Two Irish Squads
Named
By Bernard O'Neill
March 27, 2009
(MAR 27) World champion Katie Taylor,
Olympic bronze medalist Paddy Barnes, and European Union champion David
Oliver Joyce have been named in two top Irish squads for international
tournaments in Albania and Turkey next month. Beijing Olympians John Joe
Joyce and John Joe Nevin, also a European Union champion, will compete
in the Ahmet Cup in Turkey.Joyce replaces Philip Sutcliffe who is
injured.
Taylor, the AIBA 2008 female boxer of the year, will also box in Turkey.
The Bray woman won gold and the boxer of the tournament award at last
years Women's Ahmet Cup in Istanbul.
Taylor was in action at the O2 in Dublin last Saturday night where she
created a huge impression in her four round win over
three times Pan American champion Caroline Barry.
Barnes, from the Holy Family club in Belfast, was also between the ropes
on the Bernard Dunne/Ricardo Cordoba card, beating Jim Linden 11-1 at
light flyweight.
Ahmet Cup Istanbul Turkey April14th/20th
48Kg: Paddy Barnes (Holy Family)
54Kg: John Joe Nevin (Cavan)
57Kg: Carl Frampton (Midland)
60Kg: Eric Donovan (St Michael's Athy)
60Kg: Katie Taylor (Bray BC)
64Kg: John Joe Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
69Kg: Willie McLoughlin (Illies GG)
75Kg: Darren O'Neill (Paulstown)
91Kg: Con Sheehan (Clonmel)
International Box Off Tirana Albania April 11th/14th
51Kg: Declan Geraghty (Dublin Docklands)
54Kg: Ryan Lindberg (Immaculata)
57Kg: David Oliver Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
64Kg: Ross Hickey (Grangecon)
75Kg: Eamon O'Kane (Immaculata)
81Kg: Thomas McCarthy (Oliver Plunkett)
