Two Wins for
Ireland
By Bernard O'Neill
May 24, 2009
(MAY 24) Christy Joyce and Chris Mullally
got Ireland off to a winning start at the AIBA World Junior
Championships in Yerevan, Armenia today. Joyce dominated home favourite
Arayik Harutyunyan of Armenia en route to a 7-5 win and will face
Russian featherweight Dmitry Kulakov on Tuesday.
Mullally will also be in action Tuesday, versus Ihsan Erdogan of
Turkey.Mullally was felled by Georgian light welter Ciga Gignuri in the
second round today.
However, the Ryston clubman, who was 5-4 up at that point, got back off
the floor to blitz Gignuri in the third frame, winning out 13-6.
Cork flyweight Roy O'Carroll will be the only Irish boxer in action
tomorrow, versus Cuba's Carrazana Ramirez.
AIBA World Junior Championships Results & Draw
May 24th (Preliminary - last 32)
57Kg: Christy Joyce (Ireland) beat Arayik Harutyunyan (Armenia) 7-5
63Kg: Chris Mullally (Ireland) beat Ciga Gignuri (Georgia) 13-6
May 25th (Last 16)
52Kg: Roy O'Carroll (Ireland) v Carrazana Ramirez (Cuba)
May 26th (Last 16)
54Kg: Ryan McKeown (Ireland) v Belzhan Amantayev (Kazakhstan)
57Kg: Christy Joyce (Ireland) v Dmitry Kulakov (Russia)
63Kg: Chris Mullally (Ireland) v Ihsan Erdogan (Turkey)
66Kg: Michael Reilly (Ireland) v Manuel Osorio (Puerto Rico)
70Kg: Joe Ward (Ireland) v Denis Rybak (Kazakhstan)
