Three defeats for Ireland on the opening day of the Strandja Tournament

It was a battling opening day for Staff Eire on the 73rd Worldwide Strandja Match.

European U22 Champion, M63.5kg Dean Clancy, was the primary of the crew between the ropes, in opposition to Abdal Serik of Kazakhstan. He leaves the match following a 5-0 determination in favour of his opponent.

M67kg Eugene McKeever was subsequent in motion, in opposition to Hugo Grau of France, was subsequent in motion, and misplaced out on a unanimous determination in favour of Grau.

Tremendous-heavy, Thomas Maughan, was the final Irish boxer between the ropes on the primary day of the match, within the final bout within the Ring B night session.

He took on Lithuanian, Jonas Jazevicius; his opponent got here away with the unanimous determination.

W48kg Shannon Sweeney, W50kg Caitlyn Fryers, W52kg Carly McNaul and Olympian, W57kg Michaela Walsh, are all in motion on Monday, within the afternoon session which begins at noon, Irish time. The programme will probably be launched by the match organisers tonight, and direct live-stream strains for every session and ring will probably be issued on Monday morning.

Reigning W60kg Olympic Champion, Kellie Harrington, is in motion on Tuesday, as are W70kg Christina Desmond and W75kg Aoife O’Rourke.

M57kg Adam Hession, M60kg JP Hale, M71kg Luke Maguire and M80kg Kelyn Cassidy all have byes. All however Luke Maguire field on Tuesday. Maguire is in motion on Wednesday.

Rings A and B will probably be streamed on the IBA Boxing YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/embed/V_ooOcj3fjM?function=oembed

Staff Eire Squad:

F48kg Shannon Sweeney

F50kg Caitlin Fryers

F52kg Carly McNaul

F57kg Michaela Walsh

F60kg Kellie Harrington

F70kg Christina Desmond

F75kg Aoife O’Rourke

57kg Adam Hession

60kg JP Hale

63.5kg Dean Clancy

67kg Eugene McKeever

71kg Luke Maguire

80kg Kelyn Cassidy

92kg+ Thomas Maughan

Courtesy of IABA

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