Jon McConnell Gets Ireland Underway at the Euros
Only one Team Ireland boxer is in action on the opening day of the European Championships.
Reigning Commonwealth Games champion, Jon McConnell is the first to trade leather in an Ireland singlet in Serbia.
The Holy Trinity man has been handed a relatively tough start as he faces Turkey’s Necat Ekinci.
Ekinci is a Paris Olympian and a former World Youth Champion. He comes with a reputation as a talented operator, but the Belfast man is a fighter of note himself, and a confident one at that.
That’s Bout 7 of Ring B’s Evening Session, at around 5:45pm Irish time. The fight will prove a historic one, as it’s Ireland’s first ever fight at World Boxing Elite European Championships, previously Ireland contested the IABA’s European Championships.
Schedules Afternoon Session, Ring A | Afternoon Session, Ring B | Evening Session Ring A | Evening Session Ring B
Team Ireland
48kg Shannon Sweeney, St. Anne’s BC, Mayo
51kg Daina Moorehouse, Enniskerry BC, Wicklow
54kg Jennifer Lehane, DCU BC, Dublin
57kg Michaela Walsh, Holy Family BC, Belfast
60kg Kellie McLoughlin, St. Catherine’s BC, Dublin
60kg Jude Gallagher, Two Castles Olympic, Tyrone
65kg Dean Clancy, Sean McDermott BC, Leitrim
70kg Evelyn Igharo, Clann Naofa BC, Louth
70kg Jon McConnell, Holy Trinity BC, Belfast
75kg Aoife O’Rourke, Castlerea BC, Roscommon
75kg Gavin Rafferty, Dublin Docklands BC
80kg Lisa O’Rourke, Castlerea BC, Roscommon
80+kg Cliona D’Arcy, Tobair Pheadair BC, Galway
90kg Jack Marley, Monkstown BC, Dublin
