2008 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships

The Men's 2008 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
The European Union Amateur Boxing Championships is an annual competition for amateur boxers from the European Union and its candidate countries . The championships are organised by the continent's governing body, the European Boxing Confederation . The first edition of the men's tournament took...

were held in Cetniewo, Poland

Poland

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from June 15 to June 22. The 6th edition of the annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. A total number of 119 fighters from across Europe competed at these championships.

Medal winners

Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms)	Pal Bedak Pál Bedák Pál Bedák is a boxer from Hungary best known to win the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships. His older brother Zsolt Bedák is a bantamweight boxer.... Hungary	Paddy Barnes Paddy Barnes Patrick Barnes, more commonly known as Paddy Barnes, is an Irish amateur boxer from Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.... Ireland	Łukasz Maszczyk Poland
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms)	Rafał Kaczor Poland	Khalid Saeed Yafai Khalid Saeed Yafai Khalid Yafai is a British amateur boxer, ranked 3rd in the world at the 52kg weight division.-Career:Like Naseem Hamed, flyweight Yafai is the son of Yemeni parents... England	Redouane Asloum France Vincenzo Picardi Vincenzo Picardi Vincenzo Picardi is an Italian amateur boxer best known for winning a bronze medal in the flyweight division both at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago and at the Olympics 2008.... Italy
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms)	John Joe Nevin John Joe Nevin John Joseph Nevin , more commonly known as John Joe Nevin, is an Irish amateur boxer who won the Irish national boxing title and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics at the age of 18.... Ireland	Mateusz Mazik Poland	Rafael Pujol Spain Hafid Bouji Germany
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms)	Kris Jones Kris Jones Kris Jones is an American video game designer, producer, and entrepreneur, most notable for his work on the iPhone and iPod Touch AppStore. His most notable work was on the iPhone game Trenches which gained nearly 2,000,000 players in the first six months of its launch.- Biography :Jones was born... Wales	Mirsad Ahmeti Croatia	Michał Chudecki Poland Hicham Ziouti France
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms)	Thomas Stalker Tom Stalker Tom Stalker is an English amateur boxer fighting in the 64 kg category. He is ranked 12 in the world at 64kg. He is a member of the England elite squad as well as the Great British podium squad and recently won silver at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow and Gold at... England	Miklos Varga Miklós Varga Miklos Varga is a Hungarian amateur boxer who competed at the 2008 Olympics but lost his only bout at lightweight to Merey Akshalov.-External links:*... Hungary	Artur Schmidt Germany Rachid Azzedine France
Light Welterweight (– 64 kilograms)	Frankie Gavin Frankie Gavin (boxer) Frankie Raymond Gavin is a British professional boxer from Birmingham who, whilst an amateur, won the gold medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships to become English boxing's first ever World Amateur champion.... England	Gyula Kate Gyula Kate Gyula Káté is a Hungarian amateur boxer best known to win two bronze medals at European Championships and one at World Championships.-Career:... Hungary	Mustafa Doğan Mustafa Dogan Mustafa Doğan is a retired German footballer of Turkish descent who played as a central defender.During his professional career, he played for teams in both his native country and land of adoption, representing the German national team in the late 90's.-Football career:A native of the village of... Turkey Marcin Łęgowski Poland
Welterweight (– 69 kilograms)	Billy Joe Saunders Billy Joe Saunders Billy Joe Saunders is a British professional boxer, who after a distinguished junior career qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-Career:... England	Dieter Doehl Germany	Xavier Noel Xavier Noël Xavier Noel is a French welterweight amateur boxer who won silver at the 2004 European Championships and participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Career:... France Mariusz Koperski Poland
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms)	Darren Sutherland Darren Sutherland Darren John Sutherland was an Irish professional boxer from County Meath, Ireland. His amateur career was crowned by a bronze medal for Ireland in the middleweight division at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.... Ireland	James Degale James DeGale He is European super middleweight championJames Frederick DeGale MBE is an English boxer and Olympic gold medalist. He was born in Harlesden, London. He started amateur boxing at the Trojan club at the age of 10 before moving to Dale Youth boxing club... England	Caner Sayak Turkey Stefan Haertel Germany
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms)	Kenneth Egan Kenneth Egan Kenneth "Kenny" Egan is an amateur boxer from Clondalkin, Dublin best known for winning a Silver Medal in the final of the 81 kg, Light-Heavyweight boxing final at the 2008 Olympics... Ireland	Tony Jeffries Tony Jeffries Tony David Jeffries is an English professional boxer who won a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics... England	Imre Szello Imre Szello Imre Szellő is a Hungarian amateur boxer who has qualified for the 2008 Olympics.-2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships:... Hungary Ömer Aydoğan Turkey
Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms)	Helias Pavlidis Greece	Con Sheehan Ireland	Vahagn Sahakyan Germany Warren Baister England
Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms)	David Price David Price (boxer) David Price is a professional British heavyweight boxer from Liverpool.-Amateur career:The 6 ' 8 Price boxed out of Salisbury ABC and in 2003 became the youngest ever A.B.A champion in the Super-Heavyweight division, he was 19 years and 272 days old... England	Istvan Bernath Hungary	Samet Keskin Turkey Krzysztof Głowacki Poland

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