Niamh Fay must settle for European bronze after the Ballyboughal bantam suffered defeat to World silver medallist Lacramioara Perijoc. In their semi-final in Serbia, Perijoc secured her place in the final after taking a unanimous decision against Fay. Perijoc arrived in Serbia with real pedigree having taken silver medals from the 2022 World Championships and the 2023 European Games. The rugged Romanian had beaten Fay on her way to World silver in Istanbul two years ago. Fay opened up her European bid with a fine UD win over Karina Tazabekova from Russia. The withdrawal of Stanmira Petrova, th ..read more

St Anne’s southpaw Shannon Sweeney will go for gold at the European Championships in Serbia. The Irish light-fly overcame Anush Grigoryan in a 50kgs semi-final on Thursday to seal her spot in the final. Sweeney, who disposed of the gold medal favourite Laura Fuertes Fernandez to earn a place on the podium, claimed a unanimous decision. The Westport woman advances to the final after scorecards of 30-27 x2 and 29-28 x3 landed in her favour. Not only does Sweeney get a chance to fight for gold, but her prize money has rocketed up to a guaranteed $10,000 as a result of this win. Sweeney was up on ..read more

Tyrone McKenna’s retirement looks set to be short-lived. If rumour and report are to be believed ‘The Mighty Celt’ will take his gloves off the hook and trade leather in Belfast on August 3. It’s understood a fight between the ever-entertaining southpaw and former Golden Contract foe Mohamed Mimoune is in the works. It’s been suggested the rematch will play a prominent role on an SSE Arena-hosted Conlan Boxing card. McKenna and the French fighter have previous, they met in the York Hall in the Golden Contract semi-finals. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Irish-Boxing.com (@irishb ..read more

Sean McComb remains hopeful he can get another shot at world level after ‘having a life-changing opportunity ripped’ away from him in New York on Saturday. The Belfast boxer put in one of the best away performances of any Irish fighter when he frustrated and tamed American Arnold Barboza Jr across 10 rounds on the massive Haney-Garcia fight night. However, a much-maligned scorecard denied him what the vast majority believe would have proved a well-deserved victory. McComb, who was content with his performance but upset with the scoring, lamented the fact he had been robbed of the rewards that ..read more

Four Irish fighters shoot for silver in Belgrade today. The four Team Ireland medal winners will look to trade in their bronze for silver [at least] with Shannon Sweeney, Kellie Harrington, Aoife O’Rourke and Niamh Fay all in semi-final action. Two-time European Championship bronze medal winner, Sweeney will aim to reach her first continental final by beating Anush Grigoryan in a 50kg semi. The Mayo fighter takes on the Armenian in Bout 2 of Ring A’s Afternoon Session. Standing between Olympic champion Harrington and a second final appearance is Serbia’s Natalia Shadrina. They meet in a lightw ..read more

The IABA have banned the wearing of International vests in domestic competitions. The rule will come into effect for the upcoming National Cadet Championships, which will be contested at the National Stadium this weekend. Anyone found not to be complying with the law will not be allowed enter the ring and will hand their opponent a walkover. In a statement, the IABA revealed their has been ‘widespread criticism’ of wearing international vests at the domestic level and said it was seen as both an intimidation tactic and an attempt to sway judges. Indeed, the IABA went as far as to label the pra ..read more

Ireland will have to settle for four European Championship medals after quarter-final disappointment for both of Team Ireland’s Day 8 participants. Adam Hession and Dean Clancy both bow out at the medal stage after defeats in tough to score fights. View this post on Instagram A post shared by IABA (@boxingireland) Glaway’s Hession was unable to add Senior silverware to his underage European collection as he suffered at the gloved hands of Eduard Savvin. The Russian, who knocked him out of the 2021 World Championships, repeated the feat at continental level, scoring a decision win. Featherw ..read more

Graham McCormack has taken the latest postponment of his BBBofC super middleweight title fight on the chin as well as he’s taken any punch. The Limerick southpaw was dealt what would appear to be an extremely frustrating blow as his proposed York Hall clash with Kieran Gethins was delayed for a third time. However, ‘G Train’ has managed to remain upbeat, pointing out he is still stopping in title town, just at a later date than expected. The fight has been pushed back two weeks because his Welsh foe’s medical wasn’t processed in time. There was talk it might be added to the Boxxer-promoted Sky ..read more

Aoife O’Rourke is back on familiar ground this evening, having returned to the European Championship podium. O’Rourke took a step closer to what would prove a sensational gold medal hat trick with victory in Serbia. The Roscommon boxer earned European Championships 75kg bronze at the very least thanks to an impressive quarter-final win. It’s a third medal at the level for the two-time Olympian but the muted celebrations suggest she has no intentions of settling for a place on the podium. The lady with the European Championships Midas touch will be targeting a third gold. The Paris Olympian had ..read more

Irish boxing great Kellie Harrington became a three-time European Championship medal winner in Serbia today. The Dubliner defeated emerging Turkish talent Gizem Özer to make the familiar journey onto a major international podium. The victory sees the Olympic Champion and Paris Olympian claim bronze at least and means the 2022 gold medal winner is now a three-time medalist at the prestigious tournament. Indeed, the medal win was the World, EU Games and Olympic medal winner’s ninth in a major international competition, paving the way for a Paris Olympic medal win to be her tenth! A talented and ..read more