Tommy McCarthy will get Ireland's campaign underway at the AIBA World Elite Men’s Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Belfast heavyweight meets Nikolay Mutavski of Bulgaria in the last 64. Four Irish boxers; Michael Conlan (2), Paddy Barnes (5), Jason Quigley (5) and Joe Ward (6) were seeded in yesterday’s draw. All four have received byes into the last 32. McCarthy will be in action at approximately 3.30pm (Irish time) Monday.
AIBA World Men’s Elite Championships Almaty, Kazakhstan
October 14th
(Last 64)
91kg Tommy McCarthy (Ireland) v Nikolay Mutavski (Bulgaria)
October 15th
(Last 64)
60kg Sean McComb (Ireland) v Almog Briga (Israel)
64kg Ray Moylette (Ireland) v Alexandros Tsanikidis (Greece)
October 16th
(Last 64)
69kg Adam Nolan (Ireland) v Souleymane Cissokho (France)
October 18th
(Last 32)
52kg Paddy Barnes (Ireland) v Milos Baltic (Serbia) or Qingxian Mai (China)
October 19th
(Last 32)
56kg Michael Conlan (Ireland) v Kriszthan Nagy (Hungary) or Helsham Abdelaal (Egypt)
75kg Jason Quigley (Ireland) v Vijender (India (AIBA) or Hampus Henriksson (Sweden)
91+kg Con Sheehan (Ireland) v Yohanndi Ortega (Cuba)
October 20th
(Last 32)
81kg Joe Ward (Ireland) v Mateusz Tryc (Poland) or Rauf Rahimov (Azerbaijan)
