{"id":5578,"date":"2022-08-07T15:16:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T15:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/2022\/08\/07\/commonwealth-games-nis-boxers-gallagher-and-eagleson-take-gold-as-mcnaul-wins-silver\/"},"modified":"2022-08-07T15:16:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T15:16:30","slug":"commonwealth-games-nis-boxers-gallagher-and-eagleson-take-gold-as-mcnaul-wins-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/?p=5578","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Games: NI’s boxers Gallagher and Eagleson take gold as McNaul wins silver"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dylan Eagleson impressed as he won gold at the NEC Arena on Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/thead>\n\n\n\n
Hosts: <\/strong>Birmingham <\/span>Dates:<\/strong> 28 July to 8 August<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coverage:<\/strong> Watch live on BBC TV with extra streams on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live and Sports Extra; live text and clips online.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Northern Ireland boxers Dylan Eagleson and Jude Gallagher won gold at the Commonwealth Games as team-mate Carly McNaul took silver.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Featherweight Gallagher was awarded a walkover victory after his Ghanaian opponent pulled out of the final.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Eagleson, 19, then claimed a stunning unanimous decision win over Ghana’s Abraham Mensah.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the women’s light-flyweight final, Carly McNaul was well-beaten by world champion Zareen Nikhat.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Belfast native found little success against the mightily impressive world champion, who controlled the distance beautifully to ease to the top of the podium.<\/span><\/p>\n

A second successive Commonwealth silver for McNaul remains an impressive return for a fighter who has had two operations and suffered a broken femur since the last Games in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gallagher takes walkover gold as Eagleson shines<\/h3>\n

Gallagher was awarded gold after his final opponent Joseph Commey was deemed medically unfit to compete.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is Gallagher’s second-straight walkover after his semi-final opponent, Canadian Keoma-Ali Al-Ahmadieh, pulled out just 15 minutes before the first bell on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The conclusion was a rather flat finale to what had been a highly impressive tournament from the Two Castles ABC man.<\/span><\/p>\n

He was the first NI boxer in action in the round of 32, and claimed eye-catching impressive wins including the first-round stoppage of home favourite Niall Farrell.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bangor’s Eagleson then came into the ring and thrilled a packed NEC with a memorable fight. in which he found himself behind following a first round that Mensah controlled with his heavy-handed shots.<\/span><\/p>\n

However he turned it around with clinical composure far beyond his 19 years, skilfully avoiding the Ghanaian’s combinations before picking up points with beautiful counter-punches to seal a 5-0 win at his first Games.<\/span><\/p>\n

More to follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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