 Ryan Lindberg beat Kevin Fennessey in the final |
Belfast's Ryan Lindberg snatched he Irish amateur bantamweight crown with a dramatic one-point win over Kevin Fennessey on Friday night. Fennessey, from Tipperary, was ahead going into the final round but received a public warning and lost 19-18.
Paddy Barnes of Holy Family won the light-flyweight final with a 19-3 success over Jimmy Moore.
Eamonn O'Kane failed to land a fourth Irish title as he lost the middleweight final to Darren Sutherland.
O'Kane took three standing counts before the referee stopped the contest in the third round.
Dungloe's John Sweeney lost the heavyweight final 14-9 to Ian Tims of St Matthew's while Willie Mitchell of Dromore was stopped after just 22 seconds by Dublin light-heavyweight Kenneth Egan.
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