THE IABA have confirmed that middleweight Michael Nevin has pulled out of their Olympic squad and will not be travelling to the final qualifier which begins in Paris on Friday. A bronze medallist at the last European Championships in 2019, he was regarded one of Ireland’s medal prospects in the men’s tournament in Tokyo. Rio Olympian Brendan Irvine qualified in London for Tokyo but is travelling to Paris where he will be aiming to get on the podium. European middleweight champion Aoife O’Rourke needs two wins to make the cut for Tokyo as does heavyweight Kirill Afananasev. Essentially the tournament will take up where it left off in London 14 months ago.

Source: Irish Independent May 31, 2021 18:45 UTC