Moylett causes huge upset with golden strike for Ireland

RAY MOYLETT from Westport defeated Daniyar Yeleussino of Kazakhstan to take gold and win Ireland’s first medal at the world youth boxing championship in Guadalajara, Mexico on Saturday.

Dubliner Jamie Kavanagh, (Crumlin boxing club), came away with a silver medal after losing 7-2 to Frank Izla of Cuba, in the light welterweight final while welterweight David Joe Joyce (St Michael’s, Athy) and light heavyweight, Thomas McCarthy (Oliver Plunkett, Belfast), claimed bronze

Moylett’s coach, Peter Mullen, admitted: “We knew he was very talented but you never know how good a boxer is until you see him box against the best in the world. Then we saw him beat the Brazilian (Jefferson Silva) 21-2, the Welshman (Fred Evans) 11-8, the Cuban (Juan Garcia) 10-2 and he beat the European champion (Aliaksei Haletisa) 5-2 in the semis.