Convoy's Kerry Brown to box for Ireland against Netherlands in Cork
Kerry Brown, who is now boxing with the Dukes Boxing Club in Co Tyrone, is part of a composite U19 and Elite team to face the Netherlands on Saturday
Convoy teenager Kerry Brown will box for Ireland this Saturday in Cork.
Brown, who is now boxing with the Dukes Boxing Club in Co Tyrone, is part of a composite U19 and Elite team to face the Netherlands.
The tournament takes place in the Firgrove Hotel, Mitchelstown.
A total of nine boxers, including Brown, make up the Irish squad.
Last October, Brown claimed a silver medal in the youth 60kgs division at the Boxam Junior/Youth Tournament in La Nucía, Spain, losing out to Paula Hernandez from Mexico.
Last year, Brown won the Irish Junior 2 60kgs title in excellent fashion.
Brown stopped Leah O’Brien from Togher in the final at the National Stadium. Back in 2024, she was the runner up in the national Senior Cadets at 57kgs.
This weekend’s will be a third international this month for Team Ireland.
The Ireland squad is: U19 | 60kg Kerry Brown , Dukes BC, Tyrone; U19 | 65kg Isabelle Hawkins , St Nicholas BC, Tipperary; U19 | 65kg Callum Lysaght ,St Francis, Limerick; U19 | 65kg Scott O Sullivan, Elite BC, Cork; U19 | 65kg Dylan Rockett , Winters BC, Waterford; U19 | 75kg Mike O Driscoll , Elite BC, Cork; U19 | 80kg Ricky Kiely, Midleton BC, Cork; Elite | 65kg Jason Nevin , Olympic BC Mullingar; Elite | 70 kg Ryan Jenkins, Jobstown BC, Dublin.