Darren O'Neill
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Darren O'Neill is a boxer
from Ireland
. Claimed all honours around him in Ireland at underage levels. Finished second at light-heavyweight at the National Championships 2005 and 2006 behind Kenneth Egan
. Has since won three national middleweight championships where he has excelled since switching from lightheavy three years ago. He lives in Paulstown, Co.Kilkenny. Lost to Darren Sutherland
on a questionable decision in 2008. 2009 European union champion and 2010 European silver medalist. In the 2010 European championships defeated 4 opponents including medal favourite Sergey Derevyanchenko of Ukraine before losing to Artem Chebotarev of Russia in the final. He was named the captain of the Irish boxing team at the 2011 European Championships. He secured automatic Olympic qualification for the 2012 London games in the World Amateur Championships 2011.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. Claimed all honours around him in Ireland at underage levels. Finished second at light-heavyweight at the National Championships 2005 and 2006 behind 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...
. Has since won three national middleweight championships where he has excelled since switching from lightheavy three years ago. He lives in Paulstown, Co.Kilkenny. Lost to 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....
on a questionable decision in 2008. 2009 European union champion and 2010 European silver medalist. In the 2010 European championships defeated 4 opponents including medal favourite Sergey Derevyanchenko of Ukraine before losing to Artem Chebotarev of Russia in the final. He was named the captain of the Irish boxing team at the 2011 European Championships. He secured automatic Olympic qualification for the 2012 London games in the World Amateur Championships 2011.