Two Mullingar boxers on Irish team for Florida
Mullingar will be well represented on the list of 25 boxers who have been selected to represent Ireland at the World of Havoc Tournament in Orlando, Florida.
Martin Nevin, Mullingar Shuffler BC, Co. Westmeath, boxing at 46kg will compete, as well as Jason Donoghue, Olympic BC, who is competing at 60kg. Jason is one of six All-Ireland champions at the Olympic Boxing Club this year.
Meanwhile, Martin, son of former Olympic Silver Medallist John Joe Nevin, is a three-time Nation champion at just 14 years of age and is showing wonderful promise.
In another local connection with the Irish side, Johnny Joyce of the Olympic Boxing Club has been coaching the Irish Junior team ahead of the big Florida tournament.
This is the first time Team Ireland has fielded a national team in the US in some years.
Sanctioned by USA Boxing, a founder member of World Boxing, World of Havoc is a Tier 1 event. Contesting this tournament was made possible by IABA clubs’ decision in April to also affiliate to World Boxing, on a dual member basis. World Boxing, which will run boxing at the LA28 Olympic Games, affirmed IABA as a member in May.
The team is comprised of 2025 National Senior Cadet Champions in 25 of the 34 weights contested in May's championships. It includes boxers from 10 counties: Antrim, Cork, Dublin, Donegal, Galway, Laois, Tipperary, Tyrone, Westmeath, Wexford. The Head of Delegation is IABA President Anto Donnelly, while the team will be led by Team Managers National Registrar Stephen Connolly and Central Council member, Anna Moore. The coaches are Liam Cunningham, Saints ABC, Antrim; Valerie Hamilton, St. Francis, Limerick; Paul Simpson, Saviours Crystal, Waterford and Gus Farrell, Monivea BC, Galway.
The team has been in Squad Training in preparation for this event at the National Stadium, and at Holy Family Boxing Club Drogheda, since early June. They depart for Florida on Sunday July 27.
Team Ireland
46kg Carys Mc Fadden, Dunfanaghy Boxing Club, Co. Donegal
48kg Abby Murray, Muskerry Boxing Club, Co. Cork
50kg Alannah Murphy Ballybrack Boxing Club, Dublin
52kg Aleigha Murphy Ballybrack Boxing Club, Dublin
54kg Ella Archbold Ballybrack Boxing Club, Dublin
57kg Vanessa Doyle Templemore ABC, Co. Tipperary
60kg Ruth Dossen Olympic Boxing, Co Galway
63kg Claire Crowley, St. Martha's Boxing Club, Cork
66kg Alesha Mullis Boyle, Dungloe ABC, Co. Donegal
70kg Cassie Henderson, Phoenix ABC, Co. Antrim
75kg Isabelle Hawkins St. Nicholas' Boxing Club, Co. Tipperary
80kg Carly Norris, Santry Boxing Club, Dublin
46kg Martin Nevin, Mullingar Shuffler BC, Co. Westmeath
48kg Emmet Shields, Glasnevin Boxing Club, Dublin
50kg Sean Kelly, St. Abban's Kilmyshall ABC, Co Wexford
52kg Lee Largey Snodden, Immaculata ABC, Co. Antrim
54kg Conan Mc Sorley, Two Castles Olympic BC, Co. Tyrone
57kg Kalib Walshe, Wexford CBS Boxing Club
60kg Jason Maher, Olympic BC Mullingar, Co Westmeath
63kg Lorcan Holohan, Portlaoise Boxing Club, Co. Laois; 66kg Darren O'Toole, Jobstown Boxing Club, Dublin; 70kg Martin Sweeney, Galway Boxing Club;
75kg John Ward, Monivea Boxing Club, Galway
80kg Senan Kennedy, Cabra Boxing Club , Dublin
80+kg William Heaphy Golden Gloves Boxing Club, Cork
Team Managers: National Registrar, Stephen Connolly (Ballymore Hollywood BC, Co. Kildare) Member of Central Council, Anna Moore (St. Francis BC, Limerick)
Coaches: Liam Cunningham, Saints ABC, Antrim; Valerie Hamilton, St. Francis, Limerick; Paul Simpson, Saviours Crystal, Waterford and Gus Farrell, Monivea BC, Galway.