Articles tagged with: Gary McKenna

The IABA have named County Monaghan boxer Gary McKenna in an 11-strong squad for a week-long Elite training camp in England.  Three-time AIBA  World Elite, Youth and Junior medalist Joe Ward has also been named in the side, along with London 2012 Olympians Adam Nolan, Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlon.  Team Ireland team departed Saturday(Jan 18) for the seven-day training camp with England, France and Wales at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The Irish Elite team are building up toward the EU Championships this summer.  “This will be the last opportunity ...

The IABA have named a ten-strong panel for the AIBA World Elite Men’s Championships in Kazakhstan. The Championships officially begin in Almaty on October 11th.  Monaghan’s Gary McKenna has been named at bantamweight the youngest of the team at only 19 years of age, replacing London 2012 silver medalist John Joe Nevin, who has signaled his intention to turn pro. This is another opportunity for a Old School boxer to claim glory with …

What a night of world class boxing the Old School ABC supporters were treated to at the the National stadium, Dublin. In all thirteen titles were won at Friday’s Elite Championships finals and Katie Taylor recorded an emphatic victory on her return to competitive action since winning gold at London 2012. It was a night which also seen the retirement of boxing legend Kenny Egan where he received a standing ovation. A packed house with over two thousand spectator’s witnessed one of the best nights of Irish boxing in recent times. Gary McKenna of Old School ABC Smithboro gave a ...

The 2012 National Intermediate Championships, the final National tournament of the year, concluded in Dublin last Friday night. Twenty four titles were claimed at the National Stadium in Dublin that night to bring the curtain down on 2012. The Championships, which attracted a record entry of almost 200 male and female boxers, is the final National tournament of the year.  In what was to be the first time in twenty years that a Monaghan boxer had achieved such a feat, Kevin McBride being the last in the early nineties. Gary McKenna of ...