Boxer Profile: James Cleary

Eindhoven – In build up to the Eindhoven Box Cup, the organizing committee will frequently post the profiles of participating boxers. First one up is Irish international, European silver medallist and eight time Irish champion James Cleary. One to watch out for at the Eindhoven Box Cup 2016!

Boxer profiles can be send to info@eindhovenboxcup.com.

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Name: James Cleary

Birthday (age): 18

Boxing Club: Olympic Boxing Club Galway

Weight Class: 64kg

Record: 100-90-10

Occupation: Boxer

Hobby’s: Running, Swimming

First fight (incl. result): I won my first fight when I was 11 against a local boxer Unanimous Decision

Titles/tournaments won: 8 Time Irish National Champion, European Schoolboy Silver medalist Grozny Russia 2011, Haringey Box Cup Champion and best Youth boxer 2015, Celtic Box Cup champion 2015.

What age did you start boxing: 11

Why did you start boxing: I started because my friends and family started boxing at Olympic BC

Tell us about your best fight: I have had a lot of great fights but two of my best would be in The Haringey Box Cup semi-final June 2015 I KO’d my opponent in Round 1 and last December in the National Senior Elite semi-final I was narrowly beaten on a 2-1 split decision to the current senior champion of Ireland, after that bout I confirmed what I had already known that I’m going to be a Senior Elite champion of Ireland in the near future.

What is your goal in boxing for the next five years: My next aim and ambition is to be at Tokyo 2020

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Box Cup Status update

Eindhoven –  The Eindhoven Box Cup Organizing Committee is pleased to update you on the excellent progression of the Eindhoven Box Cup. The Eindhoven Box Cup has been feautured on the main page of the EUBC website, on Germany’s number 1 boxing portal Go4Boxing.com, and has been added to the EUBC and AIBA events calenders! All this confirms the excellent status of the Eindhoven Box Cup internationally.

With still 2 months of registrations to go we have now already received 90+ preliminary entries from 8 different nations and many more enquiries from all over the world. Nice to mention is that 70% of registrations is from outside the Netherlands!

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Ghana Boxing Federation to participate in Box Cup

Eindhoven –  The Eindhoven Box Cup Organizing Committee is proud to announce that amongst entries from Scotland, England, Norway, Luxembourg and The Netherlands we have now received the final entry of the Ghana Boxing Federation. By name of President Gideon Quartey the Ghanese delegation of 8 officials, 3 judges/referees, and 9 boxers have been confirmed.

Amongst the participants are 2012 Olympian and 2015 African Championship silver medalist light flyweight Sulemanu Tetteh and 2015 African Championships bronze medalist Akimos Ampiah.

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