The success simply retains coming.
Irish beginner boxers excelled each at house and overseas this 12 months, with two Elite championships, success within the Strandja and Usti nad Labem, and a few big wins on the European Video games.
Perhaps the most-debated shortlist, we’ve picked the highest SIX beginner achievers so that you can select from.
When it comes to honourable mentions, there have been loads of shouts for the likes of double Elite champion Daina Moorehouse and the unimaginable comeback of Dean Walsh in addition to the meteoric rise of Martin McDonagh.
Different classes:Younger Beginner of the YrBattle of the YearDomestic Battle of the YearPerformance of the YearKO of the YearPro Debut of the YearTrainer of the Yr
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Kelyn Cassidy (Saviours Crystal Waterford)What a 12 months for the Waterford mild heavy who gained the 2023 Elites, bronze on the Strandja, missed out on the Olympics by the pores and skin of his enamel after giving the fearsome Oleksandr Khyzniak an enormous scare, after which rebounded to beat Gabriel Dossen of their big showdown on the 2024 Elites, choosing up Greatest Boxer within the course of.
Dean Clancy (Sean McDermott’s Leitrim)The Sligo mild welter made the Irish #1 spot his personal, choosing up gold on the Usti nad Labem, bronze on the European Video games, and Olympic qualification within the course of.
Kellie Harrington (St Mary’s Dublin)The Olympic champion admitted that it was a troublesome 12 months exterior of the ring but it surely was enterprise as typical contained in the ropes. Harrington claimed two Elite titles (together with a report eleventh), Strandja gold, Usti nad Labem gold and European Video games gold. Can anybody cease her in Paris?
Jack Marley (Monkstown Dublin)The Dublin heavyweight teen, along with two Elite titles, broke a long-standing duck by profitable European Video games silver in Poland. In doing so, Marley grew to become the primary Irish heavyweight to win a significant medal since Gearoid O Colmain SIXTY-SIX years in the past.
Aoife O’Rourke (Olympic Galway)The Roscommon middleweight gained her third consecutive European title (Solely Katie Taylor with six in a row has gained extra). Add to that one other two Elite titles and Usti nad Labem gold and it represents a flawless, unbeaten 12 months.
Michaela Walsh (Holy Household Belfast)The Belfast medal machine picked up a bronze on the European Video games to qualify for her second Olympics in addition to a gold on the Usti nad Labem, two Elite titles to additionally make it to a report 11, and have become the primary Irish boxer to characteristic on an IBA Champions Evening (dropping a questionable split-decision).
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Voting will stay open till Saturday January sixth, with outcomes being introduced on Sunday January seventh.
Better of luck to all of the nominees!
