Ciara Plunkett 
Three Team Ireland boxers are in action on the opening day of the 46th Tammer Tournament, taking place in Tampere, Finland. Boxing Ireland’s 12 strong team, which includes double Olympic champion Kellie Harrington, Olympian Jack Marley, multiple European medalists Niamh Fay and Louis Rooney, alongside Commonwealth Games & European medalist Caitlin Fryers, will join around … Read more
The fourth, and final, test match in the U23 October series, takes place this Saturday The series, in addition to High Performance training blocks, is a key part of preparation for the team to contest the European U23 Championships, taking place in Porec, Croatia, from November 14th to 25th. Saturday’s 15 test matches, beginning at … Read more
This week’s edition of The Round-Up, marking an extraordinary week in Irish boxing, hits inboxes today. Catch up on Team Ireland’s World U19 Championship campaign – John Donoghue has been crowned champion of the world for a second time. One silver and four bronze contributed to Ireland ranked 5th out of 67 countries in the … Read more
Booking is now open for Boxing Ireland’s Coaching Conference, Coaching With Purpose, taking place from 9:30am on Sunday, December 6th at the Carlton Hotel, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 The conference will focus on practical coaching, from warm-ups, sparring and periodisation to club culture, nutrition, making weight, and understanding the rules and scoring. The conference will include … Read more
Entries are now being accepted, through Sport80, to the 2026 National Intermediate Championships for boxers aged 19 to 40. Only clubs successfully affiliated through Sport80 for the current season will have the abilityto submit entries to this competition. In order to be entered into the competition, boxers will need to be registered in Sport80 as … Read more
Team Ireland’s John Donoghue has won World U19 Championship gold in this afternoon’s finals in Budva, Montenegro – and lightweight silver will be coming home to Wexford. In all, a record 474 boxers from 67 countries have contested this bi-annual World Boxing Championships. Team Ireland finished 5th in the overall team rankings behind Russia, Uzbekistan, … Read more
Two Team Ireland boxers will contest for gold at the World U19 Championship finals on Tuesday. Now two-time World medalist John Donoghue has won through to the 70kg finals. He boxed his semi against Artyom Stepanyan of Armenia and came away with a 3-2 win, despite a 3rd round point deduction. The reigning European champ … Read more
Team Ireland will return from the European U15 Championships in Trabzon Turkey with 2 champions, and 13 medals in total. Pa Casey has been crowned European U15 Champion, for the second successive year. The 50kg boxer, of Casey’s Boxing Gym, has sucessfully defended his 2025 title, being the 4-1 winner overr Batraz Bitsoev of Russia … Read more
Team Ireland will return from the World U19 Championships with 6 medals following completion today of all quarter finals. John Donoghue is now a two-time world medalist, after his World U19 Championship quarter final victory. John, and 2023 World Junior champ, was the unanimous decision winner over Hungary’s Levente Turos in the 70kg QF. He’s … Read more
Four Team Ireland boxers will contest Sunday’s European U15 Championship finals in Trabzon, Turkey, following the completion of the second day of semi finals. Reigning champion, Pa Casey, will defend his European U15 Championship title, having been the unanimoous decision winner in his 50kg semi final against Ferenc Cellár of Hungary in an utterly dominant … Read more