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Ireland will now be taking home one gold, one silver and two bronze medals for the tournament, courtesy of semi final finishes for Thomas McCarthy and David Joe Joyce.
The medal haul is 50% of the total that Ireland has won at this level before the 2008 Championships.
Moylett boxed clever in Guadalajara, using all his skills to carve out a narrow but deserved win at the Lopez Mateo's Gymnasium.
As reported by Irish team manager Paddy Gallagher, Moylett claimed the first round 1-0 thanks to a solid right, forged in the St Anne's club in Westport.
He extended his lead to 2-0 with another right in the second, but the Kazah reduced to deficit to 2-1 in the third.
However, Moylett doubled his advantage with a thudding right in the fourth before being crowned World champion.
In two of his four fights in Mexico, the Westport teenager beat Welsh 2007 European Cadet champion Fred Evans and Cuban National Youth champion Juan Garcia.
Tonight's historic win is the first ever gold medal that Ireland has won at this level and arrives two months after Irish
boxers won Ireland's only medals at the Beijing Olympics.
The IABA now has two reigning World Champions - and both of them are lightweights, Ray Moylett and Katie Taylor.
Ireland's medal winners at World Youth Championships (formerly called World Junior Championships)
- Eamon Loughran: 1987 Havana (Silver)
- Denis Galvin: 1987 Havana (Bronze)
- Eamon Magee 1989 San Juan (Silver)
- Neil Sinclair 1992 Montreal (Bronze)
- Harry Cunningham:1998 Buenos Aires (Silver)
- Darren Campbell: 1998 Buenos Aires (Bronze)
- Coleman Barrett: 2000 Budapest (Bronze)
- Andy Lee: 2002 Havana (Silver)
- Ray Moylett: Guadalajara 2008 (Gold)
- Thomas McCarthy: Guadalajara 2008 (Bronze)
- David Joe Joyce: Guadalajara 2008 (Bronze)
- Jamie Kavanagh: Guadalajara 2008 (Silver)
(The inaugural 2008 World Youth Championships has replaced the AIBA World Junior Championships)
AIBA World Youth Championships Guadalajara Mexico Results and Draw
October 25th Preliminaries
- 51Kg: (Flyweight): Ruairi Dalton (Ireland) lost to Alberto Melian (Argentina) 8-10
- 57Kg: (Featherweight): Tyrone McKenna (Ireland)) lost to Kelvin Rivers (USA) 5-16
- 69Kg: (Welterweight): David Joe Joyce (Ireland) Bye
- 81Kg: (Light heavyweight) Thomas McCarthy (Ireland) Bye
October 26th Preliminaries Results
- 60Kg: (Lightweight): Ray Moylett (Ireland) beat Jefferson Silva (Brazil) 21-2
- 75Kg (Middleweight) Bernard Roe (Ireland) lost to Volodymyr Savenko (Ukraine) 4-5
October 27th Preliminaries Results
- 54Kg: (Bantamweight): Tyrone McCullagh (Ireland) beat Shokhruth Khudjabekov (Uzbekistan) 11-8
- 64Kg: Light welterweight): Jamie Kavanagh (Ireland) beat Placeres Doramas (Spain) KO3
October 27th (Last sixteen) Results
- 81Kg: (Light heavyweight): Thomas McCarthy (Ireland) beat Ovidijus Martinkenas (Lithuania) RSC3
October 28th (Last sixteen) Results
- 69Kg (Welterweight) David: Joe Joyce (Ireland) beat Abuyazit Ugurchiyev (Kazakhstan) 10-4
- 64Kg: (Light welterweight): Jamie Kavanagh (Ireland) beat Francesco Nespro (Italy) 8-0
- 60Kg: (Lightweight): Ray Moylett (Ireland) beat Fred Evans (Wales) 11-8
- 54Kg: (Bantamweight): Tyrone McCullagh) (Ireland) lost to Marcus Cabral (Argentina) W/O
(McCullagh withdrawn before bout because of a hand injury)
October 29th (Quarter finals) Results
- 81Kg: (Light heavyweight) Thomas McCarthy (Ireland) beat Pezhman Seifkhami (Sweden) 7-3
- 69Kg: (Welterweight) David Joe Joyce (Ireland) beat Kim Yeong (Korea) 6-3
- 64Kg: (Light welterweight) Jamie Kavanagh (Ireland) beat Salazar Mendoza (Costa Rica) RSC1
- 60Kg: (Lightweight) Ray Moylett beat Juan Garcia (Cuba) 10-2
October 31st (Semi Finals) Results
- 81Kg: (Light heavyweight) Thomas McCarthy (Ireland)) lost to Marten Magomedov (Russia) 6-8
- 69Kg: (Welterweight) David Joe Joyce (Ireland) lost to Oscar Melina (Mexico) 2-4
- 64Kg: (Light welterweight) Jamie Kavanagh (Ireland) beat Zdenek Chladek (Czech Republic) 8-6
- 60Kg: (Lightweight) Ray Moylett (Ireland) beat Aliaksei Haletisch (Belarus) 5-2
November 1st (Finals)
- 60Kg: (Lightweight) Ray Moylett (Ireland) beat Daniyar Yeleussino (Kazakhstan) 3-1
- 64Kg: (Light welterweight) Jamie Kavanagh (Ireland) lost to Frank Izla (Cuba) 2-7
Irish Squad and Management
- 51Kg: Ruari Dalton (St John's Belfast)
- 54Kg: Tyrone McCullagh (Illies GG Donegal)
- 57Kg: Tyrone McKenna (Oliver Plunkett Belfast)
- 60Kg: Ray Moylett (St Anne's Westport)
- 64Kg: Jamie Kavanagh (Crumlin BC)
- 69Kg: David Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
- 75Kg: Bernard Roe (Dublin Docklands)
- 81Kg: Thomas McCarthy (Oliver Plunkett Belfast)
- Team Manager: Paddy Gallagher
- Coaches: Jim Moore, James Payne,
- Strength & Conditioning: John Cleary
- Physio: Mary Louis Ryan.
- R&J: Joe Hernon
Medal Standings Attachment
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