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Topic: Irish boxers do pretty well in olympic Draw??????
handyscore
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Posted: 08-Aug-2008 11:47
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After a quick glance I beleive no Irish boxer will face, a Cuban, Chinese, American, Russian, Uzbek or Khazak before the semi final. By which time if they are still there they will already have a medal. I am not a boxing expert but that looks pretty promising. Sutherland and Barnes got a bye as well which gets them even closer.

http://www.aiba.org/en-US/events/2008Olympics.aspx
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The Cats Meow
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Posted: 08-Aug-2008 12:16
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Originally posted by handyscore:
Irish boxers do pretty well in olympic Draw??????

2008 Olympic Draw

Preliminary  (9/8-2008 ) 
81Kg:  (Light heavyweight )  Ken Egan  (Ireland )  v Julius Jackson  (Virgin Islands )  9/8/2008

Preliminary
75Kg:  (Middleweight )  Darren Sutherland  (Ireland )  bye

Last 16
Darren Sutherland  (Ireland )  v Nabil Kassell  (Algeria ) 
 (Bout date to be confirmed ) 

Preliminary
64Kg:  (Light welterweight )  John Joe Joyce  (Ireland )  v Gyula Kate  (Hungary )  10/8/2008

Preliminary
54Kg:  (Bantamweight )  John Joe Nevin  (Ireland )  v Abdelhalim Ouarradi  (Algeria )  12/8/2008

Preliminary
48Kg:  (Light flyweight )  Paddy Barnes  (Ireland )  bye

Last sixteen
Paddy Barnes  (Ireland )  v Jose Luis Meza  (Ecuador ) 
 (Bout date to be confirmed ) 

Sutherland and Barnes have to win two bouts each to receive Bronze medals... Very good opportunity for both.
handyscore
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Posted: 08-Aug-2008 15:35
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Have they given Mick Dowling a chance to speak at length about the boxing draw yet? I have to say it looks pretty nice for Egan and Barnes.
Ronald Speirs
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Posted: 08-Aug-2008 15:39
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Its about the only hope they have of winning something, dodging all the decent fighters and drawing a few stiffs from some loser country like Angola or somewhere
LimerickNomad
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Posted: 08-Aug-2008 15:49
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If McFlurry could drag himself away from IrfanView for a minute,
we might get an expert`s opinion on the draw : ) .
LimerickNomad
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Posted: 08-Aug-2008 15:50
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Originally posted by handyscore:
Have they given Mick Dowling a chance to speak at length about the boxing draw yet? I have to say it looks pretty nice for Egan and Barnes.

Wasn`t Mick 4th in the Discus in `68? Or was that Ronan Collins?
SHANNONSIDER**
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Posted: 08-Aug-2008 17:31
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No nomad, Ronan Collins was 5th in the 105kg weightlifting division in Munich in `72.
handyscore
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Posted: 10-Aug-2008 09:36
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That is 2 boxers through to the second round with Joyce and Egan having good chances of a medal.
premiergirl
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Posted: 10-Aug-2008 10:51
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Originally posted by SHANNONSIDER**:
No nomad, Ronan Collins was 5th in the 105kg weightlifting division in Munich in `72.

is that the same ronan collins that used to do the lotto on tv?
gola
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Posted: 10-Aug-2008 11:56
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Can someone post up the times the Irish boxers are fighting at on this thread if they hear them?
Great win today for Joyce, absolutely delighted for him. Gave a good interview on the bbc too. Their commentators were very impressed with the win.
He looked to be fighting very defensively and doing a lot of running away from yer man once he was a few points up but it was interesting to hear him say that he was fighting to a gameplan and can fight much better than that. The team seem very well prepared.
Boxing in the Olympics is by far the most interesting sport in my view.
lovely hurler
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Posted: 10-Aug-2008 12:42
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I didn`t realise Joyce was fighting today, i checked the website and it didn`t have him down at all.
Great he won though.
Joyce and Nevin are best chances before Olympics, the draw could have changed that.
Ken Egan would really surprise me if he won a medal, he isn`t in same class as guys in his division. For the standard i thought he looked poor at times yesterday against an awful guy from Virgin Islands. Must be said in all the fights i`ve seen the refereeing has been poor, clear punches not been scored. I thought Egan scored about 34-35 points. And a fight between a brilliant Ukrainian and a Chinese guy was very badly scored. The right guy won for sure, but both scored way heavier.
I must say i don`t know anything about Paddy Barnes, but i do know Sutherland is talented, but very arrogant. He could sneak a medal though.
SHANNONSIDER**
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Posted: 10-Aug-2008 17:07
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Originally posted by premiergirl:


is that the same ronan collins that used to do the lotto on tv?

Yes, used to be the anchor man for Play The Game  (featuring Twink and Derek Davis )  too. I believe he had to give up the weightlifting just before Montreal in 1976 due to back trouble sadly.
handyscore
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Posted: 11-Aug-2008 20:02
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Originally posted by gola:
Can someone post up the times the Irish boxers are fighting at on this thread if they hear them?
Great win today for Joyce, absolutely delighted for him. Gave a good interview on the bbc too. Their commentators were very impressed with the win.
He looked to be fighting very defensively and doing a lot of running away from yer man once he was a few points up but it was interesting to hear him say that he was fighting to a gameplan and can fight much better than that. The team seem very well prepared.
Boxing in the Olympics is by far the most interesting sport in my view.

John Joe Nevin is on tomorrow at 21.30 Chinese time which I beleive is 14.30 Irish time???
polladdy
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Posted: 11-Aug-2008 20:30
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Originally posted by SHANNONSIDER**:


Yes, used to be the anchor man for Play The Game  (featuring Twink and Derek Davis  )  too. I believe he had to give up the weightlifting just before Montreal in 1976 due to back trouble sadly.

Are you for real. He was in a showband not a weightlifter. SOmeone`s taking the p....
SHANNONSIDER**
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Posted: 11-Aug-2008 20:37
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You are thinking of Marty Whelan, polladdy. Ronan Collins is well known as a former Irish Olympian. There was even an article about it in the RTE Guide recently.
Blanco
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Posted: 11-Aug-2008 21:07
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Originally posted by SHANNONSIDER**:
You are thinking of Marty Whelan, polladdy. Ronan Collins is well known as a former Irish Olympian. There was even an article about it in the RTE Guide recently.

The bould Ronan was also into the Showbands as well, a real all rounder, and a sworn enemy of Louis Walsh.
I_Love
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Posted: 12-Aug-2008 14:49
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Any word on Nevin anyone?
HangBlaa
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Posted: 12-Aug-2008 14:53
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Cant access it myself, but he should be on here..

http://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics2008/player.html
lovely hurler
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Posted: 12-Aug-2008 14:55
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He`s on right now i think.
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Posted: 12-Aug-2008 14:57
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Originally posted by lovely hurler:
He`s on right now i think.

End of Round 2, winning 3-2
HangBlaa
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Posted: 12-Aug-2008 14:58
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only getting still, but he is up 3-2 in the 3rd
lovely hurler
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Posted: 12-Aug-2008 14:59
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Same here, 3-2 in 3rd.
bofh
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Posted: 12-Aug-2008 15:00
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6-4 now after a couple of warnings, terrible fight but he seems to be doing ok, Magee is wrecking my head
lovely hurler
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Posted: 12-Aug-2008 15:00
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6-4 up with 20 secs left in 3rd
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Posted: 12-Aug-2008 15:00
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