Tonight (Friday), the Westville Hotel in Enniskillen will stage an International Fight Night between Austria and Ireland with Irish Elite 60kg Lightweight Champion Rhys Owens on the bill for Ireland. The Erne Boxing Club-run event in partnership with the IABA High-Performance Unit, has garnered a lot of interest locally. Eight international contests are on the billing, […]
Owens to fight for Ireland on Enniskillen billing
Ireland will take on Austria in an Elite International in Enniskillen later this month. The event, hosted by Erne Boxing Club will take place at the Westville Hotel on Friday, May 23 and feature 10 bouts and three supporting contests, with the first bell sounding at 7pm. Erne Boxing Club’s Rhys Owens will compete for Ireland while several […]
Back-to-back Ulster titles for Erne boxer Owens
Erne Boxing Club was again celebrating the success of two of their fighters, Rhys Owens and Anthony Malanaphy, at the Ulster Elite Championships in Belfast on Saturday. National Elite champion Rhys Owens cemented his position as the number one lightweight boxer in the country with two impressive victories, beating former Commonwealth Games gold medallist and […]
Boxer Owens living the high-performance life
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen” is a famous Michael Jordan quote. It sprung to mind when speaking to Rhys Owens of Erne Boxing Club on Thursday afternoon last. Here’s a lad, who by his own admission, almost threw in the towel on the sport he […]
Gold for ‘Boxer of the Tournament’ Malanaphy in Poland
The Erne Boxing Club’s remarkable 2024 finished on a high last weekend with Anthony Malanaphy winning a gold medal at a multi-nations tournament in Warsaw, Poland whilst boxing as part of the Ulster High-Performance team. Competing in the Welterweight 67 kg category, he was pitted against Romanian boxer Samuel Roman in the semi-finals. Malanaphy boxed […]
First Irish Elite win for Fermanagh in 51 years
Enniskillen boxer Rhys Owens said his phone has been “blowing up” since Friday night as messages of congratulations poured in following his National Elite 60kg Lightweight title win at the National Stadium. Owens beat two of the favourites to lift the title, making it all the “sweeter” for the Fermanagh fighter. It’s been a long […]
Erne boxers in search of Ulster glory
On a momentous night for Erne Boxing Club, the club will have two fighters competing in the Ulster Elite Finals tonight (Friday). Rhys Owens and Anthony Malanaphy will bid to bring back gold and follow in the footsteps of Joe Joyce who won the super heavyweight back in 2017. Owens is up against Teo Alin […]
Enniskillen’s Owens is aiming for Euro glory
ENNISKILLEN boxer Rhys Owens says he’s ‘focused and locked in’ ahead of the start of the Under-22 European Boxing Championship on Sunday. After a fairytale season, which saw Owens win his first National title, the 21-year-old has been selected to represent Ireland at the major games. It’s going to be the first time that the […]
‘I want to be world champion’
Just hours after bringing his maiden National Boxing Championship title home to Enniskillen, Rhys Owens’ family and friends called around to his house in Braeside Park to congratulate the Irish champion but midway through the celebrations the Erne boxer called it a day and headed for bed. Irish champion or not, the same routine must […]
Owens wins national title
DESPITE facing many different challenges and obstacles this season, Rhys Owens defied the odds on Saturday to win the Irish Under-22 National Lightweight Championship at the National Stadium in Dublin. Sean Crowley, Erne Boxing Club head coach, was delighted with the success of the club’s ‘leading role model’. “Myself, Greg [Copeland], Dessie [Kennedy], PJ [Friel] and Paul [Cassidy], […]