{"id":362242,"date":"2026-03-24T08:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/362242\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T08:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:42:10","slug":"watch-young-mayo-boxers-secure-all-ireland-glory-at-national-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/362242\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Young Mayo boxers secure All-Ireland glory at national championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, some of the best young boxing prospects of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayonews.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Mayo<\/a> converged on the National Boxing Stadium in Dublin for a thrilling weekend of boxing at the National Junior One Championships.<\/p>\n<p>There was also no shortage of victors from this neck of the woods at the event in the capital, with all three Mayo finalists coming home with victory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayonews.ie\/news\/castlebar\/2036669\/brilliant-mayo-boxer-books-place-in-all-ireland-gold-decider.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/READ_MORE_button_-_2026-03-16T112605.927-1773660459046.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"323\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First to emerge with a win was Emma Rattigan. The Aglish Bc figheter went through a titanic battle with Drimnagh&#8217;s Ruby Cullen, eventually seeing her hand raised in a 3-2 win.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the entire fight below:<\/p>\n<p>Celebrations were plentiful in Aglish on Monday evening at 8pm, as the community gathered to congratulate the youngster for her victory in the 60kg weight division.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayo folk in attendance didn&#8217;t have to wait too long to see their next Mayo champion, as two fights later, Ballyhaunis man Cathal Conlon stepped between the ropes.<\/p>\n<p>Bernie McDonagh from Mullingar&#8217;s Elite Boxing Club stood in the red corner. Conlon put on an exemplary display, winning all five rounds to bring home the 60kg title.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch Conlon&#8217;s victory here:<\/p>\n<p>The last Mayo athlete to fight in a decider was the excellent Michael Mullaney in the 66 kg division.<\/p>\n<p>Not one to be outdone, a clinical display of ringmanship saw the Claremorris BC star put Antrim native Jude McLaughlin to the sword, winning all five rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, this is the youthful puncher&#8217;s sixth Irish title, a stunning achievement in itself.<\/p>\n<p>The full fight can be seen here:<\/p>\n<p>Also on the day, the National Junior Two Championship semi-finals saw fighters endeavour to reach the deciders, which get underway on Friday, March 20.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Joshua Maughan of Ballyhaunis lost out to Avona&#8217;s Liam Boland in the 80kg weight class. Fellow Ballyhaunis club member Nikita Webb-McDonagh was also unfortunate to lose out to Muckno&#8217;s Maisie Flanagan on Friday at the National Boy\/Girl Four Championship finals.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, there was also success at the Friday event. Joshua Ward was awarded a walkover in the 108 kg division.<\/p>\n<p>Both Michael Mullaney and Ward received a great welcome when they touched down in Claremorris train station, on what was a great weekend for boxing in many gyms in the county.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayonews.ie\/section\/3240\/boxing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Boxing-1760344049756.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"229\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This weekend, some of the best young boxing prospects of Mayo converged on the National Boxing Stadium in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[163716,21708,61,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-362242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ballyhaunis","9":"tag-claremorris","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}