In association with the IABA, PLATINUM ONE is bringing Ireland’s Olympic Medal winning team to Millstreet in Cork on Friday May 3rd in the first-leg of a two-match International against the Elite boxers of France. All of Ireland’s medal winners will compete and the bill will be topped by Gold Medal hero Katie Taylor who will fight in Millstreet for the first time in her career.
At the announcement in Cork today,PLATINUM ONE Chairman Johnny Fortune said the company was delighted to be bringing a truly unique sporting event to Munster. “We are proud and excited to be bringing Ireland’s Olympic heroes to Co. Cork. This is Ireland’s most successful ever Olympic team and it will be the first time since the triumph in London that they have boxed competitively as a team. We are providing people with the opportunity to see Nevin, Barnes, Conlan and, of course, Katie Taylor, fight top class opposition at one of the great venues in Munster.
“France is a strong boxing nation and with the European Championships being staged in June both nations are using the match as critical final preparation for their elite teams. Since the Games in London it was PLATINUM ONE’s ambition to host an event where the fans could see their heroes with their medals but more importantly to see them compete. We always wanted to showcase them in action.”
The event is unusual in that the international is being staged over two nights, the first in Cork and the second in Belfast two nights later on Sunday May 5th. There will be a total of 14 bouts over the two fight nights at Millstreet in Co. Cork and at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast. Each night there will be six male bouts with Gold Medal winner Katie Taylor and her French opponent, a Quarter Finalist in last year’s World Championships, Estelle Moselly, topping the bill. The international match will be decided on the aggregate scores over the two nights boxing and in the event of a tie a count back of all the scores will determine the winner.
The full Irish team for Fight Night One in Cork will comprise the 5 male boxers who competed in London, Paddy Barnes, Michael Conlan, John Joe Nevin, Darren O’Neill, Adam Nolan and the man who so controversially missed out on the Games, Joe Ward. The team will be led in this international fixture by Olympic Gold Medallist, Katie Taylor.
Listen to this Darren O’Neill interviewed by RedFM ahead of boxing in Millstreet:
Full details of the night, and information on tickets which go on sale tomorrow, are on irish-boxing.com
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Where can you get tickets:)?
Follow the link to irish-boxing.com at the end of the above article. This page gives full details of where to get tickets, how much and what the different areas for seating. Here it is anyhow:
http://www.irish-boxing.com/2013/03/irelands-olympic-heros-to-fight-in-cork-and-belfast-in-may/
Boxing: Taylor a major doubt for Millstreet
AIBA world No 1 Katie Taylor is a major injury doubt for the May 3 Ireland v France Elite international in Millstreet, Cork.
The Olympic and World lightweight champion injured her left hand in sparring recently and could be out for four to five weeks, according to her coach and dad Pete Taylor.
Taylor senior is hoping … Read the full article in today’s Irish Independent: http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/boxing-taylor-a-major-doubt-for-millstreet-29193530.html
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