6 Irish fighters through to the EU finals, but Buncy....

[slapbangwhallop]

.....failed to even give them a mention! Plenty of time to list out all the English and Welsh finalist (skimming over the four British fighters beaten in the semis by Irish fighters including England only Yerpian champion, Luke Campbell)

Bit more balanced reporting please Buncey - its not the BBC yer on son!

[bigped]

Why did he not mention the irish had dominated the whole tournament and had 6 in final?

[slapbangwhallop]

Why did he not mention the irish had dominated the whole tournament and had 6 in final?

my point exactly - creaming himself over the English and Welsh guys and ignored the irish guys! But then again we all know the Setanta never employee Irish guys!

finals on Saturday.

48 kg - POL Lukasz Maszczyk v ENG Thomas Stubbs

51 kg - ENG Khalid Yafei v IRE Declan Geraghty

54 kg - IRE John Joe Nevin v GER Denis Makarov

60 kg - GER Eugen Burhard v ENG Thomas Stalker

64 kg - HUN Gyula Kate v ENG Bradley Saunders

69 kg - HUN Balaza Bacskai v IRE Willie McLouhglin

75 kg - DEN Stephan Alms v IRE Darren O´Neill

81 kg - ENG Obed Mbwakongo v HUN Imre Szello

91 kg - ESP Juan Agustin Olivia Aleman v IRE Con Sheehan

+91 kg - HUN Istvan Bernath v GER Erik Pfeifer

[Goz]

Great show by the Irish fighters there, never knew about this.

[bigped]

Great show by the Irish fighters there, never knew about this.

Different class, shows there proudcing them, cant belive buncy wouldnt mention it? anyone else watch the show confirm this? thought steve was better than that.

[metropol]

The am scene in ireland is really buzzing at the moment

[winkveron]

.....failed to even give them a mention! Plenty of time to list out all the English and Welsh finalist (skimming over the four British fighters beaten in the semis by Irish fighters including England only Yerpian champion, Luke Campbell)

Bit more balanced reporting please Buncey - its not the BBC yer on son!

Why don't you mention them here then? Instead of giving Buncey and his show a hard time.

[TerribleTerry]

Excuse my ignorance of the international amateur calendar, but is this a truly representative field of competition? Is this a weakened tournament for any reason?

I ask because having 10 English/Irish fighters taking up a potential 20 places available for the finals seems very lopsided in terms of representation (or are the Irish and English lads just THAT good?)

[damianhucker1]

WELL IM ANGLO-MAGYAR SO IM WELL PLEASED
( ENGLISH/HUNGARIAN)

[moorser]

he also failed to mention john-joe nevin beat campbell 13-2

paddy barnes was forced to withdraw and i think he would have got gold aswel

considering we only had 9 men and 9 medals is not bad at all

maybe the irish and english lads are that good i think the competition is as good as it gets in the e.u

we will soon find out in sep when the worlds are on

[Londonirish]

he also failed to mention john-joe nevin beat campbell 13-2

What a Result, if it was the other way Round i think Buncy might of mentioned it :)

[steve689]

The am scene in ireland is really buzzing at the moment

Especially in the North. I'm in many of the clubs on a regular basis and there's an abundance of talent knocking around Belfast

[metropol]

The am scene in ireland is really buzzing at the moment

Especially in the North. I'm in many of the clubs on a regular basis and there's an abundance of talent knocking around Belfast

Did you see frampton on his debut? Apparently he was impressive , id love to see sutcliffe in the pros but i think hes young enough to hang on till 2012

[yiddo14]

BRITISH Boxing forum lads maybe thats why?

Seriously though, its a good achievement but the EU's are not the Europeans and certainly not the Worlds.

The Irish are currently enjoying their best crop ever it seems.

[Srebmun]

BRITISH Boxing forum lads maybe thats why?

He's not taking about a forum tho', he's talking about a TV programme.

[slapbangwhallop]

BRITISH Boxing forum lads maybe thats why?

He's not taking about a forum tho', he's talking about a TV programme.

well said!

anyway, I left the 57kg final out!!

Guess what - another Paddy!

57 kg - GER Sandro Schaer v IRE David Oliver Joyce

[slapbangwhallop]

Excuse my ignorance of the international amateur calendar, but is this a truly representative field of competition? Is this a weakened tournament for any reason?

I ask because having 10 English/Irish fighters taking up a potential 20 places available for the finals seems very lopsided in terms of representation (or are the Irish and English lads just THAT good?)

Terry you are right but also the Euro championships were weakened. The EU's are an annual competition and is the baby brother of the European championship.

[Tommy Gunn13]

he also failed to mention john-joe nevin beat campbell 13-2

What a Result, if it was the other way Round i think Buncy might of mentioned it :)

Awesome result for Nevin...
wait for campbells excuses,wasnt training hard it was only a minor tournament etc...
Irelands amatuers are doing well at the min,they have always had a couple of good-uns every olympics since ive been follwing the sport 2012 could be a good year for them....is billy walsh still involved???

[gasman]

.....failed to even give them a mention! Plenty of time to list out all the English and Welsh finalist (skimming over the four British fighters beaten in the semis by Irish fighters including England only Yerpian champion, Luke Campbell)

Bit more balanced reporting please Buncey - its not the BBC yer on son!

Yeah I noticed that myself. Setanta has a big Irish audience and you would think he would be mindful of that.

[slapbangwhallop]

he also failed to mention john-joe nevin beat campbell 13-2

What a Result, if it was the other way Round i think Buncy might of mentioned it :)

Awesome result for Nevin...
wait for campbells excuses,wasnt training hard it was only a minor tournament etc...
Irelands amatuers are doing well at the min,they have always had a couple of good-uns every olympics since ive been follwing the sport 2012 could be a good year for them....is billy walsh still involved???

still head coach afaik

[yiddo14]

BRITISH Boxing forum lads maybe thats why?

He's not taking about a forum tho', he's talking about a TV programme.

Take it on to the Current Scene

[Srebmun]

BRITISH Boxing forum lads maybe thats why?

He's not taking about a forum tho', he's talking about a TV programme.

Take it on to the Current Scene

Sorry to labour this point, but... originally you got it wrong in what point was being discussed, and now you are saying to move it - that's a pretty anti Irish sentiment, or you seem a bit of a tool.

[liamlion]

Sorry to labour this point, but... originally you got it wrong in what point was being discussed, and now you are saying to move it - that's a pretty anti Irish sentiment, or you seem a bit of a tool.

Yiddo14 is a dick. This sort of underlying thing seems to be a bit of a reoccuring theme with him. I seem to recall some ill-thought out comments concerning John Duddy and his Derry origin. Whats your issue with the Irish mate??

[Hagler2002]

I seem to recall some ill-thought out comments concerning John Duddy and his Derry origin. Whats your issue with the Irish mate??

I thought it was Londonderry?

[hitman09]

I seem to recall some ill-thought out comments concerning John Duddy and his Derry origin. Whats your issue with the Irish mate??

I thought it was Londonderry?

You thought wrong then. The only people who call it Londonderry are Protestants. The majority of it's population know the place as Derry, as does most of Ireland.