Ireland and England shared top spot at
the conclusion of the weekends Youth international round
robin at the National Stadium in Dublin this afternoon.
Both nations finished level on 40 points
to share the Tommy Murphy shield. Germany (24 points),
and Italy (6 points), finished in third and fourth spot.
Ireland and England received walkovers
versus the Italians to arrive at their total.
England beat Germany 6-4 this morning, a
result that meant that the hosts had to win all their
bouts against Italy this afternoon to tie the series.
And the Irish team did just that, winning
five contests, courtesy of triumphs for Gary Molloy,
Mark O'Hara, Jamie Kennedy, Jason Quigley and Ciaran
O'Griofa.
Kennedy was involved in a thrilling
contest with Dennis Piva, the Toome ace pulling away in
the final few seconds to register a deserved 12-9 win.
Quigley meantime, had to come from behind
to see off the challenge of Mirko Geografo by a one
point margin.
Meantime, today's England versus Germany
meeting also featured an "Ali versus Fraser" clash.
England's Clarke Fraser and Germany's Ali
Krydan went head-to-head at super heavyweight
thirty four years after Muhammad Ali and Joe
Frazier completed their epic trilogy in the "Thrilla in
Manila."
Ali won today's "re-match", earning a
13-7 victory after four hard hitting rounds. Both boxers
also earned an extended round of applause after a top
class contest.
Earlier this morning, Ireland's Chris
Phelan beat England's Robert Curry 17-2. Phelan was
ahead 4-0 at the end of round one, 10-1 up at the end of
round two and added another seven points to his tally in
the final two frames to cap an impressive winning
margin.
Ireland v Italy July 5th
(1pm)
51Kg: Gary Molloy
(Ireland) beat Benito Ruggiero (Italy) 6-2
60Kg: Mark O'Hara (Ireland)
beat Gaetano Putrone (Italy) 6-2
64Kg: Jamie Kennedy
(Ireland) beat Dennis Piva (Italy) 12-9
69Kg: Jason Quigley
(Ireland) beat Mirko Geografo (Italy) 4-3
91Kg: Ciara O'Griofa
(Ireland) beat Simone Federici (Italy) 6-3
Ireland win 5-0
England v Germany July
5th (10am)
Additional bout
48Kg: Chris Phelan
(Ireland) beat Robert Curry (England) 17-2
51Kg:Erik Solokov (Germany)
beat Paul Cawley (England) 10-2
54Kg:Bedir Kirkay (Germany)
lost to Haroon Khan (England) 5-11
57Kg:Guler Harun (Germany)
lost to Asif Shafiq (England) 1-8
60Kg:Niklas Krieger
(Germany) lost to Jeff Saunders (England) 1-5
64Kg:Alexander Maurer
(Germany) lost to Mark Heffron (England) 1-3
69Kg:Marco Grund (Germany)
lost to Anthony Fowler (England) 1-9
75Kg:Eduard Dause (Germany)
beat Callum Cotton (England) 7-5
81Kg:Wladislaw Tepliakow
(Germany) lost to Declan Fusco (England) RSC1
91Kg: Avdinaj Donat
(Germany) beat Daniel Benson (England) 4-1
91Kg+: Ali Krydin (Germany)
beat Fraser Clarke (England) 13-7
England win 6-4 v Germany)
6-5 overall.
Ireland v Germany July 4th
51Kg: Gary Molloy (Ireland) beat
Eric Solokov (Germany) 8-2
54Kg: Sean McComb (Ireland) beat
Koray Bedir (Germany) 7-1
57Kg: James Fryers (Ireland) beat
Harun Guler (Germany) 7-2
60Kg: Mark O'Hara (Ireland) lost
to Niklas Krieger (Germany) 4-6
64Kg: Jamie Kennedy (Ireland)
lost to Alexander Maurer (Germany) 1-2
69Kg: Jason Quigley (Ireland)
beat Marco Grund (Germany) 6-0
75Kg: Conrad Cummins (Ireland)
Aduard Dause (Germany) 17-4
81Kg: Patrick Ward (Ireland) beat
Waldislaw Tepliakow (Germany) 7-6
91Kg: Ciaran O'Griofa (Ireland)
beat Donat Avidinaj (Germany) 2-2 c/b 4-4, 3-2
91+Kg: Sean Turner (Ireland) beat
Ali Krydin (Germany) 14-4
Ireland win 8-2
England v Italy July 4th
51Kg: Benito Ruggerio (Italy)
lost to Paul Crawley (England) 5-15
54Kg: Alessandro Micheli (Italy)
lost to Haroon Khan (England) 2-7
60Kg: Gaetano Putrone (Italy)
beat Jeff Saunders (England) 5-1
64Kg: Dennis Piva (Italy) lost to
Mark Haffron (England) 1-11
69Kg: Mirko Faraoni (Italy) lost
to Anthony Fowler (England) 3-6
England win 4-1
Ireland v England July 3rd
48Kg: Ryan Burnett
(Ireland) beat Robert Curry (England) 15-0
51Kg: Gary Molloy
(Ireland) beat Paul Crawley (England) 5-1
54Kg: Sean McComb
(Ireland) beat Haroon Khan (England) 2-2 c/b 6-3
57Kg: James Fryers
(Ireland) lost to Shafiq Asif (England) 1-11
60Kg: Mark O'Hara (Ireland)
lost to Jeff Saunders (England) 7-8
64Kg: Jamie Kennedy
(Ireland) lost to Mark Heffron (England 6-11
69Kg: Jason Quigley
(Ireland) beat Anthony Fowler (England) 6-4
75Kg: Conrad Cummins
(Ireland) lost to Callum Cotton (England) 6-7
81Kg: Patrick Ward
(Ireland) lost to Declan Fusco (England) 3-7
91Kg: Ciaran O'Griofa
(Ireland) lost to Daniel Benson (England) 1-14
91+Kg: Sean Turner
(Ireland) lost to Fraser Clarke (England) 2-13
England win 7-4
Germany v Italy July 3rd
51Kg: Eric Solokov (Germany)
beat Benito Ruggiero (Italy) 7-4
54Kg: Koray Bedir (Germany)
beat Alexsandro Micheli (Italy) 9-7
57Kg: Hurun Guler (Germany)
beat Bruno Licheri (Italy) 8-8 c/b 18-16
60Kg: Niklas Krieger
(Germany) lost to Gactano Putrone (Italy) 3-3 c/b 7-8
64Kg: Alexander Maurer
(Germany) beat Dennis Piva (Italy) 5-3
69Kg: Marco Grund (Germany)
beat Marco Giografo (Italy) 6-2
75Kg: Eduard Dause (Germany)
lost to Mattia Faraoni (Italy) 9-10
91Kg: Donat Avidinaj
(Germany) beat Simone Federiei (Italy) 1-0
Germany win 6-2
Irish Squad
48Kg: Ryan
Burnett (Holy Family)
48Kg: Chris Phelan
(Ryston)
51Kg: Gary Molloy
(Moate)
54Kg: Sean McComb
(Holy Trinity)
57Kg: James Fryers
(Immaculata)
60Kg: Mark O'Hara
(Holy Trinity)
64Kg: Jamie
Kennedy (Toome)
69Kg:Jason Quigley
(Finn Valley)
75Kg: Conrad
Cummins (Clonoe)
81Kg: Patrick Ward
(St Anthony's)
91Kg: Ciaran
O'Griofa (Conamara)
91+Kg: Sean Turner
(Drimnagh)
Team Manager:
Paddy Dingle
Coaches: Patsy
McAllister & Tony Davitt.