BOXING Prime Ministry Tournament

09 Apr 2010


Ken Egan and John Joe Joyce were both beaten in their last 16 bouts at the Prime Ministry Tournament in Ankara, Turkey late last night.

Joyce lost out 7-2 to Erol Ozkal of Turkey and Egan surprisingly lost 1-0 to Vladimir Cheles, the Moldovan scoring the only point of the bout in the final round.

Earlier yesterday, Katie Taylor cruised into the last eight of the 32 nation tournament with an 11-2 win over Germany's Tansheena Buger.

But St Michael's Athy lightweight Eric Donovan bowed out after he was edged out 4-3 by Bahodirjon Sultonov of Uzbekistan, a bronze medal winner at the 2007 World Senior Championships.

Gary Molloy claimed a notable scalp in his first senior away international with a 2-1 win over Russian flyweight Dmitry Sotnikov and World and European Youth champs Ray Moylette and Jason Quigley also recorded impressive wins.

Moylette beat Mehmet Irehan of Turkey 4-0 and Quigley turned on the style to earn an impressive 7-1 victory over Greek middleweight Dimitris Varvaresos.

Taylor, Molloy, Moylette and Quigley will all be involved in quarter final bouts today.

Tipperary heavyweight Con Sheehan beat Yong Wang of China 8-3 on Wednesday. However, the Clonmel man suffered a hand injury earning his win and has been withdrawn from the tournament.



Prime Ministry Tournament Ankara Turkey April 6th/12th

April 7th (Last 32)

  • 90Kg: Con Sheehan (Ireland) beat Yong Wang (China) 8-3
  • 75Kg: Sinead Kavanagh (Ireland) lost to Nurcan Goksel (Turkey) 3-10
  • 60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Ellah Ayat (Egypt) 11-0
  • 54Kg: John Joe Nevin (Ireland) lost to Yonusov Anvar (Turkestan) 0-6



April 8th (Last 16)

  • 51Kg: Gary Molloy (Ireland) beat Dmitry Sotnikov (Russia) 2-1
  • 64Kg: Ray Moylette (Ireland) beat Mehmet Irehan (Turkey) 4-0
  • 75Kg: Jason Quigley (Ireland) beat Dimitris Varvaresos (Greece) 7-1
  • 60Kg: Eric Donovan (Ireland) lost to Bahodirjon Sultonov (Uzbekistan) 3-4
  • 60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Tasheena Bugar (Germany) 11-2
  • 69Kg: John Joe Joyce (Ireland) lost to Erol Ozkal (Turkey) 2-7
  • 81Kg: Ken Egan (Ireland) lost to Vladimir Cheles (Moldova) 0-1


April 9th Q/Finals

  • 51Kg: Gary Molloy (Ireland) v Alexander Riscan (Moldova)
  • 64Kg: Ray Moylette (Ireland) v Onur Sipal (Turkey)
  • 75Kg: Jason Quigley (Ireland) v Adam Kilicci (Turkey)
  • 60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) v Demista Dliseeva (Bulgaria)



Irish Squad

  • 51Kg: Gary Molloy (Moate)
  • 54Kg: John Joe Nevin (Cavan)
  • 60Kg: Eric Donovan (St Michael's Athy)
  • 64Kg: Ray Moylette (St Anne's)
  • 69Kg: John Joe Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
  • 75Kg: Jason Quigley (Finn Valley)
  • 81Kg: Ken Egan (Neilstown)
  • 91Kg: Con Sheehan (Clonmel)
  • 60Kg: Katie Taylor (Bray)
  • 75Kg: Sinead Kavanagh (Drimnagh)


Team Manager: Dessie Donnelly

  • Coaches: Billy Walsh, Zuar Antia, Peter Taylor
  • Physio: Conor McCarthy