Boxing: Irish Squad named for World Amateur Boxing Championships

Irish team for World Championships

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association named a full squad of 11 boxers to compete in next month's World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago.

The World Championships are the first of three qualifying events for the 2008 Olympic Games. The Championships have attracted a record entry from 115 nations and commence on October 23rd.

All quarter-finalists from light-fly (48Kg) to light-heavy (81 Kg) and semi-finalists from heavy (91Kg) and super-heavy(91+Kg) will qualify for next year's Olympics.

The Irish team includes 9 reigning Irish champions, and the three gold medal winners, Roy Sheahan, welter, Darren Sutherland, middle and Kenneth Egan, light-heavy, at the European Union Championships held in the National Stadium in June.

Irish Squad

48Kg - Paddy Barnes: Holy Family GG
51Kg - Conor Ahern: Baldoyle
54Kg - Ryan Lindberg: Immaculata
57Kg - David Oliver Joyce: St Michael's, Athy
60Kg - Eric Donovan: St Michael's, Athy
64Kg - John Joe Joyce: St Michael's, Athy
69Kg - Roy Sheahan: St Michael's, Athy
75Kg - Darren Sutherland: St Saviour's OBA
81Kg - Kenneth Egan: Neilstown
91Kg - John Sweeney: Dungloe
91+Kg - Cathal McMonagle: Holy Trinity