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Immaculata boxer Ryan Lindberg is one of the magnificent seven who hope to represent Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Lindberg is joined by Ballymena cousins Dermot and Thomas Hamill, Patrick Barnes, Shaun McKim, Eamonn O'Kane and Ciaran Crossan.
Four Ulster champions missed out and the exclusion of ex-Irish champion Brian Gillen has courted controversy.
The seven nominated will be ratified by the Games Council next Monday.
Lindberg, at least was a certain selection after he won the best boxer award at the Ulster Amateur Boxing Championships last Thursday night at the Ulster Hall.
His Immaculata team-mate Crossan fights in the light-heavyweight division and earns his selection after only stepping out of the Intermediate ranks this year.
The Hamill cousins box out of the All Saints club in Ballymena with light-welterweight Dermot the only non-champion selected.
Holy Trinity's super-heavyweight champion Conall Carmichael missed out on selection along with featherweight Barry McCaffery and heavyweight Cathal McMonagle also non-selections.
With a decision on the candidates required immediately by the Commonwealth Games Council, the Ulster IABA had to abandon any idea of box-offs.
That meant that Welsh-based Gillen's hopes of meeting new bantamweight champion Shaun McKim was turned down.
The seven boxers nominated are:
light-flyweight: Patrick Barnes (Holy Family)
flyweight: Ryan Lindberg (Immaculata)
bantamweight: Shaun McKim (Abbey, Bangor)
light-welterweight: Dermot Hamill (Ballymena All Saints)
welterweight: Thomas Hamill (Ballymena All Saints)
middleweight: Eamonn O'Kane (Dungiven)
light-heavyweight: Ciaran Crossan (Immaculata).
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