Taylor, Sutherland and McCarthy advance in Turkey, Germany and Azerbaijan

IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION
"Taylor,Sutherland and McCarthy  advance in Turkey,Germany and Azerbaijan"

Reigning World  and  European lightweight champion  Katie Taylor racked up her second  win in the space of 24 hours following an emphatic victory over Kurluk Valeviya in the quarter finals of the Ahmet Comet Cup in  Turkey tonight (May 10th).
 
Taylor, from the  St Fergal's Bray in Bray, stopped  Valeviya from Kazakhstan on the 15 rule (15-0)  in round two just 24 hours after putting a halt to Russian Elena Savelevas ambitions on the 15 point rule (22-7).
 
Twenty year old Taylor, ranked number one in the world, is now guaranteed at least bronze and will go head-to-head with Cindy Orain from France in Saturdays semi finals in Istanbul.
 
 
Meanwhile,  Darren Sutherland advanced to the last four of the Chemistry Cup, but Kevin Fenessey and Aodh Carlyle are out of the Senior Multi Nations tournament  in Halle Eastern Germany.
 
Middleweight Sutherland, from the St Saviours club in Dublin, stopped Polish puncher Wajck Leszek on the 20 point rule in round three this afternoon and is also guaranteed at least a bronze medal from tomorrows (May 11th) semi final.
 
But Clonmel bantamweight Fenessey bowed out after losing  28-13 to Bulgarian fighter Dalakliev Detelin, and Carlyle, of the Golden Cobra club, was stopped in round four by  Mongolian light welterweight Byamba Tuvshinbat.
 
Baldoyle flyweight Conor Ahern pulled out of the Chemistry Cup squad because of a back injury.
 
There were also mixed fortunes  for the Irish Presidents Cup squad in Azerbaijan today with stylish middleweight Thomas McCarthy stopping Azerbaijani  Magsudov Taleh  in round two.
 
However, Ruari Dalton and Tyrone McCullough are out after losing to Dyussembayev Farkhat from Kazakhstan (17-7), and Ahmedov Omar (Russia) 12-2.
 
Peter Brady and Sean Duffy also exited the Presidents Cup following reversals to  Great Britain's Rob Wright (27-8), and  Jalolbek  Havizov from Uzbekistan (16-6).

Chemistry Cup Senior Multi Nations Results
 
54Kg:Kevin Fennessey  (Clonmel) lost to  Dalakliev Detelin (Bulgaria) 13-28
64Kg: Aodh Carlyle  (Golden Cobra) lost to Byamba Tuvshinbat (Mongolia) RSC4
75Kg: Darren Sutherland (St Saviours OBA) beat  Wajck Leszek (Poland) RSCO3 (22-2)
 
Ahmet Comet Cup Turkey  Results
 
60Kg: Katie Taylor (St Fergal's) beat Elena Saveleva (Russia) RSCO2 (22-7),
60Kg: Katie Taylor (St Fergal's) beat Kurluk Valeviya (Kazakhstan) RSCO2 (15-0),
60Kg: Katie Taylor (St Fergal's) v Cindy Orain (France) Semi Final Saturday May 12th.
 
President Cup  Azerbaijan Results
 
48Kg: Peter Brady (Poleglass) lost to Rob Wright (Great Britain) 8-27,
50Kg: Tyrone McCullough (Illies Golden Gloves) lost to Ahmedov Omar (Russia) 2-12,
52Kg: Charlie Haggerty (Golden Gloves)
54Kg: Ruari Dalton (St Johns) lost to Dyussembayev Farkhat (Kazakhstan) 7-17,
57Kg: Sean Duffy (Keady) lost to Jalolbek Havizov (Uzbekistan) 6-16,
63Kg: David Joe Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
70Kg: Bernard Roe (Dublin Docklands)
75Kg: Tommy McCarthy (Oliver Plunketts) beat Magsudov Taleh (Azerbaijan) RSCO2.
80Kg: Dominic Gallagher (Saints).