett club in
Belfast both won bronze medals, while late last
night Crumlin light-welterweight
Jamie Kavanagh took on
Frank Izla of Cuba and
Westport lightweight
Ray Moylett met
Daniyar Yeliusso of
Kazakhstan in an effort to become the first ever
Irish world U19 champions. Again, only Cuba and
Russia had more than two fighters in the finals.
There
were mighty deeds along the way. Moylett had to
defeat European champion
Fred Evans of
Wales before overcoming Cuban champ
Juan Garcia 10-2 in the quarter-final. Kavanagh
stopped two opponents, beat an Italian without
conceding a point and in the semi-final defeated
Zdenek Chladek of the
Czech Republic, a national senior champion who's
fought in world championships and Olympic qualifiers
at senior level.
Joyce
defeated a very good boxer from Kazakhstan before
losing his semi-final to home fighter
Oscar Malina by just two points despite fighting
almost one handed because of an injured right. A
couple of points were also all that separated
McCarthy from Russian champ Marten Magodemov in his
semi.
Donegal bantamweight Tyrone McCullough might
even have joined his team-mates in the medals had he
not had to withdraw with an injured hand after a
victory over Shokhruth Khadjabekov from
Uzbekistan, one of the powerhouses of
international boxing.
Hang on a
second, what am I on about? We're one of the
powerhouses of international boxing. All week in
Guadalajara, boxers from other countries would have
regarded a draw against an Irish opponent the way
our lads used to feel about drawing a Cuban. This
past week has been proof that nobody is doing their
job better in this country than the people steering
the fortunes of our young boxers. The word
world-class gets thrown about with abandon sometimes
but our amateur fighters truly deserve that ranking.
They're doing in their sport what
Padraig Harrington is doing in his. It is a
small and beautiful miracle.
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November 2nd.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Ireland Finish in Fourth Spot"
Ireland have finished in fourth spot
(see above attachment) in the medals table at the AIBA World Youth
Championships following the heroics of the Irish squad in
Guadalajara, Mexico.
Ray Moylett (gold), Jamie Kavanagh
(silver), Thomas McCarthy (bronze) and David Oliver Joyce (bronze)
all finished in podium positions at the Lopez Mateo's Gymnasium.
Russia finished in thrid sport with the
host nation in second place.
Cuba topped the table with the USA in
fifth.
Sixty eight nations were competing in
Mexico.
Ireland's medal
winners at World Youth Championships (formerly called World
Junior Championships)
Eamon Loughran: 1987
Havana (Silver)
Denis Galvin: 1987
Havana (Bronze)
Eamon Magee 1989 San
Juan (Silver)
Neil Sinclair
1992 Montreal (Bronze)
Harry Cunningham:1998
Buenos Aires (Silver)
Darren Campbell: 1998
Buenos Aires (Bronze)
Coleman Barrett: 2000
Budapest (Bronze)
Andy Lee: 2002 Havana
(Silver)
Ray Moylett: Guadalajara
2008 (Gold)
Thomas McCarthy:
Guadalajara 2008 (Bronze)
David Joe Joyce:
Guadalajara 2008 (Bronze)
Jamie Kavanagh:
Guadalajara 2008 (Silver)
(The inaugural 2008
World Youth Championships has replaced the AIBA World Junior
Championships)
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November 2nd.
IRISH
AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Moylett
is World Champion"
Mayo lightweight Ray Moylett wrote
another illustrious chapter in the history of the Irish Amateur
Boxing Association after being crowned World Youth 60Kg champion in
Guadalajara, Mexico last night.
The 18 year old, from the St Anne's club
in Westport, beat 2006 World Cadet champion
Daniyar Yeleussino of Kazakhstan 3-1
over four rounds to seal an historic victory for
Ireland.
Jamie Kavanagh, from the Crumlin Boxing club,
was also in action last night, but the talented young Dubliner
had be content with silver after he lost out 7-2 to Frank Izla of
Cuba.
Ireland will now be taking home one gold, one
silver and two bronze medals for the tournament, courtesy of semi
final finishes for Thomas McCarthy and David Joe Joyce.
The medal haul is 50% of the total that
Ireland has won at this level before the 2008 Championships.
Moylett boxed clever in Guadalajara, using
all his skills to carve out a narrow but deserved win at the Lopez
Mateo's Gymnasium.
As reported by Irish team manager Paddy
Gallagher, Moylett claimed the first round 1-0 thanks to a solid
right, forged in the St Anne's club in Westport.
He extended his lead to 2-0 with another
right in the second, but the Kazah reduced to deficit to 2-1 in the
third.
However, Moylett doubled his advantage with a
thudding right in the fourth before being crowned World champion.
In two of his four fights in Mexico, the
Westport teenager beat Welsh 2007 European Cadet champion Fred Evans
and Cuban National Youth champion Juan Garcia.
Tonight's historic win is the first ever gold medal that Ireland
has won at this level and arrives two months after Irish
boxers won Ireland's only medals at the Beijing Olympics.
The IABA now has two reigning World Champions - and both of them
are lightweights, Ray Moylett and Katie Taylor.
Ireland's medal
winners at World Youth Championships (formerly called World
Junior Championships)
Eamon Loughran: 1987
Havana (Silver)
Denis Galvin: 1987
Havana (Bronze)
Eamon Magee 1989 San
Juan (Silver)
Neil Sinclair
1992 Montreal (Bronze)
Harry Cunningham:1998
Buenos Aires (Silver)
Darren Campbell: 1998
Buenos Aires (Bronze)
Coleman Barrett: 2000
Budapest (Bronze)
Andy Lee: 2002 Havana
(Silver)
Ray Moylett: Guadalajara
2008 (Gold)
Thomas McCarthy:
Guadalajara 2008 (Bronze)
David Joe Joyce:
Guadalajara 2008 (Bronze)
Jamie Kavanagh:
Guadalajara 2008 (Silver)
(The inaugural 2008
World Youth Championships has replaced the AIBA World Junior
Championships)
Bernard O'Neill
Public Relations Officer
Irish Amateur Boxing Association
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November 1st.
IRISH
AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"AIBA
World Youth Championships"
Ireland's Ray Moylett and Jamie Kavanagh
will both be in action in Mexico tonight with World titles up for
grabs at the 2008 AIBA World Youth Championships finals in
Guadalajara.
Both boxers are already
guaranteed silver medals following last nights
semi final wins at the Lopez Mateo's Gymnasium.
However, Ireland's Tommy McCarthy and
David Joe Joyce had to settle for bronze after suffering narrow last
four reversals in the early hours of this morning.
Moylett, from the St Anne's club in
Westport, meets Daniyar
Yeleussinov of Kazakhstan - a 2006 World Cadet champion at
straw-weight (46Kg) - in this evenings lightweight final.
And
Kavanagh, of the Crumlin club in Dublin, faces Cuban, Frank Izla in
the light welterweight decider.
Izla claimed silver at the 2008 battle of Stalingrad and reached the
final of the 2007 World Cadet Championships.
Meanwhile, following last nights wins, Ireland are now in joint 7th
spot in the points rankings with the USA.
Russia and Cuba are in first and second spot.
Sixty eight nations are competing in Guadalajara.
Cuba (5), Russia (4), Ireland (2) and hosts Mexico (2), have the
biggest representation in this evenings eleven finals.
Boxing begins at 9pm tonight
(Irish time).
(Irish) AIBA World Youth
Finals November 1st Guadalajara, Mexico
60Kg: Ray Moylett (Ireland)
v Daniyar Yeleussinov (Kazakhstan)
64Kg: (Light welterweight)
Jamie Kavanagh (Ireland) v Frank Izla
(Cuba)
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November 1st.
IRISH
AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"AIBA
World Youth Championships"
Ireland's incredible journey at the AIBA
World Youth Championships continued last night and in the early
hours of this morning after Ray Moylett and Jamie Kavanagh marched
into tonights finals following semi final wins in Guadalajara,
Mexico.
Both boxers are now guarenteed at least
silver medals.
But welterweight David Joe Joyce - who
had been forced to box virtually one handed because of an injury to
his right hand - had to settle for a bronze medal despite a heroic
display in his semi final with Mexican, Oscar Melina.
Light heavyweight Thomas McCarthy also
had to accept bronze after being edged out by Russian National Youth
champion, Marten Magomedov.
October 31st (Semi Finals) Results
81Kg: (Light heavyweight) Thomas
McCarthy (Ireland)) lost to Marten Magomedov (Russia) 6-8
69Kg: (Welterweight) David Joe Joyce
(Ireland) lost to Oscar Melina (Mexico) 2-4
64Kg: (Light welterweight) Jamie
Kavanagh (Ireland) beat Zdenek Chladek (Czech Republic) 8-6
60Kg: (Lightweight) Ray Moylett
(Ireland) beat Aliaksei Haletisch (Belarus) 5-2
November 1st (Finals)
64Kg: (Light welterweight)
Jamie Kavanagh (Ireland) v Daniyar
Yeleussino (Kazakhstan)
60Kg: Ray Moylett
(Lightweight) v Frank Izla (Cuba)
Lighteight, Moylett produced
a composed display, scoring with a body shot to lead 1-0
before registering on the scoreboard with a right hook in the second
against Aliaksei Haletisch.
The Mayo teenager controlled the
third, extending his advantage to 3-1 after the Belarussian received
a public warning for low blows.
Moylett finished the fourth and
final frame with a flawless display of defensive skills and also
managing to add two points to his total.
Kavanagh had Czech
Republic light welterweight Zdenek Chladek on the backfoot in
the opening round but couldn't launch his scoring shots.
He eventually registered half
way through, but conceded to finish the frame 1-1. Both boxers were
also tied at 4-4 going into the third - a round where the Dubliners
dominance was not reflected on the scoreboard.
Kavanagh finished the job in the
fourth however, connecting with hooks and body shots to claim
victory.
Chladek is a two time Czech
Republic senior champion, who has also competed in three Olympic
qualifiers
and the 2007 World Senior
Championships in Chicago.
The AIBA World Youth Finals will
begin at 9pm (Irish time) tonight.
Ireland's opponents for
Saturdays finals:
Daniyar
Yeleussinov (Kazakhstan): A 2006 World Cadet champion at
straw-weight (46Kg)
Frank Izla (Cuba) : Bonze medal
winner at 2008 Battle of Stalingrad, silver medal winner at 2007
World Cadet
Championships
Ireland's medal
winners at World Youth Championships (formerly called World
Junior Championships)
Eamon Loughran: 1987
Havana (Silver)
Denis Galvin: 1987
Havana (Bronze)
Eamon Magee 1989 San
Juan (Silver)
Neil Sinclair
1992 Montreal (Bronze)
Harry Cunningham:1998
Buenos Aires (Silver)
Darren Campbell: 1998
Buenos Aires (Bronze)
Coleman Barrett: 2000
Budapest (Bronze)
Andy Lee: 2002 Havana
(Silver)
Ray Moylett: Guadalajara
2008 .....
Thomas McCarthy:
Guadalajara 2008 (Bronze)
David Joe Joyce:
Guadalajara 2008 (Bronze)
Jamie Kavanagh:
Guadalajara 2008 .....
(The inaugural 2008
World Youth Championships has replaced the AIBA World Junior
Championships)
Bernard O'Neill
Public Relations Officer
Irish Amateur Boxing Association
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IRISH
AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"AIBA
World Youth Championships"
Ireland presently occupy 10th spot in
the rankings tables at the AIBA World Youth Championships in
Guadalajara, Mexico.
With the semi finals just over seven
hours away, Ireland are on eleven points, two adrift of the USA and
eight points behind second place Cuba, who trail table toppers
Russia by two points.
Russia, Cuba and the USA are using
eleven strong squads in Guadalajara.
Ireland are using an eight man squad in
Mexico and four of that panel will be competing in tonight's semi
finals.
Tommy McCarthy, David Joe Joyce, Jamie
Kavanagh and Ray Moylett, who are all guaranteed at least bronze,
will be
in action this evening.
Sixty eight nations are competing at the
AIBA World Youth Championships.
Boxing begins at 9pm tonight (Irish
time).
October 31st (Semi Finals)
81Kg: (Light heavyweight) Thomas McCarthy (Ireland)) v
Marten Magomedov (Russia)
69Kg: (Welterweight) David Joe Joyce (Ireland) v Oscar
Melina (Mexico)
64Kg: (Light welterweight) Jamie Kavanagh (Ireland) v
Zdenek Chladek (Czech Republic)
60Kg: (Lightweight) Ray Moylett (Ireland) v Aliaksei
Haletisch (Belarus)
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October 30th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"AIBA World Youth Championships"
Ireland is guaranteed at least FOUR
bronze medals from the AIBA World Youth Championships in
Guadalajara, Mexico.
Irish boxers bridged a six year gap since
Andy Lee won silver at the 2002 World Youth Championships in Cuba,
then called the AIBA World Junior Championships, in the space of a
few hours last night and in the early hours of this morning courtesy
of quarter final wins for Ray Moylett, Thomas McCarthy, David Joe
Joyce and Jamie Kavanagh.
Moylett recorded a stunning 10-2 win
over current Cuban National Youth lightweight champion Luis Garcia
just 24 hours after seeing of the challenge of Welsh 2007 European
Cadet champion Fred Evans.
Classy light heavyweight McCarthy, of the
Oliver Plunkett in Belfast, meanwhile, chalked up a 7-3 win over Pezhman
Seifkhami of Sweden.
And St Michael's Athy welterweight David
Joe Joyce recovered from falling 1-0 behind to beat Kim Yeong of
Korea 6-3
despite suffering a hand injury.
Crumlin light welterweight Jamie Kavanagh completed
the clean sweep after dropping and stopping Costa Rican puncher
Salazar Mendoza 1 minute and 21 seconds into the first round with a
solid left to the body.
Speaking from Mexico, Irish coaches Jim
Moore and Jimmy Payne and team manager Paddy Gallagher said that
they were thrilled with the wins.
The President of the Irish Amateur Boxing
Association, Dominic O'Rourke said that Ireland's up and coming
stars were doing their country proud.
He said: "Everyone involved with the
Irish squad in Mexico and the clubs and coaches up and down the
country who have helped develop the talents of our young boxers
deserve enormous credit for what has been yet another incredible and
historic night for Irish amateur boxing in international
competition."
The Irish squad will have a well earned
rest today ahead of Fridays semi finals at the Lopez Mateo's
Gymnasium.
Ireland's medal winners
at World Youth Championships (formerly called World Junior
Championships)
Eamon Loughran: 1987 Havana
(Silver)
Denis Galvin: 1987 Havana
(Bronze)
Eamon Magee 1989 San Juan
(Silver)
Neil Sinclair 1992 Montreal
(Bronze)
Harry Cunningham:1998 Buenos
Aires (Silver)
Darren Campbell: 1998 Buenos
Aires (Bronze)
Coleman Barrett: 2000
Budapest (Bronze)
Andy Lee: 2002 Havana
(Silver)
Ray Moylett: Guadalajara
2008
Thomas McCarthy: Guadalajara
2008
David Joe Joyce: Guadalajara
2008
Jamie Kavanagh: Guadalajara
2008
AIBA World Youth Championships Guadalajara Mexico
Results and Draw
October 25th Preliminaries
51Kg: (Flyweight): Ruairi Dalton (Ireland) lost to
Alberto Melian (Argentina) 8-10
57Kg: (Featherweight): Tyrone McKenna (Ireland))
lost to Kelvin Rivers (USA) 5-16
69Kg: (Welterweight): David Joe Joyce (Ireland) Bye
81Kg: (Light heavyweight) Thomas McCarthy (Ireland)
Bye
October 26th Preliminaries
60Kg: (Lightweight): Ray Moylett (Ireland) beat
Jefferson Silva (Brazil) 21-2
75Kg (Middleweight) Bernard Roe (Ireland) lost to
Volodymyr Savenko (Ukraine) 4-5
October 27th Preliminaries
54Kg: (Bantamweight): Tyrone McCullagh (Ireland)
beat Shokhruth Khudjabekov (Uzbekistan) 11-8
64Kg: Light welterweight): Jamie Kavanagh (Ireland)
beat Placeres Doramas (Spain) KO3
October 27th (Last sixteen)
81Kg: (Light heavyweight): Thomas McCarthy (Ireland)
beat Ovidijus Martinkenas (Lithuania) RSC3
October 28th (Last sixteen)
69Kg (Welterweight) David: Joe Joyce (Ireland) beat
Abuyazit Ugurchiyev (Kazakhstan) 10-4
64Kg: (Light welterweight): Jamie Kavanagh
(Ireland) beat Francesco Nespro (Italy) 8-0
60Kg: (Lightweight): Ray Moylett (Ireland) beat Fred
Evans (Wales) 11-8
54Kg: (Bantamweight): Tyrone McCullagh)
(Ireland) lost to Marcus Cabral (Argentina) W/O
(McCullagh withdrawn before bout because of a hand
injury)
October 29th (Quarter finals)
81Kg: (Light heavyweight) Thomas McCarthy
(Ireland) beat Pezhman Seifkhami (Sweden) 7-3
69Kg: (Welterweight) David Joe Joyce (Ireland) beat
Kim Yeong (Korea) 6-3
64Kg: (Light welterweight) Jamie Kavanagh
(Ireland) beat Salazar Mendoza (Costa Rica) RSC1
60Kg: (Lightweight) Ray Moylett beat Juan Garcia
(Cuba) 10-2
October 31st (Semi Finals)
81Kg: (Light heavyweight) Thomas McCarthy (Ireland))
v Marten Magomedov (Russia)
69Kg: (Welterweight) David Joe Joyce (Ireland) v
Oscar Melina (Mexico)
64Kg: (Light welterweight) Jamie Kavanagh (Ireland)
v Zdenek Chladek (Czech Republic)
60Kg: (Lightweight) Ray Moylett (Ireland) v Aliaksei
Haletisch (Belarus)
Irish Squad and
Management
51Kg: Ruari Dalton (St
John's Belfast)
54Kg: Tyrone McCullagh (Illies
GG Donegal)
57Kg: Tyrone McKenna (Oliver
Plunkett Belfast)
60Kg: Ray Moylett (St Anne's
Westport)
64Kg: Jamie Kavanagh (Crumlin
BC)
69Kg: David Joyce (St
Michael's Athy)
75Kg: Bernard Roe (Dublin
Docklands)
81Kg: Thomas McCarthy
(Oliver Plunkett Belfast)
Team Manager: Paddy
Gallagher
Coaches: Jim Moore, James
Payne,
Strength & Conditioning:
John Cleary
Physio: Mary Louis Ryan.
R&J: Joe Hernon
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October 29th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"AIBA World Youth Championships"
Ireland are guaranteed at least two
bronze medals from the AIBA World Youth Championships following
quarter final wins for lightweight Ray Moylett and light heavyweight
Thomas McCarthy in Guadalajara, Mexico tonight.
Moylett, from the St Anne's club in
Westport - who has already recorded a victory over 2007 European
Cadet champion Fred Evans from Wales at these Championships -
chalked up an emphatic 10-2 win over reigning Cuban National Youth
champion Luis Garcia.
And McCarthy, from the Oliver Plunkett
club in Belfast, followed that up with a 7-3 win over Pezhman
Seifkhami of Sweden.
Crumlin light welterweight Jamie
Kavanagh and St Michael's Athy welterweight will be in the ring in
the early hours of tomorrow (Thursday) morning for quarter final
bouts.
Andy Lee, then boxing out of the
Sr Francis club in Limerick, is the last Irish boxer to have
finished in a podium position at the World Youth Championships, then
called the World Junior Championships, when he won silver in Cuba in
2002.
Tomorrow is a rest day at the Youth
Championships. Semi final bouts will be held Friday.
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October 29th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"AIBA World Youth Championships"
Three Irish boxers joined Thomas
McCarthy in the quarter finals of the AIBA World Youth Championships
following last 16 wins in Guadalajara, Mexico last night and in the
early hours of this morning.
All four will be in quarter finals
action tonight and early Thursday morning and four wins will
guarantee Ireland at least four bronze medals.
On fire Mayo lightweight Ray Moylett
produced one of the performances of his career so far to see off
Fred Evans of Wales - the 2007 European Cadet champion - on an 11-9
verdict.
And Crumlin light welterweight ace Jamie
Kavanagh followed that up with an impressive 8-0 victory over
Francesco Nespro of Italy.
David Joe Joyce, of the St Michael's
Athy club, was also in top form, showing excellent offensive and
defensive skills in beating Abuyazit Ugurchiyev of
Kazakhstan by a
six point margin.
Tyrone McCullagh had to pull out of his
last sixteen clash with Marcos Cabral of Argentina because of a hand
injury.
The Donegal bantamweight injured the
thumb in his right hand in his win over Shokhruth
Khudjabekov of Uzbekistan
on Tuesday.
Local time applies to time of
all bouts. Mexico is six hours behind Ireland.
AIBA World Youth Championships Guadalajara Mexico
Results and Draw
October 25th Preliminaries
51Kg: (Flyweight): Ruairi Dalton (Ireland) lost to
Alberto Melian (Argentina) 8-10
57Kg: (Featherweight): Tyrone McKenna (Ireland))
lost to Kelvin Rivers (USA) 5-16
69Kg: (Welterweight): David Joe Joyce (Ireland) Bye
81Kg: (Light heavyweight) Thomas McCarthy (Ireland)
Bye
October 26th Preliminaries
60Kg: (Lightweight): Ray Moylett (Ireland) beat
Jefferson Silva (Brazil) 21-2
75Kg (Middleweight) Bernard Roe (Ireland) lost to
Volodymyr Savenko (Ukraine) 4-5
October 27th Preliminaries
54Kg: (Bantamweight): Tyrone McCullagh (Ireland)
beat Shokhruth Khudjabekov (Uzbekistan) 11-8
64Kg: Light welterweight): Jamie Kavanagh (Ireland)
beat Placeres Doramas (Spain) KO3
October 27th (Last sixteen)
81Kg: (Light heavyweight): Thomas McCarthy (Ireland)
beat Ovidijus Martinkenas (Lithuania) RSC3
October 28th (Last sixteen)
69Kg (Welterweight) David: Joe Joyce (Ireland) beat
Abuyazit Ugurchiyev (Kazakhstan) 10-4
64Kg: (Light welterweight): Jamie Kavanagh
(Ireland) beat Francesco Nespro (Italy) 8-0
60Kg: (Lightweight): Ray Moylett (Ireland) beat Fred
Evans (Wales) 11-8
54Kg: (Bantamweight): Tyrone McCullagh)
(Ireland) lost to Marcus Cabral (Argentina) W/O
(McCullagh withdrawn because of a hand injury)
October 29th (Quarter finals)
81Kg: (Light heavyweight) Thomas McCarthy (Ireland)
v Pezhman Seifkhami (Sweden)
64Kg: (Light welterweight) Jamie Kavanagh (Ireland)
v Salazar Mendoza (Costa Rica)
69Kg: (Welterweight) David Joe Joyce (Ireland) v Kim
Yeong (Korea)
60Kg: (Lightweight) Ray Moylett v Juan Garcia (Cuba)
Irish Squad and
Management
51Kg: Ruari Dalton (St
John's Belfast)
54Kg: Tyrone McCullagh (Illies
GG Donegal)
57Kg: Tyrone McKenna (Oliver
Plunkett Belfast)
60Kg: Ray Moylett (St Anne's
Westport)
64Kg: Jamie Kavanagh (Crumlin
BC)
69Kg: David Joyce (St
Michael's Athy)
75Kg: Bernard Roe (Dublin
Docklands)
81Kg: Thomas McCarthy
(Oliver Plunkett Belfast)
Team Manager: Paddy
Gallagher
Coaches: Jim Moore, James
Payne,
Strength & Conditioning:
John Cleary
Physio: Mary Louis Ryan.
R&J: Joe Hernon
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October 28th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"AIBA World Youth Championships"
Irish light heavyweight Thomas
McCarthy is just one bout away from claiming at least a bronze
medal at the AIBA
World Youth Championships following
an inside the distance win over Ovidijus Martinkenas at the
Lopez Mateo's Gymnasium in Guadalajara, Mexico in the early
hours of this morning.
McCarthy, from the Oliver Plunkett
club in Belfast, stopped the Lithuanian in round three and will
now meet Pezhman Seifkhami of Sweden in the quarter finals
tomorrow.
The stylish 18 year old dropped
Martinkenas with some solid body and head shots in the third and
the fight was stopped after 1 minute and 17 seconds with
McCarthy 11-1 up.
Meanwhile, Dublin light welterweight
Jamie Kavanagh also opted to take the early route to
victory, posting a sensational third round KO of Spain's
Placeres Doramas.
The Crumlin teenager was 4-1 up when
he dispatched Doramas 43 seconds into the third frame to set up
a last sixteen clash with Italy's Francesco Nespro.
Donegal bantamweight bantamweight
Tyrone McCullagh is through to the last sixteen where he will
meet Dmitrus
Gutmans of Latvia following an 11-8
victory over Ukrainian, Shokhruth Khudjabekov last night.
Ray Moylett and David Joe Joyce, who
received a bye, will also be in involved in last sixteen
action this evening and in the early hours of tomorrow morning.
Local time applies to time of
bouts. Mexico is six hours behind Ireland.
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October 26th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"AIBA
World Youth Championships"
Ruairi Dalton and Tyrone McKenna bowed
out of the AIBA World Youth Championships following preliminary
round
reversals in Guadalajara, Mexico last
night and in the early hours of this morning.
Dalton was beaten 10-8 by Argentinean
Alberto Melian and McKenna suffered a 16-5 defeat to Kelvin Rivers
of the USA.
As reported by Irish team manager Paddy
Gallagher, Dalton gave it his all in the final round and McKenna
faced an uphill battle after going 3-1 down at the end of the first
frame..
Ray Moylett and Bernard Roe will both be
in action tonight (local time). Tyrone McCullagh, Jamie Kavanagh and
Thomas McCarthy will be in the ring Monday.
David Joe Joyce fights Tuesday.
Local time applies to time of bouts.
Mexico is six hours behind Ireland.
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1st AIBA Youth World Championships set to go
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The AIBA Youth World
Championships Guadalajara 2008 will get underway on Saturday
with 359 boxers (aged 17 and 18) from 68 countries registered to
compete in the inaugural AIBA Youth World Championships, running
from October 25-November 1 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The AIBA Youth World Championships replaces the Junior World
Championships which was organized for the first time in 1979 and
was last held (the 14th edition) in Agadir, Morocco in 2006.
Cuba won the
unofficial team ranking in the last Junior (Youth) World
Championships with five gold medals, followed by Russia with two
golds and host nation Morocco, Ukraine, Romania, and Hungary
with one gold each. Ukraine's gold medal was achieved by Vasyl
Lomachenko who won the featherweight category in the 2008
Beijing Olympics and was awarded the Val Barker trophy as the
Best Boxer of the tournament.
While this inaugural edition of the Youth World Championships
won't act as a qualifiyng event for the Youth Olympic games in
2010, don't be surprised to see some of the competing boxers in
three to four years time attempting to qualify for London
2012Cuba, Russia, United States, the Ukraine, and Turkey will be
competing in all 11 weight categories, while host country Mexico
and Kazakhstan have entered 10 boxers each. Mexico won't take
part in the lightest weight category, light-fly, because of Saul
Juarez's injury.
Plenty of the world's
best boxing countries will be competing with Armenia (7),
Azerbaijan (9), Belarus (9), Dominican Republic (6), France (6),
Germany (8), Ireland (8), Italy (3), Korean Republic (9), Puerto
Rico (8), Romania (8), Hungary (9), Mongolia (4), Uzbekistan
(6), and Venezuela (7) all in the mix.
Three boxers to watch out for are those who competed in the
Beijing Olympics - Furkan Memis Ulas (54kg) from Turkey, Oscar
Valdez Fierro (57kg) from Mexico, and Luis Porozo (57kg) from
Ecuador.
Three big nations will be missing however with Bulgaria, one of
the top five boxing countries in the world in the early 90s, not
participating due to financial problems while Greece won't be
participating as Mr. George Mantaios from the Greek National
Association explained: "We decided not to send any participants
to Guadalajara as we recently employed a new coach, so we want
him to evaluate the team first." And rising boxing nation
Tajikistan won't be taking part as its National Championships
will be at the same time.
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Cuba and Russia ones to watch
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Irish coach Jim Moore
predicts Cuba and Russia to be the ones to watch at the 1st AIBA
Youth World Championships Guadalajara 2008 which start in Mexico
on Saturday.
And the Ireland coach wants to see his talented young squad
bridge a six year gap since Irish 2004 Olympian Andy Lee became
the last Irish boxer to win a medal at this level when he took
home silver from the World Youth Championships, then called the
World Junior Championships, in Cuba in 2002.
"The Cubans and the Russians are always very strong at this
level and I have no doubt that they will be out in force again
in Guadalajara," says Moore who took his squad to Guadalajara on
October 12 to train and spar with Russia, Uzbekistan and
France. "The World Youth Championships will always give a good
indication of the talent coming through in the sport and I have
no doubt that some of the boxers in Mexico will be representing
their countries again at the 2012 Olympic Games
in London.
"We will be looking to bridge the gap since 2002 in Mexico and I
believe we have the talent to do that. Young Tyrone McKenna,
Tommy McCarthy, Jamie Kavanagh and David Joyce and the rest of
our squad have been improving all the time and they are all
looking forward to travelling to Mexico and representing their
country.
"We are under no illusions as to just how tough it will be to
finish amongst the medals. But our squad have done a lot of work
together over the last few months and there is a great team
spirit and we are quietly confident that we can do well."
The AIBA World Youth Championships Guadalajara 2008 take place
from October 25t-November 1 at the Lopez Mateo's Gymnasium in
Guadalajara, Mexico.
Irish Squad:
51Kg: Ruari Dalton (St John's Belfast)
54Kg: Tyrone McCullagh (Illies Golden Gloves )
57Kg: Tyrone McKenna (Oliver Plunkett Belfast)
60Kg: Ray Moylett (St Anne's Westport)
64Kg: Jamie Kavanagh (Crumlin BC)
69Kg: David Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
75Kg: Bernard Roe (Dublin Docklands)
81Kg: Thomas McCarthy (Oliver Plunkett Belfast)
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Cuba eyes first place at 1st AIBA Youth WCHs
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23.10.2008
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The king of cadets
Rey Eduardo Recio heads the Cuban selection that arrived in
Guadalajara, Mexico on Thursday with his eye on first place at
the 1st AIBA Youth World Championships Guadalajara 2008.
Recio, winner of
the 75kg class at the Pan American under-17 Championships in
Buenos Aires, Argentina last month, is joined by fellow
champions Lázaro Álvarez (54) and Frank Isla (64) who all have
hopes of leading Cuba to the top of the team rankings at the
eight-day tournament which starts on Saturday.
"The objective is to
finish in first place on the medal tally", explained Horta, who
was in charge when Cuba claimed five gold at the 2006 Junior
World Championships in Morocco. "That was a very important
tournament for us because we only had six athletes in
attendance. These boys are very motivated and have the quality
to obtain a similar result."
Horta went on to say
that Russia, India, Uzbekistan and the Ukraine are likely to be
Cuba's toughest competitors, although other European exponents
and Asia will also be in the mix.
The Cuban lineup also
includes Pan American under-17 Championships bronze medalists
Playa Girón Yorley Vallejo (57), José Larduet (81) and Erislandy
Savón (91), and a couple of youthful local champions Yunier
Robles (51) and Omar Ibáñez (+91). Completing the squad is Edwin
Jesús Marks (48), Joel Martínez (69), and Juan Alberto García
(60).
Follow every minute of the AIBA Youth World Championships
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17.10.2008
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Cuba will complete
its build up for the 1st AIBA World Youth Championships in
Guadalajara, Mexico later this month with an exchange with four
other countries - Spain, Colombia, El Salvador and the
Philippines in Havana.
Team leader Humberto
Horta says the exchange will give Cuba the perfect preparation
for what will be an excellent tournament, which runs from
October 25-November 1, for boxers aged 17 and 18.
"Recently we had a
very fruitful stay in Russia with 44 of their top boxers,
including those that will participate in the world
championships, and that allowed us to confirm our options in the
various weight categories," Horta said. "We took advantage of
the excellent conditions of the training centre to concentrate
on sparring and conditioning."
With boxers in each
of the 11 divisions, Cuba is looking to repeat its excellent
performance in the last Under-19 World Championships, which were
held in Agadir, Morocco in 2006 where it won five gold medals.
Cuba's hottest prospects include middleweight Rey Eduardo Recio,
light welterweight Frank Isla and bantamweight Lázaro Álvarez.
Russia, with two
gold, and Morocco, Ukraine, Hungary and Romania, who won one
gold each, were the other countries represented on the gold
medal Dias in 2006.
The 1st AIBA World
Youth Championships replaces the AIBA Junior World Championships
which was held 14 times from 1979 to 2006. Cuba has topped
the AIBA Junior World Championships team rankings nine times in
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October 13th.
IRISH
AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
World Youth Championships
The Irish youth squad arrived in Mexico
yesterday ahead of the AIBA World Youth Championships which begin in
Guadalajara later this month.
Beginning today, the Irish squad will
train and spar with France, Russia and Uzbekistan in Guadalajara.
The 2008 AIBA World Youth
Championships will take place between October 25th and November
1st at the Lopez Mateo's Gymnasium.
Irish 2004 Olympian Andy Lee took
home silver from the World Youth Championships, formerly
called the World
Junior Championships, in Cuba in
2002 - Ireland's last medal at this level.
Sixty eight nations will compete at
the 2008 AIBA World Youth Championships.
Irish Squad and Management AIBA
World Youth Championships Guadalajara Mexico October
25th/November 1st
51Kg: Ruari Dalton (St John's
Belfast)
54Kg: Tyrone McCullagh (Illies GG)
57Kg: Tyrone McKenna (Oliver Plunkett
Belfast)
60Kg: Ray Moylett (St Anne's
Westport)
64Kg: Jamie Kavanagh (Crumlin BC)
69Kg: David Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
75Kg: Bernard Roe (Dublin Docklands)
81Kg: Thomas McCarthy (Oliver
Plunkett Belfast)
Team Manager: Paddy Gallagher
Coaches: Jim Moore, James Payne,
Strength & Conditioning: John Cleary
Physio: Mary Louis Ryan.
R&J: Joe Hernon
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Boxer Dalton
out to shake world
By David Kelly
Friday, 10 October 2008
Rauri Dalton is hoping for success in Mexico
There is
a confidence flowing through the Irish amateur
boxing fraternity that is quite unprecedented.
The torch
lit in Beijing by medallists Ken Egan, Darren
Sutherland and Paddy Barnes is being carried on over
the next fortnight by those heading to the
Commonwealth Youth Games and even more significantly
those who travel off to the World junior
championships in Mexico on Sunday.
The
self-belief in every one of the boxers is no
accident and there are four Ulstermen, Tommy
McCarthy, Tyrone McKenna, Tyrone McCullagh and Ruari
Dalton who have caught the fire and hoping for
success in South America.
Dalton
(pictured) has enjoyed a dramatic rise over the past
12 months from the fringe to Irish and Ulster senior
finalist and there were many who felt he was robbed
of the provincial title when losing out to four-time
champion Jamie Conlan. Dalton, of St John's ABC, has
also filled out and in his words "grown a couple of
inches" over the summer which augers well for his
bid at the World juniors.
"I have
grown a bit but you know I'm still making the weight
easily," says Dalton, who like all the top Irish
boxers is enjoying the benefits of the High
Performance unit in Dublin.
"I'm just
eating the right stuff now. Don't forget last year I
was a bantamweight and my coach Frankie (McCourt)
told me I could be flyweight if I wanted. So out
went the burgers and the chicken nuggets.
"Frankie
said if I could get down to flyweight he would enter
me into the Irish seniors and it went very well — it
was strange being in my first Irish final before my
first Ulster final. The Ulster final was hard to
take, it hurt a lot. I thought I outscored him by
about six points but he got the decision. I'll be
back this year looking for revenge. You have to just
move on because that's boxing.
"The High
Performance training has been great, particularly
with sparring. I've been sparring with Conor Ahern —
he's very aggressive, very intense and it's been
great. I feel that I've handled him quite well.
"Now I
feel much stronger at the weight and going to Mexico
all the lads are looking for medals. That's the
confidence we have in the Irish camp now.
"We know
that out training is giving us the chance to beat
anyone in the world so that means that if I draw a
Russian in Mexico I don't care because I know that
on my day I can beat anyone. The Olympics was
fantastic for Irish boxing and I think everyone was
inspired by the guys out in Beijing and we want to
keep the run going. The sport is flying at the
moment, we don't fear anyone and we can't wait to
take on the best in the world."
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October 1st.
IRISH
AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"AIBA World Youth Championships"
Irish 2008 Olympian Darren Sutherland is
doing his bit to help Ireland's up and coming stars prepare for the
AIBA World Youth Championships which begin in Mexico late this
month.
Sutherland, who won a bronze medal at
the Beijing Olympics, will spar with Oliver Plunkett ace Tommy
McCarthy at the National Stadium in Dublin today. (October 1st).
Ireland had test matches against
England and Romania at the National Stadium last weekend and
will spar with Great Britain, England and Romania at the home of
Irish boxing this afternoon.
Gary Molloy, Martin McDonagh and
Sean Turner have also been taking part in this weeks training
camp.
Irish coach Jim Moore said: "Darren
will have a work out with Tommy today to help him prepare for
Mexico. We got some good tough test matches under our belts
against England and Romania last weekend and everything is going
very well."
The Irish squad travel to
Guadalajara for a training camp on October 12th and will train
and spar with Russia, Uzbekistan and France - Germany may also
join the training camp.
The 2008 AIBA World Youth
Championships will take place between October 25th and November
1st at the Lopez Mateo's Gymnasium in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Sixty eight nations have entered the
tournament.
Irish 2004 Olympian Andy Lee took
home silver from the World Youth Championships, formerly
called the World Junior Championships, in Cuba in 2002
- Ireland's last medal at this level.
(Irish Squad) AIBA World Youth
Championships Guadalajara Mexico October 25th/November 1st
51Kg: Ruari Dalton (St John's
Belfast)
54Kg: Tyrone McCullagh (Illies GG)
57Kg: Tyrone McKenna (Oliver
Plunkett Belfast)
60Kg: Ray Moylett (St Anne's
Westport)
64Kg: Jamie Kavanagh (Crumlin BC)
69Kg: David Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
75Kg: Bernard Roe (Dublin Docklands)
81Kg: Thomas McCarthy (Oliver
Plunkett Belfast)
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September 19th.
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Ireland/England/Romania Training Camp"
Ireland will have test matches
against England and Romania at the National Stadium in Dublin
next week ahead of the AIBA 2008 World Youth Championships
in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The three nations will meet in test
matches on Friday September 26th
(7.30pm) and Wednesday October 1st (6pm).
The English and Romanian teams are due to arrive
in Ireland on September 24th. It will be confirmed shortly
whether, Great Britain, who are preparing for the Commonwealth
Games, will join the National Stadium training camp.
The Irish squad travel to
Guadalajara for a training camp on October 12th and will train
and spar with Russia, Uzbekistan and France - Germany may also
join the training camp according to Irish head coach Jim Moore.
The AIBA 2008 World Championships
will take place between October 25th and November 1st at the
Lopez Mateo's Gymnasium.
Irish 2004 Olympian Andy Lee took
home silver from the World Youth Championships, formerly
called the World
Junior Championships, in Cuba in
2002 - Ireland's last medal at this level.
(Irish Squad for Training Camp
and AIBA World Youth Championships
51Kg: Ruari Dalton (St John's
Belfast)
54Kg: Tyrone McCullagh (Illies GG)
57Kg: Tyrone McKenna (Oliver
Plunkett Belfast)
60Kg: Ray Moylett (St Anne's
Westport)
64Kg: Jamie Kavanagh (Crumlin BC)
69Kg: David Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
75Kg: Bernard Roe (Dublin Docklands)
81Kg: Thomas McCarthy (Oliver
Plunkett Belfast)
Team Manager: Paddy Gallagher
Coaches: Jim Moore, James Payne,
John Cleary
Physio: Mary Louis Ryan.
R&J; TBA
(England and Romania squads
for National Stadium Training Camp)
England:
48Kg: Thomas Stubbs
51Kg: James Dickens
54Kg: John Quigley
60Kg: Daniel Phillips
57Kg: Ian Weaver
75Kg: Kirk Garvey
Romania:
54Kg: Razvan Andreianna
57Kg: Daniel Podasca
60Kg: Gabriel Podasca
64Kg: Catalin Paraschiveanu
81Kg: Ionut Bodilcu
91Kg: Aurel Manole
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The Irish
Amateur Boxing Association has named an eight-man squad
for the 2008 World Youth Championships in Mexico.
The
Championships will take place between from 25 October to
1 November at the Lopez Mateos Gymnasium in Guadalajara.
The squad
travel Mexico for a training camp on 12 October and will
train and spar with Russia, Uzbekistan and France.
Irish
squad:
51Kg: R Dalton (St John's Belfast)
54Kg: T McCullagh (Illies GG)
57Kg: T McKenna (Oliver Plunkett Belfast)
60Kg: R Moylett (St Anne's Westport)
64Kg: J Kavanagh (Crumlin BC)
69Kg: D Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
75Kg: B Roe (Dublin Docklands)
81Kg: T McCarthy (Oliver Plunkett Belfast)
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August 27th
IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"AIBA World Youth Championships"
The Irish Amateur Boxing
Association have named an eight strong squad for the 2008 World
Youth Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The Championships will take place
between October 25th and November 1st at the Lopez Mateos
Gymnasium.
The squad travel to Guadalajara for
a training camp on October 12th and will train and spar with
Russia, Uzbekistan
and France - Germany may also join
the training camp according to Irish head coach Jim Moore.
Irish 2004 Olympian Andy Lee took
home silver from the World Youth Championships, formerly
called the World
Junior Championships, in Cuba in
2002 - Ireland's last medal at this level.
But Moore believes that they have
the talent in the 2008 team to bridge the six year gap and
finish in podium positions.
He said: "The target is two medals
and I believe we have the talent and experience in the squad to
achieve that.
We have named a strong squad for
this tournament and we are quietly confident that we can do
well."
The Great Britain and English squads
will help Ireland prepare for the Championships when they arrive
in Dublin for a weeks training at the National Stadium on
September 29th.
Great Britain will compete at the
AIBA World Youths Championships, while England are preparing for
the Commonwealth Games.
(Irish Squad) AIBA World Youth
Championships Guadalajara Mexico October 25th/November 1st
51Kg: Ruari Dalton (St John's
Belfast)
54Kg: Tyrone McCullagh (Illies GG)
57Kg: Tyrone McKenna (Oliver
Plunkett Belfast)
60Kg: Ray Moylett (St Anne's
Westport)
64Kg: Jamie Kavanagh (Crumlin BC)
69Kg: David Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
75Kg: Bernard Roe (Dublin Docklands)
81Kg: Thomas McCarthy (Oliver
Plunkett Belfast)
Team Manager: Paddy Gallagher
Coaches: Jim Moore, James Payne,
John Cleary
Physio: Mary Louis Ryan.
R&J; TBA
Squad Training: Boxers will report to
the National Gym on Wednesday September 3rd and remain until
Saturday September 6th. The full training programme will be
handed out on September 3rd.
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