The Islington Boxing Club came away with two gold medals and a silver from the Hull Box Cup at the weekend. The club entered four of their young boxers, including Kerm Sertten (under-38kg), Jenson Curtin (under-54kg), Jay Jay Curtin (under-60kg) and Connor Daly (under-50kg). And Daly had the easiest time of it as he claimed…
Russian boxer Georgy Kushitashvili and some other members of the Russian amateur boxing delegation have been barred from entering Ukraine on the grounds that they had previously visited Crimea, Russian Boxing Federation press secretary Vlada Romanova said. “We are in a cordon now. We are being deported because we have been to Crimea,” Romanova…
After resigning as secretary of the IABA following 40 years of service, Al Morris has branded the organisation’s recent conduct “a disgrace” in an extraordinary interview on RTÉ’s Game On 2FM. The Wicklow man has been involved in the IABA at numerous levels since the ’70s, and explained to Damien O’Meara that he resigned…
ASTANA – The Astana Arlans boxing team claimed a solid 7-3 victory over the British Lionhearts in the semifinals of the World Series of Boxing (WSB). As the British team prevented the Kazakh boxers from reaching the finals last season, the Arlans were determined to take revenge against their opponents. The first leg was…
The Central Amateur Boxing Association of Fiji Amateur Boxing is hoping to discover more hidden talents in the sport in future with their boxing promotion. The association is hosting a program after every two weeks and they have seen an increase in the number of clubs coming for the fights. “More clubs are…
The World Boxing Council (WBC) has honoured the local boxers who participated in the Guyana Boxing Board of Control’s (GBBC) second edition of their WBC’s amateur boxing series which was staged recently at the Giftland Mall, East Coast Demerara. At a simple ceremony held at the Abdool and Abdool Insurance Brokers Office, High Street,…
The Institute of Technology Carlow Boxing Club has been awarded the Student Sport Ireland Event of the Year 2016/2017 for the Showdown in the Barrow boxing event it hosted last December. The event has been described by DCU Boxing Coach and Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) coaching tutor Derek Ahern as “by far the…
The rumbling dispute between Sport Ireland and the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) doesn’t appear to be any closer to a resolution following talks on Tuesday. The sides met to discuss a number of matters, with the ultimate sanction of a funding withdrawal still hanging over the IABA, though informed sources say that this…
KEAAU – People of a certain age who follow sports and culture had a moment of nostalgia last week when we observed the one-year anniversary of the passing of Muhammad Ali. If you’re under 40, it probably didn’t mean as much, but for those of us on the planet fortunate enough to take in…
A week ago, Muhamad Ridhwan made history by becoming the first Singaporean professional boxing world champion, when he captured the Universal Boxing Organization (UBO) world super featherweight title. With his fourth-round knock-out of Tanzania’s World Boxing Association (WBA) Pan African champion Fadhili Majiha at the Roar of Singapore II event, he has risen from…