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IABA UPDATE (NATIONAL U/21 CHAMPIONSHIPS)

posted by mightygloves.com on October 13, 2007, in Amateur

Marc McCullough will meet Ruairi Dalton in an all Ulster bantamweight final after both boxers recorded semi final victories at the 2007 National U/21 Championships which recommenced at the National Stadium in Dublin this evening.

McCullough produced a skilful display, using a variety of combinations to chalk up a convincing win over Graham Keating and Dalton edged out Danny Coughlin after a tight and cagey 54Kg last four clash.

Conor McGuinness had been hoping to be the third Ulster boxers to make it through to the finals but was behind all the way against Gavin Keating who will go head-to-head with defending champion James Upton in an all Dublin featherweight final next weekend.

Upton survived receiving a public warning for dropping his shoulder in the third to see off a determined Mark Ginley, but Sonny Upton's quest to make it a family and club double ended in disappointment after he was beaten by Stephen Donnelly whose counter punching tactics proved the perfect foil for his opponents constant aggression. The lead changed hands twice in the second round of this contest.

Donnelly will meet John Murray in next Fridays lightweight decider after the Gorey ace obliged Tony Bates to take a standing count in the third before being announced a 24-12 winner.

In the first of the light welter weight semi finals Jamie Kavanagh consistently stepped inside Glenn Smyth's longer reach to rack up points, leaving the Cairn Lodge man with a mountain to climb in the final round after opening up a 10-2 lead at the bell for the end of round three.

In the corresponding bout Adam Nolan went ahead and stayed ahead to carve out a 16-12 win at the expense of Niall McGinley following four hard and competitive rounds.

Christy Boyle recorded his second victory inside 24 hours in the 67Kg category, beating Noel Somers. Boyles victory sets up a 67Kg final Paul Upton, who won the U/21 lightweight title last year.

John Joe Joyce paid the price for incurring the referees wrath in the final round of his contest with Paul Upton. Joyce was ahead in the fourth but a public warning for holding handed the initiative to Upton who won by three points to join his brother James in next Fridays finals.

Michael Collins got the evening off to a high scoring start, beating Andrew Jennings by a margin of 16 points. Collins will now meet defending champion Stephen O'Reilly in the light middleweight final following O'Reillys second round stoppage of Conor Coyle.

The middleweight title will be disputed between Brian Brosnan and Martin Lynch. Brosnan built on a two point lead at the end of the second to win out versus Padraig McCrory, while Ward, won on the first count-back of the Championships against Donal Ward of Galway.

Ward received two public warnings in the third for dropping his head and was forced into a standing count in the fourth.

Hard punching light heavyweight Ciaran McAuley forced Robert Burke into standing counts in the second and third en route to a controlled win.
McAuley will face Michael F Ward in six days time after the Galway man won all four rounds of his clash with Danny Tourish.

Meanwhile, Wards club-mate, Patrick Corcoran, overturned a 2-1 first round deficit to stop Eddie Stokes on the 20 point rule in round three.
Corcoran's win ensured that there will be an all Connaught final next weekend as Galway men John Stokes and Anthony Griffen met in the other semi final.

Stokes won this contest after forcing Griffen-an All Ireland minor football winner with Galway-into standing counts in round and one and two before the
ref stopped the contest.

Heavyweight Con Sheehan guaranteed that Munster will have one representative in the finals with a victory over John Reah. The Tipperary man will
meet Luke Cadden in the 91Kg decider after the Cavan boxer received a bye.

Super heavyweight Martin Stokes also received a bye into the finals where he will face David Joyce, who performed impressively to stop Stephen McMonagle-who took two took two standing counts in the third-in the fourth, in the last bout of this evening.




National U/21 Championships Semi Finals Results National Stadium Dublin October 13th(Afternoon Session (2.30pm)
(Scores at end of first three rounds in brackets)

54Kg: Graham Keating (St Saviours OBA) lost to Marc McCullough (Cairn Lodge) (0-10,4-15,4-21) 7-25,
54Kg: Ruairi Dalton (St John's Antrim) beat Danny Coughlin (St Anne's) (2-1,3-4,6-4) 9-6,
57Kg: Gavin Keating (St Saviours OBA) beat Conor McGuinness (Holy Trinity) (6-4,12-5,19-8) 23-8,
57Kg: James Upton (Westside) beat Mark Ginley (Oliver Plunkett) (4-1,8-2,10-6) 16-8,
60Kg: Sonny Upton (Westside) lost to Stephen Donnelly (Saints) (1-2,4-6,5-8) 6-14,
60Kg: John Murray (Gorey) beat Tony Bates (St Matthews) (8-6,15-8,22-10) 24-13,
63Kg: Jamie Kavanagh (Crumlin) beat Glenn Smyth (Cairn Lodge) (2-0,3-1,10-2) 16-2,
63Kg: Adam Nolan (The Ballagh) beat Niall McGinley (Bishop Kelly) (3-1,8-6,12-9) 16-12,
67Kg: Noel Somers (Phibsboro) lost to Christy Boyle (Dunfanaghy) (2-3,3-8,3-13) 5-18,
67Kg: John Joe Joyce (St Michael's Athy) lost to Paul Upton (Westside) (5-3,8-3,11-8) 12-15

National U/21 Championships Semi Final Results National Stadium Dublin October 13th (Evening Session (7pm)
(Scores at end of first three rounds in brackets)

71Kg: Andrew Jennings (St Matthews) lost to Michael Collins (Darndale) (3-5,7-15,10-21) 10-26,
71Kg: Conor Coyle (St Josephs Derry) lost Stephen O'Reilly (Twinstown) (1-12) RSCO2,
75Kg: Brian Brosnan (Olympic) beat Padraig McCrory (St Johns Antrim) (2-2,4-2,13-4) 21-4,
75Kg: Martin Lynch (Illies GG) beat Donal Ward (Loughglynn) (2-6,3-9,10-12) 12-12, C/B 26-25,
81Kg: Ciaran McAuley (Holy Family) beat Robert Burke (Crumlin) (5-4,14-4,19-7) 28-8,
81Kg: Michael F Ward (Galway) beat Danny Tourish (Twinstown) (3-0,5-2,7-2) 13-3,
85Kg: Patrick Corcoran (Galway) beat Eddie Stokes (Crumlin) (1-2,14-3) RSCO3
85Kg: John Stokes (Loughglynn) beat Anthony Griffen (Conamara) (5-5) RSC2
91Kg: John Reah (St John Bosco) lost to Con Sheehan (Clonmel) (2-4,4-7,6-13) 7-18
91+Kg: Stephen McMonagle (Twinstown) lost David Joyce (Moate) (0-3,2-10,4-15) RSC4.


National U/21 Championships Quarter Final Results National Stadium Dublin October 12th
(Scores at end of first three rounds in brackets)


54Kg: Danny Coughlin (St Anne's) beat Glen Murray (St Saviours OBA) (4-2,7-4,10-6) 13-8,
54Kg: Ruairi Dalton (St Johns Antrim) beat Kieran Cummins (Crumlin) (8-1,14-2,18-4) 20-4,
60Kg: Ray Moylett (St Anne's) lost to Sonny Upton (Westside) (1-4,3-8.4-14) 8-15,
60Kg: Stephen Donnelly (Saint) beat Clive Condron (Kilcullen) (5-3,13-3,21-3) 29-5,
60Kg: John Murray (Gorey) beat Matthew Moran (Monivea) (5-1,13-1) RSCO3,
60Kg: Tony Bates (St Matthews) beat James O'Donnell (Glenside) (1-1,3-2,8-4) 13-7,
63Kg: Stephen Coughlan (Bray) lost to Jamie Kavanagh (Crumlin) (3-8,6-14,8-21) 12-28,
63Kg: Glenn Smith (Cairn Lodge) beat Paul Baker (Ballmote) (3-0,4-0,6-0) 7-1,
63Kg: James Ferrin (Holy Family GG) lost to Adam Nolan (The Ballagh) (1-3,4-3,7-7) RSCI4,
63Kg: Niall McGinley (Bishop Kelly) beat Keith Coady (Westside) (2-1,11-2,15-4) 18-6,
67Kg: Michael Waldron (Annagh/Ballyhau) lost to Noel Somers (Phibsboro) (0-1,2-3, 4-10) 7-17,
67Kg: Christy Boyle (Dunfanaghy) beat Sean Hunt (St Matthews) (7-2,16-2,21-5) 25-6,
67Kg: Thomas Finnegan (Crumlin) lost to John Joe Joyce (St Michael's Athy) (2-6,4-7) Disq,
(Finnegan disqualified after receiving three public warnings)
67Kg: Finbar Murphy (Sunnyside) lost to Paul Upton (Westside) (1-12,3-22) RSCO3,
71Kg: Mark Carlyle (Crumlin) lost to Michael Collins (Darndale) (2-1,7-4,10-8)15-17,
71Kg: Terry Garland (Holy Trinity) lost to Conor Coyle (St Josephs, Derry) (0-6,3-13,6-15) 10-18,
71Kg: Stephen O'Reilly ( Twinstowns) beat Patrick A Ward (Galway BC) (3-2,6-5,9-6) 13-9,
75Kg: Brian Brosnan (Olympic) beat Ian Carmichael (Olympic) (-4-0,9-1,12-8) 16-6,
75Kg: Padraig McCrory (St Johns Antrim) beat Patrick O'Shea (St Colmans) (6-0,11-0,19-1) 23-3,
75Kg: Kyle Holmes (Geesala) lost to Martin Lynch Illies GG) (3-5,5-8,6-15) 11-18,
75Kg: Luke Keeler (St Matthews) lost to Donal Ward (Loughglynn) (3-4,3-4,3-9) 6-14.

National U/21 Championships Finals Draw National Stadium Dublin Friday October 19th (7pm)

51Kg:Gary McDonagh (Kilcullen) v Sean Donnellan (Monivea)
54Kg: Marc McCullagh (Cairn Lodge) v Ruairi Dalton (St John's Antrim)
57Kg: Gavin Keating (St Saviours OBA) v James Upton (Westside)
60Kg: Stephen Donnely (Saints) v John Murray (Gorey)
63Kg: Jamie Kavanagh (Crumlin) v Adam Nolan (The Ballagh)
67Kg: Christy Boyle (Dunfanaghy) v Paul Upton (Westside)
71Kg: Michael Collins (Darndale) v Stephen O'Reilly (Twintowns)
75Kg: Brian Brosnan (Olympic) v Martin Lynch (Illies GG)
81Kg: Ciaran McAuley (Holy Family GG) v Michael F Ward (Galway BC)
85Kg: Patrick Corcoran (Galway BC) v John Stokes (Loughglynn)
91Kg: Luke Cadden (Cavan) v Con Sheehan (Clonmel)
91+Kg: Martin Stokes (Crumlin) v David Joyce (Moate)



Bernard O'Neill
Public Relations Officer
Irish Amateur Boxing Association
Ph: 086 057 9558
Fax: 061 408627
bernard.oneill@oceanfree.net
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