2012 Olympic Boxing Results: Michael Conlan secures Medal, Plus Updates on John Joe Nevin, Katie Taylor,Robeisy Carrazana Ramirez & more from London...
 By Media Report (August 9, 2012) Doghouse Boxing
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Michael Conlan secured Ireland’s third medal at the 2012 Olympics
following a three-round thriller with France’s Nordine Ouballi at the
ExCel in London tonight.
Both boxers were locked at 12-12 going
into the third and final frame, but it was Conlan, who switched from
orthodox to southpaw for the entire bout, that took the honours going
down the final stretch on a 22-18 decision.
He now becomes the
second boxer from the St John Bosco BC in Belfast to win an Olympic
medal, following in the footsteps of Freddie Gilroy, who claimed
bantamweight bronze at the 1956 Games in Melbourne.
Conlan also joins John Joe Nevin and Katie Taylor of the medals podium at London 2012.
The
20-year-old, who is guaranteed at least bronze, and Ouballi, who had
dropped two decisions to the Irish Elite champion prior to tonight, went
at it hammer and thongs for the opening three minutes, Conlan meeting
his opponents constant aggression with some precision shots, one good
right near the end of the round emphasising his insistence that he
wasn’t going to be bullied out of this 52kg decider.
Conlan had a
solid second round. Good head and foot movement, combined with two big
right hooks, and one left kept his opponent guessing. The busy Ouballi,
however, was still scoring in the inside. It finished honours even at
7-7.
It all came down to the final three minutes. Ouballi once
again piled on the pressure, but Conlan, still boxing southpaw, and
still maintaining his composure, starting popping in his jabs and firing
home the most potent weapon in his arsenal, his right-hook, en route to
claiming a 15th Olympic medal for Irish boxing since 1952.
“This
is only me warming up. You haven’t seen the best of Michael Conlan
yet,” said a triumphant Belfast ace after he made it a hat-trick of
medals for Ireland at the 30th Olympiad.
“It was a really close
fight. It was still level going into the third round. Billy (Irish head
coach) told me to go for it. I knew I had to and I dug deep.”
He’ll
now face Cuba’s Robeisy Carrazana Ramirez in the semi-finals on Friday
evening. John Joe Nevin also meets a Cuban opponent in the last-four on
Friday.
Carrazana-Ramirez beat number 2 seed, Andrew Selby (Great
Britain) 16-11 this evening. Selby edged out Conlan by a single point
at the 2011 AIBA World Championships.
Tonight’s win sees the 2012
Olympic squad match the medal haul from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing,
where Ken Egan, Darren Sutherland and Paddy Barnes won Ireland’s only
medals in all sports.
Barnes will be in quarter-final action
tomorrow night. If he emerges victorious then he will become the first
Irish boxer in the 101-year history of the IABA to claim two Olympic
medals.
Katie Taylor is between the ropes tomorrow afternoon. If
Taylor and Barnes win then the 2012 squad will have matched the record
haul of one silver and three bronze medals the Irish boxing team took
home from the 1956 games in Melbourne.
Meantime, Irish team
manager Des Donnelly described Conlan as an “uncut diamond” at the 2011
AIBA World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Well, we can now drop the uncut part.
2012 Olympic Games
July 28th – Last 32
56kg – Bantamweight – John Joe Nevin (Ireland) beat Dennis Villy Ceylan (Denmark) 21-6
75kg – Middleweight – Darren O’Neill (Ireland) beat Muideen Olalekan Akanji (Nigeria) 15-6
July 29th – Last 32
69kg – Welterweight – Adam Nolan (Ireland) beat Carlos Sanchez Estacio (Ecuador) 14-8
August 1st – Last 16
56kg – Bantamweight – John Joe Nevin (Ireland) beat Kanat Abutalipov (Kazakhstan) 15-10
August 2nd – Last 16
75kg – Middleweight – Darren O’Neill (Ireland) lost to Stefan Hartel (Germany) 12-19
August 3rd – Last 16
52kg – Flyweight – Michael Conlan (Ireland) beat Duke Akeuth Micah (Ghana) 19-8
69kg – Welterweight – Adam Nolan (Ireland) lost to Andrey Zamkovoy (Russia) 9-18
August 4th – Last 16
49kg – Light-flyweight – Paddy Barnes (Ireland) beat Thomas Essomba (Cameroon) 15-10
August 5th – Quarter- final
56kg – Bantamweight – John Joe Nevin (Ireland) beat Oscar Valdez-Fierro (Mexico) 19-13
August 6th – Quarter-final
60kg – Lightweight – Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Natasha Jonas (Great Britain) 26-15
August 7th – Quarter-final (8.30pm session)
52kg – Flyweight – Michael Conlan (Ireland) beat Nordine Ouballi (France) 22-18
August 8th – Semi-final (1.30pm session)
60kg – Lightweight – Katie Taylor (Ireland) v Mavzuna Chorieva (Tajikistan)
August 8th – Quarter-final (8.30pm session)
49kg – Light-flyweight – Paddy Barnes (Ireland) v Singh Laishram (India)
August 10th- Semi-Finals (1.30pm session)
56kg – Bantamweight – John Joe Nevin (Ireland) v Lazaro Estrada-Alvarez (Cuba)
August 10th – Semi-Finals (8.30pm session)
52kg – Flyweight – Michael Conlan (Ireland) v Robeisy Carrazana-Ramirez (Cuba)
Irish 2012 Olympic squad
49Kg (Light-flyweight) Paddy Barnes (Holy Family BC, Belfast)
52kg (Flyweight) Michael Conlan (St John Bosco BC, Belfast)
56kg (Bantamweight) John Joe Nevin (Cavan BC)
60kg (Lghtweight) Katie Taylor (Bray BC, Wicklow)
69kg (Welterweight) Adam Nolan (Bray BC, Wicklow)
75kg (Middleweight) Darren O’Neill (Paulstown BC, Kilkenny)
Team Manager: Des Donnelly
Coaches: Billy Walsh, Zuar Antia, Pete Taylor
Physio: Conor McCarthy
Strength & Conditioning: John Cleary
Performance Psychologist: Gerry Hussey
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