Ireland beat Wales in closely contested international

Ireland beat Wales 7-5 at the Clan Naofa Boxing club in Dundalk last Friday night in a keenly contested Boy 4 international.

Matt McKenna, Nial Keogh, Nial Cooney, Leroy Howard, JP Delaney, Chris Blaney and Stephen Mulligan all emerged victorious for the Hugh McMahon managed and Jim O'Neill coached Irish squad.

However, across the Irish sea, the Welsh edged out Ireland 6-5 in a Youth 1 international at the Hilton Hotel in Newport Wales on the same night.

The Newport meeting would have ended 6-6 if Sean Duffy's walkover was factored into the final score and Wales won six of the eleven contests on offer to edge the international by one bout.

Tony Davitt, Paddy Osbourne, Patrick Hughes, and Francis Gervin were in charge of the Irish squad in Wales. Larry Durand and Mike Sweeney were the Irish R&J representatives in Newport.

Boy 4 Results: Ireland v Wales Clann Naofa Boxing Club Dundalk Friday July 13th

42Kg: Matt McKenna (Sacred Heart) beat John Visconti (Wales)

44Kg: Nial Keogh (Eagle) beat Zack Davis (Wales)18-13

48Kg: Brian Duffy (Keady) lost to Luke Fowler (Wales) 19-22

48Kg: Nial Cooney (Clan Naofa) beat Sean Cocoran (Wales) 35-18

50Kg: Leroy Howard (Dublin Docklands) beat Ben Holloway (Wales) 17-7

54Kg: Mark McLoughlin (St Mary's) lost to Rhys Evans (Wales) 4-10

60Kg: JP Delaney (Immaculata) beat Danny Price (Wales) 9-3

60Kg: Ryan Bullithan (Clan Naofa) lost to Tom Hoare (Wales) RSCO2

63Kg: Chris Blaney (Navan) beat Tom Ryan (Wales) 28-8

66Kg: Matthew Neil (Monkstown) lost to Liam Williams (Wales) 11-15

66Kg: Stephen Mulligan (Clan Naofa) beat Adam Alsop (Wales) 23-13

70Kg: John O'Loughlin (Ennis) lost to Kevin Jones (Wales) 5-6

Result Youth 1: Wales v Ireland Newport Wales Friday July 13th.

44Kg: Stephen Farrell (Clonmel) lost to William Johnston (Wales) 2-3

46Kg: Simon Lennon (Sacred Heart) lost to Ben Baker (Wales) 1-4

48Kg: Bernie McDonagh (St Paul's) beat Joe Cardina (Wales) 5-0

50Kg: Alan Phelan (Royston) lost to Nick Morrisson (Wales 0-5

52Kg: Charlie Haggerty (Golden Cobra) beat Josh Breen (Wales) 5-0

54Kg: Jamie Kennedy (Toome) lost to Sean McGoldrick (Wales) RSCO3

57Kg: Sean Duffy (Keady) won W/O

60Kg: Pat Harkin (St Brigids) beat Dale Inston (Wales) 5-0

63Kg: Jason Quigley (Finn Valley) beat David Innes (Wales) 5-0

66Kg: Conrad Cummins (Clonoe) beat Joe Smith (Wales) RSCH3

70Kg: Bernard McDonagh (Westport) lost to Aaron Reeves (Wales) 0-5

75Kg: Paddy McDonagh (Brosna) lost to Joe Morgan (Wales) 0-5