Boxing News — January 11, 2018

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Strong team named for

the Commonwealth Games

later this year in Australia

POTENTIAL STAR:

Irvine will be in action

at Gold Coast 2018

NORTHERN IRELAND have
announced a strong team of 13
who will be competing in the
Commonwealth Games in Gold
Coast, Australia later this year.
The side has two Olympians
competing, flyweight Brendan
Irvine, also a European bronze
medallist in 2017, and Stephen
Donnelly, who has moved up to
middleweight.
Michaela Walsh performed well
at the last Commonwealth Games,
losing to Olympic star Nicola Adams
in the final at Glasgow 2014. With
the new weight categories she can
compete at 57kgs in 2018.
Sean McComb will be another
serious contender for gold at Gold
Coast 2018. The light-welterweight
wants revenge against England’s
Luke McCormack, who beat at the
Europeans last year. Apart from that
blip McComb had had a good 2017,

beating Vitali Dunaytsev, a Russian

World champion, twice.

Kurt Walker is stepping out of

Michael Conlan’s shadow to occupy

the bantamweight berth. Seasoned

lightweight Alanna Nihell, who is

also the Army team captain, will

also compete in Australia.

James McGivern, the male

lightweight, and welterweight Aidan

Walsh are Commonwealth Youth

champions hoping to perform now

at the elite level.

Boxing at the Commonwealth

Games will take place from April 5

to April 14.

The full team is as follows:

48kgs: Kristina O’Hara (St John Bosco)

51kgs: Carly McNaul (Holy Family)

52kgs: Brendan Irvine (St Paul’s)

56kgs: Kurt Walker (Canal)

57kgs: Michaela Walsh (Monkstown)

60kgs: James McGivern (St George’s)

60kgs: Alanna Nihell (Eastside/British Army)

64kgs: Sean McComb (Holy Trinity)

69kgs: Aidan Walsh (Monkstown)

75kgs: Steven Donnelly (All Saints)

81kgs: Conor Wallace (Holy Family Drogheda)

91kgs: Dee Sullivan (Emerald)

Photo: ACTION IMAGES

N. IRELAND ANNOUNCE SQUAD

ISLINGTON BOXING CLUB hosted
their second home show of the
season last month at the Boston
Dome, Tufnell Park. In total, there
were 13 contests on the open show,
with a boxer from the home club on
one side of the bill in each bout.
Chris Cunningham (Islington,
76kgs) won on a unanimous
decision against London rep,
Eliab Sisseye(Earlsfield ABC).
The opening round was tight with
Sisseye [inset, on left] taking it with
his longer reach and eye-catching
jabs. Cunningham however battled
through with strength and a high
work rate to take the victory.
The other senior contest on the
night was Laura Weis (Islington,

52kgs) against Kate Goss (Westside

ABC). Weis started off brightly in

the first round but started to fade

in the second and Goss strongly

came back into the contest.

The Westside boxer

narrowly won the

last round to take

a unanimous

decision. Goss

also received

the ‘Best Away

Boxer of the

Night’ award.

Ernie

Swinhoe won

his first contest in

three years against

Henry Monksfield

(Five Star ABC) on a unanimous

decision. Swinhoe gave Monksfield

a standing eigh count in the last

round.

Light-heavyweight Eli Musah

(Islington) won the opening round

against Omoregbe Egharevba

(Miguel’s ABC). But disaster struck

when Musah ran out of gas

and was stopped in the

second.

Kyron Hughes

(Islington, 45kgs)

recorded his

second win

in Islington

colours in under

a week by

defeating Bruce

Parker (Five Star)

on a unanimous

decision. It was a

scrappy opening round

between the pair but then Kyron

upped his work rate to take the win.

Atila Reznan (Islington, 52kgs)

struggled to get going against Lucas

Roehrig (All Stars ABC). Reznan

wasn’t himself and the referee rightly

stopped the contest in the third

round.

Young Frankie Watson

(Islington, 34kgs) was named ‘Home

Boxer of the Night’. Making his

debut for the club against Patrick

McDonagh (White Hart Lane BA),

he put in a dominant performance.

Watson gave McDonagh a standing

eight count in the third round and

won on a unanimous decision.

Southpaw Sami Amin

(Redbridge ABC) took the last two

rounds and won on a unanimous

decision against Caiden Hughes

(Islington, 48kgs).

Harry Betteridge (Islington,

43kgs) recorded a unanimous

decision win against Sonny

Shepard (Kent Gloves ABC) in a

superb display of boxing.

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