IRELAND’S DEAN CLANCY and Adam Hession will box for gold on Thursday at the European U22 Boxing Championships in Italy.
Ireland’s 10-strong squad will be bringing home three medals from Roseta with Jack Marley winning bronze in the heavyweight division.
Monkstown BC’s Marley lost his 91kg semi-final on Tuesday in a unanimous decision despite a game comeback against Artyan Yardanyar of Georgia.
But there was better news for both Clancy and Hession who progressed to the finals of the light-welterweight and bantamweight divisions respectively.
🥈MEDAL UPGRADE🥈
— Dean_Clancy (@dean_clancy) June 22, 2021
Won 5:0 beating Italy happy with my performance boxing in the European U22 final Thursday for gold, well done to everyone!🇮🇪 pic.twitter.com/J7RaK0QI2y
Sligo’s Clancy, who boxes out of the Sean McDermott club, was too good for home fighter Matteo Ara in Tuesday’s semi-final, picking up the decision on all five cards.
He will now face Ahmad Shtiwi of Israel in the gold medal bout.
Monivea’s Hession was given a walkover into Thursday’s final when his opponent Pawel Brach of Poland was forced to withdraw with a rib injury.
Hession faces Armenia’s Artur Bazeyan in the final.
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