 Eamon O'Kane will compete in the Commonwealth Games |
The Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council has ratified the seven boxers who last week were nominated for the Games in Melbourne. Ryan Lindberg, Ballymena cousins Dermot and Thomas Hamill, Patrick Barnes, Shaun McKim, Eamonn O'Kane and Ciaran Crossan will participate in Australia.
The NI selections for the games was dogged by controversy with a number of high-profile fighters missing out.
These included Brian Gillen, Kevin Doherty and Cathal McMonagle.
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 selected fighters 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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