The Irish Amateur Boxing Association has named an eight-man squad for the 2008 World Youth Championships in Mexico.
The Championships will take place between from 25 October to 1 November at the Lopez Mateos Gymnasium in Guadalajara.
The squad travel Mexico for a training camp on 12 October and will train and spar with Russia, Uzbekistan and France.
Irish squad:
51Kg: R Dalton (St John's Belfast)
54Kg: T McCullagh (Illies GG)
57Kg: T McKenna (Oliver Plunkett Belfast)
60Kg: R Moylett (St Anne's Westport)
64Kg: J Kavanagh (Crumlin BC)
69Kg: D Joyce (St Michael's Athy)
75Kg: B Roe (Dublin Docklands)
81Kg: T McCarthy (Oliver Plunkett Belfast)
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