Donegal delight for boxers at Ulster 9 County Championships
Dungloe duo Oleksii Kravets and Ellis O'Donnell as well as Twin Towns' Caden Keenan won finals in the ring at Oakleaf Boxing Club in Derry at the weekend
There was some Donegal delight at the Ulster 9 County 4-7 Championships at the weekend.
At the Oakleaf Boxing Club in Derry, Ellis O’Donnell won the Girl 4 55kgs title. The Dungloe BC boxer overcame Loup’s Clare McStocker on a split decision.
O’Donnell’s club-mate Oleksii Kravets took a unanimous verdict to defeat Ledley Hall BC’s Adrian Stan in the Boy 6 80+kgs final.
Cadan Keenan of Twin Towns recorded a UD win over Mitch Mezhnov of Kilkeel to land the Boy 4 60kgs crown.
In finals yet to be boxed, Colm Callaghan from Carndonagh is slated to face Dunfanaghy’s Eddie McBride in a Boy 4 63kgs final; David Tennyson (Derryveagh) will clash with St Bronagh’s puncher Josh Doran in the Boy 6 63kgs final; and Gary McNamara (Raphoe) is down to meet Sean Gray (Clonard) in the Boy 7 65kgs final.
Several Donegal boxers won titles via walkover:Andrii Derkach (Letterkenny, Boy 100+kgs); Isla Larkin (Letterkenny, Girl 4, 53kgs); Danilo Krytski (Illies, Boy 5 80+kgs); Carys McFadden (Dunfanaghy, Girl 5 48kgs); Alesha Mullis Boyle (Dungloe, Girl 5 66kgs); Colleen McGlynn (St John Bosco, Girl 5 50kgs); Caoimhin Connolly (Twin Towns, Boy 6 50kgs); Ryan Patton (Raphoe, Boy 7 50kgs).
Cormac Callaghan from Illies GG lost out to Jack Kelly of Clonard in the Boy 4 46kgs final.
Mark Duffy of St John Bosco was beaten by Harvey Cochrane (Castle) in the Boy 6 57kgs final and Noah Gallagher, also of St John Bosco, lost to Liam Weatherall (St Joe’s) in the Boy 4 39kgs.