Ardagh-Crossmolina Boxing Club

Long before Ryan O'Donoghue became the football legend he now is he was a legend in the boxing ring - winning an Irish title as an 11 year old beating the brilliant James McGivern in the final.

Ryan then went on to box for Ireland and was a familiar face in the national stadium for a few years until he went on to play soccer and then Gaelic Football both at the very highest level, but it all started in Golden Gloves Boxing Club in Belmullet, Co.Mayo.

He has proved like all the Mayo team that dedication, discipline and self belief you can achieve great things.

Ardagh Crossmolina Boxing club would like to congratulate all the players and staff on this amazing win. It was a job well done.

A great weekend of boxing in Castlebar Boxing Club on Friday night and in Aglish Boxing Club on Sunday afternoon with Niall Canavan and Adam McGuinness on Friday night and Clara Hegarty, Carragh Fergus, Annie Cawley and Rachel Canavan in the all female tournament on Sunday afternoon. Well done everyone 🥊🥊

Day two of the Mayo boxing championships proved to be much better for the club with great wins by Niall Canavan against Benjamin Garvin in a close but skilled bout between two lads who knew eachother well but this time it was Niall who got his hand raised that was followed by good wins from Erica Carey and Patrick Moyles who also became champions of Mayo this weekend and great performances from Annie Cawley and Alex Gallagher in tough hard contests but it was great experience nonetheless.
Well done to all the coaches who helped out 🥊🥊🥊

It was a day of mixed fortunes at the Mayo championships in Ballina today with notable wins from Niall Canavan and a very dominant display from Fiacra Gill to become Mayo champion but also some losses that were very hard to swallow, Cillian Gallagher put on a great display but just fell a little short while Darragh McLaughlin was unlucky to say the least in his first contest this year but a lot to build on all the same. Leo Gills decision was shocking to say the least in a contest that he controlled from the start and gave a fantastic display of boxing only to be denied by what can only be described as terrible judging, chin up Leo and on to the Connachts. We as coaches were very proud of our boxers today. 🥊🥊

Great day of boxing in the Charlestown.
Two underage boxers Sarah Canavan and JJ Canavan plus three contests for Aodh Gill, Cillian Gill and Alex Gallagher - all boxers fought their hearts out and did their Coaches, Club and families proud. Well done to them all. 🥊🥊

More photos from Hineys last Friday, well done to all involved 👏

What a night we had in Hineys last Friday, the kids were fantastic and the support was amazing. A huge thanks to All who attended and helped out on the night.

Here's a few photos from the night... Well done to all involved.

More photos to follow in the next post.

A tough day in the office for our boxers in the Mayo school boy championships in Castlebar with no wins from 3 contests first we had Caragh Fergus who boxed a very good girl from Oughterard but has gained great experience then came Patrick Moyles who was narrowly beaten on a split decision and then came Niall Canavan who was also narrowly beaten by a very good boxer but Niall was absolutely brilliant and will take the experience with him going forward, well done to Kenny Canavan and Keith Gallagher for taking care of the boxers. Onwards and upwards guys.