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England
Record Victory Over Ireland ...by
Bernard O'Neill
(MAY 25) England emerged victorious from tonight's U/16 international
with Ireland at the National Stadium in Dublin.
Peter Brady, Tyrone McKenna, Cian Thornton, Stephen Ward and Joe Joyce
recorded victories for Ireland but it wasn't enough to stop an
impressive looking English selection winning 8-5 on the night.
Strawweight Neil Walker put in a brave performance in his curtain raiser
with Martin Ward but was behind at the end of each round before being
handed a 21-4 reversal.
Light flyweight Peter Brady took the contest straight to Michael Joyce
from the opening bell opening up 7-4 advantage before consolidating his
lead in the second.
Joyce upped the tempo in the third and was connecting with some straight
rights, but Brady kept his composure and extended his lead to level the
box off at one apiece.
Ireland's Alan Phelan and Lewis Pettin were involved in a very close
50Kg contest which the English teenager won.
The third was the defining round in this showdown and Phelan gave it his
all to overturn a four point deficit, but Pettin finished the stronger.
England then opened up a 3-1 lead following Billy Morgan's win over Paul
Hyland who took a standing count in the second. However, Morgan, who
took a standing count of his own following a barrage of punches from
Hyland in the third, had to use all his skills to keep Hyland at bay in
the final few seconds.
Bantamweight Tyrone McKenna's more composed style was in stark contrast
to the busy James Barker. The English boxer did manage to breach
McKenna's guard on occasions but paid the price for stepping inside once
too often when he took a standing count in the second following a solid
right from McKenna.
Barker was dropped by a double left combination in the third as McKenna
ran out a comfortable winner.
Tipperary featherweight Dessie Fahy was trailing by four points going
into the third and final round of one of the closest bouts of the
evening. But despite a storming finish, Fahy was edged out by just one
point.
England opened up a 6-2 lead after Ronnie Heffron stopped Belfast's
Chris Meighan on the 15 point rule in round two and Callum Smith
survived being deducted two points after receiving a public warning from
holding versus Larry Fryers in the third to take the light welterweight
clash.
That result meant that Cian Thornton had to win his meeting with Jonson
McClumpha to keep Ireland in the box off. And Thornton, from the Furbo
club in Connamara, did just that racking up 14-6 victory.
However, England's Mark Nugent then put his country into an unassailable
7-3 lead despite a brave showing from Willie McDonagh.
Middleweight Kirk Garvey came from being behind in the opening two
rounds to edge out Thomas McCarthy-who was
6-1 up at the end of the first- but Stephen Ward chalked up Ireland's
fourth win of the evening after he gradually whittled
away James Pollock's lead.
Irelands Joe Joyce took the final bout of the night following a
convincing win over Nelson Smith.
Young Ireland v Young England National Stadium Dublin Friday May 25th
(7.30pm)
(Scores at end of each round in brackets)
46Kg: Neil Walker (Ireland) lost to Martin Ward (England) 4-21
(1-10,2-15)
48Kg: Peter Brady (Ireland) beat Michael Joyce (England) 17-10
(7-4,13-8)
50kg: Alan Phealn (Ireland) lost to Lewis Petitt (England) 8-16
(4-5,6-10)
52Kg: Paul Hyland (Ireland) lost to Billy Morgan (England) 13-17
(3-8.9-13)
54Kg: Tyrone McKenna (Ireland) beat James Barker (England) 19-10
(6-2.14-5)
57Kg: Dessie Fahy (Ireland) lost to Iain Weaver (England) 11-12
(1-4,5-9)
60Kg: Chris Meighan (Ireland) Ronnie Heffron (England) RSCO2 (3-12)
63Kg: Larry Fryers (Ireland) lost to Callum Smith (England) 4-6
(1-2,2-5)
66Kg: Cian Thornton (Ireland) beat James McClumpha (England) 14-6
(4-1,9-4)
70Kg: Willie McDonagh (Ireland) lost to Mark Nugent (England) 3-16
(0-7,2-13)
75Kg: Thomas McCarthy (Ireland) lost to Kirk Garvey (England) 11-12
(6-1.7-5)
80Kg: Stephen Ward (Ireland) beat James Pollock (England) 20-16
(5-7,12-13)
86Kg: Joe Joyce (Ireland) beat Nelson Smith (England) 17-5 (1-3,12-5).
Team Manager: Joe Hennigan
Irish team by club: N Walker (Dockers), P Brady (Poleglass), A Phelan
(Royston),
P Hyland (Gleann),T McKenna (Oliver Plunkett), D Fahy (Clonmel) C
Meighan (Dockers),
L Fryers (Clones), C Thornton (Furbu) W McDonagh (St Francis) T McCarthy
(Oliver Plunkett),
Stephen Ward (Monkstown Antrim) Joe Joyce (Moate). |
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