Ireland joins hunt for 2011 championships

THE Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) has made a formal application to the world governing body, AIBA, to host the 2011 World Championships in Dublin.

The championships, which will be the main qualifying tournament for the London Olympics the following year, would form the main part of the centenary celebrations of the IABA.

England are among the federations bidding for the championships that year but it would be most unusual for the world championships to go to the Olympic hosts.