NI Boxing Team at the Commonwealth Games

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Northern Ireland Squad:

49kg (lightflyweight): Paddy Barnes
52kg (flyweight): Michael Conlon
56kg (featherweight): Tyrone McCullagh
60kg (lightweight): Mark O Hara
64kg (light welterweight): Steven Donnelly
69kg (welterweight): Paddy Gallaher
75kg (middleweight): Eamonn O'Kane
81kg (light heavyweight): Tommy McCarthy
91kg (heavyweight): Steven Ward

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from tomorrow we will have one of the irish fighters at the Dehli Games do a daily diary for us which will be posted on Boxing-Ireland.com

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Day 1

http://boxing-ireland.com/20101003_commonwealth_games_diary_43.html

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Day 2 - not a good one for our diarist!

http://boxing-ireland.com/20101003_commonwealth_games_diary_43.html

am I banging my head against a brickwall trying to get people interested in this or will people jump on the bandwagon the closer we get to the final

fernandovargas

tried looking for the lads boxing on bbbc but they only showed bradley saunders, i also seen amir khans brother haroon boxing for pakistan and stopped a guy from tanzania with a peach of a right, sorry or getting of topic but id love to watch the NI guys box if anyone knows a stream or anything

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fernandovargas wrote: »

tried looking for the lads boxing on bbbc but they only showed bradley saunders, i also seen amir khans brother haroon boxing for pakistan and stopped a guy from tanzania with a peach of a right, sorry or getting of topic but id love to watch the NI guys box if anyone knows a stream or anything

if you have SKY just hit the red button on BBC.

I watched the reply of all the Irish fighters when I got home last night - its on a loop

iii Stevo iii

Cheers for keeping us up-to date irel!

jimbojazz

Just out of interest, Tyrone Mc Cullagh is from Illies in Donegal.

How is he able to compete in the Games?

Was just wondering and it's no way a sectarian question.

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jimbojazz wrote: »

Just out of interest, Tyrone Mc Cullagh is from Illies in Donegal.

How is he able to compete in the Games?

Was just wondering and it's no way a sectarian question.

The club might be in Doneland but I think he is from Derry

Anyway - 4 medals picked up today, only thing to decide is the colour - Paddy Barnes got one yestrday as well!

Fight reports here - http://boxing-ireland.com/20101003_commonwealth_games_diary_43.html

jimbojazz

BoxingIrel.com wrote: »

The club might be in Doneland but I think he is from Derry

Anyway - 4 medals picked up today, only thing to decide is the colour - Paddy Barnes got one yestrday as well!

Fight reports here - http://boxing-ireland.com/20101003_commonwealth_games_diary_43.html

Thanks for the response some of the paapers state he's from Donegal- was watching it on BBC - he fought well but came across a better opponent - good Welsh name on him Sean McGoldrick lol

Here's hoping for Paddy

mathepac

jimbojazz wrote: »

... How is he able to compete in the Games? ...

Maybe the same way as Barry McGuigan from Clones competed in Canada in 1978.

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jimbojazz wrote: »

Thanks for the response some of the paapers state he's from Donegal- was watching it on BBC - he fought well but came across a better opponent - good Welsh name on him Sean McGoldrick lol

Here's hoping for Paddy

of his Faishbuuk he says hes fae Derry

mathepac

Five finalists - what a team!!

Never in all my time watching boxing tournaments at this level have I witnessed a performance like it; 9 boxers travelled, five through to the very last stage.

Clubs, country, families and coaches can be very proud of every single one. I was even proud of the dodgey green 'line-dancers' hats, the weird white and green wigs and the shamrock flags the cheer-leaders in the stadium had on display.

It's many a day since I shouted at a telly in my sober senses, but today was that day.

Well done.

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finals on tomorrow - times listed here - just hit the red button on BBC

http://boxing-ireland.com/20101003_commonwealth_games_diary_43.html

efb

Eamon O'Kane Paddy Gallagher and Paddy barnes get gold so far for Norn Iron
Top Boxing nation at CG

Big Ears

Amazing performance from Northern Ireland.
As efb says, the top Boxing Nation at the Commonweralth games with 3 Golds and 2 Silvers.

It really illustrates the quality we have in Ireland as a whole, because only one of those fighters(Barnes) is pretty much guaranteed to represent the full Irish team at his weight.