Irish Amateur Boxing Association - Official Update for April 18
By Special Report on Doghouse Boxing (April 18, 2012)
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Paddy Barnes qualified for his
second Olympic Games following a comfortable 17-9 quarter-final victory over
Stefan Caslarov of Romania at the AIBA European Olympic qualifiers in Trabzon,
Turkey today.
The Belfast man, a bronze medal
winner at the 2008 Olympics, never looked back from opening up a 5-3 lead in the
first round of this contest.
Barnes extended that advantage to
12-6 going into the third and added another five points to his total to make the
49kg semi-final which is enough to qualify for London 2012.
“I was always confident that I would reach the Olympic Games. There
was never any doubt in my mind that I would get there; it was just a matter of
getting the job done, ” said the up-beat 2012 European light-flyweight
champion after his win.
Adam Nolan also claimed victory
today, but David Oliver Joyce, despite a brave performance, lost out in his
attempt to book a ticket for the 30th Olympiad following a 19-10 reversal to
Lithuanian lightweight Evaldas Petrauskas.
Nolan, a Gardai. advanced to the
69kg semi-final courtesy of a 17-13 decision over Azeri welterweight Tamerlan
Abdullayev.
Nolan was 6-3 ahead after the first,
but Abdullayev reduced the deficit to 11-12 by the end of the
second.
However, the Irish Elite
champion put his foot on the gas to take the last frame and is now just one win
– there are just two Olympic places available in the
welterweight class – away from joining Barnes, Darren O’Neill,John Joe Nevin and
Michael Conlan at London 2012.
O’Neill, Nevin, who like Barnes has
also qualified for his second Olympics, and Conlan qualified for London
2012 at the 2011 AIBA World Championships in Baku.
“I knew coming back after the second
that I hadn’t a good run. Billy (Irish head coach) told me I was only one up.
So, I had to kick on. It was either do or die,” said Nolan.
The Bray BC welter will now
meet Romania’s Ionut Gheorghe, who beat John Joe Joyce at the 2008 Olympic
qualifiers in Pescara, Italy in 2008, for a place at the 2012 Olympics on
Friday.
Belfast’s Tommy McCarthy recorded Ireland’s third win of the day over
Josepf Darmos, who received a public warning for slapping in the second round,
in the heavyweight category.
There is just one Olympic quota
place left in the heavyweight class for Europe. Likewise, McCarthy has no room
for error and must win gold to qualify for London 2012.
McCarthy said: “As the opponents get
better my performances get better. It was a tough fight but I won by a good
margin. Every fight for me is make or break for the Olympics.”
Barnes, meantime, will go into
Friday’s semi-final with Turkey’s Ferhat Pehlivan having won at least a bronze
medal in Trabzon – Nolan and McCarthy are also guaranteed at least
bronze.
Thursday’s is a rest day at the
Trabzon tournament, which is the last qualifier for European male boxers for the
London Olympics.
AIBA European Olympic Qualifiers
Trabzon, Turkey
April 15th (Evening) (last
32)
60kg: David Oliver Joyce (Ireland)
beat Joe Cordina (Wales) RET3
81kg: Joe Ward (Ireland) beat
Kennedy Katende (Sweden) 16-6
April 16th (Afternoon) (last
16)
64kg: Ross Hickey (Ireland) lost to
Dimitri Galagot (Moldova) 11-24
69kg: Adam Nolan (Ireland) beat
Thomasz Kot (Poland) 14-9
April 16th (Evening) (last
16)
81kg: Joe Ward (Ireland) lost to
Bahran Muzaffer (Turkey) 15-18 (result was the subject of a protest by
IABA)
91kg: Tommy McCarthy (Ireland) beat
Copla Alem (Bosnia & Herzegovina) 12-3
91+kg: Con Sheehan (Ireland) lost to
Muhammet Erkan Aci (Turkey) 12-17
April 18th (Afternoon)
Quarter-finals
49kg: Paddy Barnes (Ireland) beat
Stefan Caslarov (Romania) 17-9
60kg: David Oliver Joyce (Ireland)
lost to Evaldas Petrauskas (Lithuania)10-19
69kg: Adam Nolan (Ireland) beat
Tamerlan Abdullayev (Azerbaijan) 17-13
91kg: Tommy McCarthy (Ireland) beat
Josepf Darmos (Hungary) 16-7
April 20th
(Semi-finals)
49kg: Paddy Barnes (Ireland) v
Ferhat Pehlivan (Turkey)
69kg: Adam Nolan (Ireland) v Ionut
Gheorghe (Romania)
91kg: Tommy McCarthy (Ireland) v
Vladimir Cheles (Moldova)
Irish squad
49kg: Paddy Barnes (Holy Family
GG)
60kg; David Oliver Joyce (St
Michael’s Athy)
64kg: Ross Hickey
(Grangecon)
69kg: Adam Nolan
(Bray)
81kg: Joe Ward
(Moate)
91kg: Tommy McCarthy (Oliver
Plunkett)
91+kg: Con Sheehan (Clonmel)
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