{"id":657379,"date":"2026-05-09T03:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T03:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/657379\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T03:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T03:43:09","slug":"four-wins-on-feliks-stamm-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/657379\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Wins on Feliks Stamm Opening Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy of Boxing Ireland<\/a><\/p>\n

Team Ireland came away with four wins on the first day of the Feliks Stamm Round Robin in Poland.<\/p>\n

Now in it\u2019s 42nd year, the competition is taking a slightly different format. Named after the coach known as the Father of Polish Boxing, the event traditionally takes place in Warsaw in a championship format as a gold-status World Boxing tournament. The 2026 edition has included 3 day training camp, followed by a two-day Round Robin involving Ireland, Poland, Germany and England taking on May 8th and 9th.<\/p>\n

57kg\u00a0Sarah Cunningham\u00a0made her debut for Ireland today, stepping between the ropes against Germany\u2019s Assia El Fachtali. This was a competitive contest, with the 4-1 decision going to the German boxer. Sarah is back on action in Bout 3 of Saturday\u2019s Afternoon Session, contesting against Wictoria Hass of Poland, in the Afternoon Session.<\/p>\n

Next up was Immaculata BC\u2019s\u00a0Caitlin Fryers, taking on GB\u2019s Kelsey Oakley in a contest at 51kg. This was a very tight, hotly contested bout. Caitlin lost on the narrowest of margins, at 3-2 split. Caitlin is up again on Saturday, taking on Germany\u2019s Milana Nurislamova in Bout 10 of the Afternoon Session.<\/p>\n

Phoenix of Ballyboughal\u2019s\u00a0Niamh Fay\u00a0brought the first win of the day, and a decisive one. She boxed at 57kg against GB\u2019s Vivien Parsons, and was the 5-0 winner. Niamh meets Germany\u2019s Canan Tas in Bout 15 of tomorrow\u2019s Afternoon Session.<\/p>\n

Next up was Holy Trinity Belfast\u2019s\u00a0Kaci Rock, boxing at 65kg against GB\u2019s Amy Broadhurst. The 5-0 decision went to the GB boxer. Kaci steps between the ropes again on Saturday, against \u00a0Poland\u2019s Aneta Rygielska in Bout 4 of the Afternoon Session.<\/p>\n

70kg\u00a0Terry McEntee\u00a0brought the second win of the day \u2013 against GB\u2019s Sonny Kerr on a 3-0 decision. The DCU BC clubman will be hoping for two on the trot tomorrow, when he boxes home athlete, Poland\u2019s Karol Pawlik in Bout 8 of the Afternoon Session.<\/p>\n

Not to be today for\u00a0Gus Idemudia. The Mount Tallant BC superheavy was in against GB\u2019s Matthew Williams, with the unanimous decision win accorded to the GB boxer. . Gus has a German opponent tomorrow, in the form of Younes Amin Ouchhaou. They\u2019ll meet in Bout 14 of the Afternoon Session.<\/p>\n

The third win of the day belonged to\u00a0Kellie McLoughlin\u00a0of St. Catherine\u2019s BC, Dublin. Kellie, contesting at lightweight, was in against home boxer Anastasia Micha\u0142ek and was dominant, throughout. She came away with the 5-0 decision, and will be back in action in Bout 11 of Saturday\u2019s Afternoon Session, against Ayssa Martinez Lopez of Germany.<\/p>\n

Jobstown BC\u2019s\u00a0Tadhg O\u2019Donnell\u00a0took on home boxer Mateusz Wojtasi Pski in a contest at 75kg, but it wasn\u2019t to be. The unanimous decision was awarded to the Polish athlete. Tadhg will face Germany\u2019s Mouxime Abdoulay tomorrow, in Bout 12 of the Afternoon Session.<\/p>\n

While Saviour\u2019s Crystal Waterford boxer, 80kg\u00a0Kelyn Cassidy, rounded-off the days action in style \u2013 with a 5-0 win over Poland\u2019s Richard Gi\u0142ej. Kelyn returns in Bout 13 of Saturday\u2019s Afternoon Session, against Germany\u2019s Ramil Schaefer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Courtesy of Boxing Ireland Team Ireland came away with four wins on the first day of the Feliks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,243338,82],"class_list":["post-657379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-niamh-fay","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}