WHITESIDE AND GALE THWARTED
But Scott Forest and Ireland’s Molloy in the medals at the Feliks Stamm
THE Feliks Stamm tournament took place at Torwar Hall in Warsaw, Poland from May 3-6.
It proved to be frustrating for GB boxers and European medallists, Lisa Whiteside and Natasha Gale. Whiteside beat Germany’s
Ursula Gottlob unanimously in her opening contest. But then Sweden’s
Katrin Noren outscored Lisa on a split decision.
“Felt sharp, fast and relaxed,” Whiteside stated. “Loved the bout and the coaches really chuffed with my performance but to our disbelief her hand was raised.”
Gale, the European champion, lost to host country boxer, Poland’s
Karolina Lukasik in the quarterfinals by split decision.
Scottish heavyweight Scott Forrest reached the semi-finals but was held to a unanimous defeat by
Erik Tlkanec. Irish welterweight
Kieran Molloy did reach the final, but lost to Mateusz Kostecki, another Polish boxer. French Olympic silver medallist Sofiane Oumiha won gold outpointing Poland’s Adrian Kowal in the lightweight final.
The USA fielded a team. Their flyweight Virginia Fuchs won gold, beating Turkey’s Busenaz Cakiroglu for all five judges. 2016 Olympian Mikaela Mayer reached the semi-final but lost to Finland’s Mira Potkonen, Katie Taylor’s conqueror in Rio. She had however picked up a good win over Azerbaijan’s Yana Alekseevna earlier on in the tournament.
RESULTS (Britain & Ireland) 51: Lisa Whiteside (England) outpd Ursula Gottlob (Germany) unan, Katrin Noren (Sweden) outpd Whiteside split. 56: Viliam Tanko (Slovakia) outpd Jack Turner (Scotland) split, Jaroslaw Iwanow (Poland) outpd Myles Casey (Ireland) unan. 57: Anna Alimardanova (Azerbaijan) outpd Crystal Barker (England) unan. 60: Skye Nicolson (Australia) outpd Elaine Greenan (Scotland) unan, Sofiane Oumiha (France) outpd James Mcgivern (Ireland) unan, Adrian Kowal (Poland) outpd Kieran Mcmaster (Scotland) unan. 64: Askar Erubek (Kazakhstan) outpd Sean Spence (Scotland) unan. 69: Kieran Molloy (Ireland) outpd Jamsid Nazari (Norway) split, Damian Kiwior (Poland) outpd Sean Eng (Scotland) split, Molloy outpd Maksymilian Gibadlo (Poland) unan, Molloy outpd Garnik Papikyan (Armenia) unan, Molloy outpd by Mateusz Kostecki (Poland) split. 75: Karolina Lukasik (Poland) outpd Natasha Gale (England) split, Darren Johnstone (Scotland) outpd Bartosz Golebiewski (Poland) split, Stanislaw Gibadlo (Poland) outpd Darren Johnstone (Scotland) split. 81: Peter Mullenberg (Netherland) outpd Boris Crighton (Scotland) unan. 91: Scott Forrest (Scotland) outpd Jan Sosnowski (Poland) unan, Erik Tlkanec (Slovakia) outpd Scott Forrest (Scotland) unan.
91&: Djamili Aboudou (France) outpd Thomas Carthy (Ireland) unan.