Monivea Boxing Club holds Successful Fight Night
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Monivea Boxing Club held a very successful tournament in the Raheen Woods Hotel Athenry on Saturday night. There were eight contests and two exhibition matches on the night. First into the ring was Eanna Dolan who had a very good exhibition match against Patrick Collins of Ardnaree BC Mayo. John Ward had a tough contest against Kevin Fahy from Oughterard BC and lost on a unanimous decision. Warren Bedford boxed well but lost on split decision to Tristan Flaherty from Oughterard BC.
Laurence Ward got off to a good start giving Robbie Norton of Ardnaree BC a count in the first round. In the second round Laurence continued to dominate forcing the referee to stop the contest. Ciaran White had a very good contest against Jack McHale from Ardagh/Cross BC using skill and selective punches to win on a unanimous decision.
Aaliyah Butler had a great exhibition match against Shelby Myers of Crumlin BC.Next into the ring was Cian Dolan in his first competitive contest. Cian showed great skill and was narrowly beaten on a split decision by Martin Collins from Ardnaree BC. In his contest against Bim Conroy of Tobar Pheadair BC, Adam Hession kept the pressure on for all three rounds. Adam’s lead jab proved too much for his opponent giving him the win on a split decision. Heavy Weight Tommy Cogley beat his opponent Stephen Connelly of Corrib BC on a unanimous decision.
In the final contest of the night Liam Jordan stopped his opponent Richie Heart from Oughterard BC in the second round, giving Monivea there fifth win out of the eight contest on the night.
Monivea Boxing Club would like to thank our sponsors and supporters and all the visiting boxers and officials who made the night such a success.