A KERRY boxer will contest his first professional bout next month.
Ballybunion native Maurice Falvey will make his debut on the Dylan Moran/Declan Geraghty topped Waterford card on Saturday, April 8.
The Cashen Vale boxer has an impressive amateur record and signed with boxing promoter Tony Davitt back in January.
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Falvey began boxing at London club Nemesis when he was very young, but has fought out of Cashen Vale once he returned to Kerry.
The 26-year-old is coached and managed by Davitt and will be also be guided by his amateur coach Patrick O’Brien and his father, Maurice Snr., who has helped nurture his talent over the years.
.Mike Edgar, Aoife Kissane, Sorcha Burke and Conor O’Brien at the IT Tralee Spark Society ‘Rumble In The Jungle’ Boxing Night at Tralee Sports Complex on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
THERE was a great turnout for a boxing event fundraiser at Tralee Sports Complex last night.
The IT Tralee Spark Society organised their ‘Rumble in the Jungle’, a collaboration with IT Tralees Boxing club in aid of Samaritans, pushing the message that nobody has a perfect mental health.
It was a white collar boxing event and the 10 participants involved were given free coaching and training to prepare for it.
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“They’ve been training for the past 10 weeks and none of them boxed before. Some weren’t really into fitness before this,” said Conor O’Brien of the Spark Society. “They all just wanted to help out the Samaritans. There’s a mixture of north and south campus based students, doing different courses and two hail from Zimbabwe,” added Conor.
The Society is all about sparking the conversation on Mental Health. The society, which was founded by Co-Chairmen Conor O’Brien and Mike Edgar, holds weekly meetings, and also events for the community like comedy nights, brownie sales and panel discussions with mental health professionals. Scroll down for photos…
The boxers at the IT Tralee Spark Society ‘Rumble In The Jungle’ Boxing Night at Tralee Sports Complex on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Pawel Duda and Daniela Balama at the IT Tralee Spark Society ‘Rumble In The Jungle’ Boxing Night at Tralee Sports Complex on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot CreanFight fans at the IT Tralee Spark Society ‘Rumble In The Jungle’ Boxing Night at Tralee Sports Complex on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Leah O’Sullivan, Shauna Healy and Katie Brennan at the IT Tralee Spark Society ‘Rumble In The Jungle’ Boxing Night at Tralee Sports Complex on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot CreanEmer Burke, Sigrid Taguba, Kate Moore, Jenny Cotter, Adam Guerin and Jack Carroll at the IT Tralee Spark Society ‘Rumble In The Jungle’ Boxing Night at Tralee Sports Complex on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
A SOCIETY at the IT Tralee is getting ready to rumble as they prepare for a fundraising boxing night at Tralee Sports Complex.
The IT Tralee Spark Society is all about sparking the conversation on Mental Health. The society, which was founded by Co-Chairmen Conor O’Brien and Mike Edgar, holds weekly meetings, and also events for the community like comedy nights, brownie sales and panel discussions with mental health professionals.
Their ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ is set to take place on March 14 at 7pm and is a collaboration with IT Tralees Boxing club in aid of Samaritans. The event is about pushing the message that nobody has a perfect mental health.
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The boxers are all part of the IT Tralee community. It is a white collar boxing event and the boxers involved have been given free coaching and training to prepare for it.
Tickets are €5 and can be bought from Spark Society’s members. You can also contact their social media pages on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @ITTSPARKSOC
.Katie O’Donoghue and Akeem Molloy who organised the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
THERE was a fantastic crowd and atmosphere at BTS Fitness last night for a special fight night fundraiser which raised well over €3,000.
The event was the brainchild of Akeem Molloy and his partner Katie Donoghue, who suffered a miscarriage last year and therefore decided to raise funds for the Miscarriage Association of Ireland, a charitable and completely voluntary body set up to support women and men who have been through miscarriages.
“We wanted to do an event to give something back,” Akeem told us when we called to the event on Thursday night.
“We approached the ITT students union who helped and Niall Hobbert of BTS Fitness gave us use of the ring for free. I got 22 fighters, so we’re having 11 fights. Some of the lads are local friends of mine and the rest are guys I met in college,” said Akeem, a student in Health and Leisure, while Katie is studying Social Care at the college.
“We’ve raised about €2,500 so far through ticket sales and that’s before the raffle,” said Akeem, who also told us that there is a also a fundraising skydive planned in the coming months.
This morning, Akeem revealed that €3,298 had been raised in total from the night and he and Katie thanked everyone for a helping make it a fantastic event.
There was a great atmosphere on the night and the competitors really went at it in the ring, much to the cheers of the crowd.
After the event, many hopped on the courtesy bus to Quarters nightclub for the aprés-fight party.
See the first two fighters from the night go at it in the video below and scroll down for loads of photos from the event…
..Alannah O’Sullivan, Katie Cahill and Faith Cox at the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Edel O’Sullivan, Natasha Glock and Shannon Canty at the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Darren Moloney, Darren O’Sullivan and TJ Mullane at the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Laura Marrinan, Amanda O’Sullivan, Niamh O’Grady and Aoibheann Lyons at the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Stephen Cahill, Cormac O’Connor and Eoin O’Mara at the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Seamus Murphy, Sarah McCarthy and Paul Moriarty at the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot CreanRobert McGovern, Michael Wrenn, Gavin O’Sullivan and Aaron Jones at the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot CreanJoe Weir, Annie Cooper, Róisín Hall and Megan Hough at the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Jack O’Grady, Aaron O’Malley, Peter Murphy and Cathal Kearney at the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot CreanRosaleen Quilligan, Richard O’Brien, Gemma O’Brien, Natasha McSweeney, Kevin Quilligan, Philomena Quilligan and Natasha Flaherty at the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot CreanAvril Clancy, Colleen Clancy, Ciara Hannon and Kayla Long at the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot CreanChristine Meaney and Serena Crowley at the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot CreanShannon Mulvihill and Nicole O’Sullivan at the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot CreanSome of the crowd before the start of the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot CreanTwo fighters at the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot CreanTwo fighters at the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
.Katie Donoghue and Akeem Molloy in the ring where the charity fight night in aid of The Miscarriage Association of Ireland will take place. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
A TRALEE couple are organising a charity event for a cause close to their hearts later this month.
A charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland will take place on Thursday, November 26, at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor West.
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Katie Donoghue and Akeem Molloy, are the local couple getting behind the charity for what should be an electric night of boxing.
The Miscarriage Association of Ireland is a charitable and completely voluntary body set up to support women and men who have been through miscarriages.
Katie, who herself suffered a miscarriage, wanted to highlight the organisation and give them her support as she feels strongly about the services they give to couples. If the couple raise enough they will also donate to Dr Mary McCaffery’s services in Tralee.
Having seen the success of the suicide awareness fight night held in BTS Fitness held earlier this year, Katie and Akeem have decided to organise the event along the same lines. There will be 12 fights overall with a mix of male and female fighters.
John Mitchels player, Akeem, is hoping to get a bit of local club rivalry going with the bouts which would provide extra spice.
They have also teamed up with Quarters nightclub who will be giving free entry on the night for anyone who goes along to see the fights. A bus will be available for people going from the event to Quarters.
The fights are set to start at 7:30pm sharp and are expected to continue until 11:3opm. Tickets cost €10 and can bought off either Katie or Akeem or on the night. For more information check out the Facebook event page HERE
Kenneth Quillinan, who proposed to five time boxing World Champions Katie Taylor, with the medal she had just won in South Korea.
THERE was a Tralee twist to Katie Taylor winning her fifth consecutive world title earlier this morning at the Women’s World Boxing Championships in Jeju, South Korea.
While at the final bout, Kenneth Quillinan from Derrylea, who is currently a university instructor in South Korea, asked Katie Taylor to marry him!
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The proposal, came in the form of a message emblazoned across a tricolor that read ‘Katie, Please Marry Me!! (Is that OK Peter?)’. Which is both romantic and patriotic. Just what women want.
Unfortunately for Kenneth, Katie left him hanging when she reportedly said ‘Maybe’ to his proposal.
Katie did let Kenneth have a go of the medal she had just won though. As they parted ways there was time for a quick photo with the five time world champ and her father Peter.
Kenneth is no stranger to these pages. Last month, he told Traleetoday.ie of his plans to teach Gaelic Football to students in North Korea.
If anything, this is an opportunity missed for one of Ireland’s greatest sporting icons, she could do a lot worse than one of our own.
Kenneth Quillinan, with five world time champ, Katie Taylor and her Father Peter, at the Woman’s World Boxing Championships in South Korea.
A KERRY boxer will contest his first professional bout next month.
A SOCIETY at the IT Tralee is getting ready to rumble as they prepare for a fundraising boxing night at Tralee Sports Complex.
