Bailey, Joyce and Whelan close in on World Medals
Three Team Ireland boxers have won through to the medal stages of the World U19 Championships in Budva.
Grace Bailey, Kaysie Joyce and Jason Whelan are all one win away from a prestigious medal.
Team Co-Captain Grace Bailey returned for her second bout of the tournament and was the round 2 stoppage winner over Dunja Vuksic of Serbia, whom she had utterly dominated in round one. Bailey boxes for a 65kg medal against Harsika Harsika of India is Saturday’s Evening Session.
Kaysie Joyce also scored a second round stoppage win. The Dublin took on Ukraine’s Vladyslava Nalyvaiko in her 70kg Last 16 contest, and goes through to the medals stages courtesy of an RSC2 win. Joyce is back in action in Friday’s Evening Session, where she’ll box for a medal agains the winner of today’s bout between England and Kazakhstan
Team Co-Captin Jason Whelan is through to the medal stages, being the 5-0 winner over Italy’s Alessandro Bramerini in their 75kg Last 16, scored 24:30; 25:30; 25:30; 25:30; 25:30. The Dublin Dockland’s boxer takes on Bulgaria’s Nikolay Sabev for a place on the podium in Saturday’s Evening Session.
The team is led and managed by Jennifer O’Sullivan Coffey of Sliabh Luachra BC, Kerry. The team is coached by Eoin Pluck, High Performance; Garry Kehoe of Marble City BC Kilkenny, Fergus Turner of Enniscorthy BC, Wexford and Aoife Hennigan of Swinford BC, Mayo.
