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Irish glory boys now target Doha

After two intense European Elite tournaments this summer, the final count for Irish male boxing is three gold, one silver and two bronze medals and seven places secured for October’s World Elite Men’s Championships and Olympic qualifiers in Doha, Qatar.

Irish glory boys now target Doha

Mon, 17 Aug, 2015 - 01:00

Bernard O’Neill, Boxing

Michael Conlan and Joe Ward claimed double gold at the European Elite Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria on Saturday.

Conlan beat English bantam Qais Ashfaq on a unanimous decision (30-27,30-27,29-28) and Ward followed that up with an identical verdict over Dutch light-heavy Peter Mullenburg.

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Courts European Elite Boxing Championships Bulgaria michael conlon Dean Walsh Joe Ward Place: Doha Place: Doha, Qatar Place: Samokov, Bulgaria Place: Minsk Place: Samokov Place: Baku Place: Belfast Place: Dublin Place: Italy Place: Rio Place: Ireland Place: Persian Gulf Person: Michael Conlan Person: Joe Ward Person: Conlan Person: Qais Ashfaq Person: Ward Person: Peter Mullenburg Person: John Joe Nevin Person: Dean Walsh Person: Adam Nolan Person: Michael O’Reilly Person: Brendan Irvine Person: Seam McComb Person: Katie Taylor Person: Billy Walsh Person: Walsh Person: Paddy Barnes Person: Barnes Person: Irvine Person: Samokov Person: Peter O’Donnell Person: Zaur Antia Person: Eddie Bolger Event: World Elite Men Event: s Championships Event: Olympic Event: European Elite Championships Event: World Championships Event: European Games Event: World Series of Boxing Event: Rio 2016 Event: Olympics Event: 2013 World Championships Event: Europeans Championships Event: 2015 European Elite Championships Organisation: Ireland Organisation: Russia Organisation: Team GB Organisation: AIBA Pro Boxing Organisation: Conlan Organisation: WSB

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