GOLDEN BOY: Itauma wins the European Junior championships
Photo: ENGLAND BOXING
‘EVERY ONE OF THEM BOXED THEIR HEARTS OUT. THEY’VE BEEN BRILLIANT’
THE European Junior champions concluded in Galati, Romania on Saturday ( June 1). Both Sacha Hickey and Enriko Itauma won gold medals for the England squad, with their team-mate Shelby-Marie Lee securing a silver medal. English boxers Royston Barney-Smith and Vinny Huczmann secured bronze medals. Ireland eclipsed that with a nine-medal haul, including two gold and one silver, to go with six bronze medals. “The squad have been fantastic out here. Every one of them boxed their hearts out and with a bit of luck we might have had more medals. They’ve been absolutely brilliant and congratulations also to their clubs and club coaches who prepared them,” said IABA president Dominic O’Rourke.