Moylette Books His Place on Baku Plane
IABA Press Officer Bernard O’Neill
European champion Ray Moylette came from behind to beat Irish champion Ross Hickey in a thrilling contest at the National Stadium in Dublin tonight.
Moylette was 9-6 down at the end of the second but turned it around in the final frame to post a 15-13 win amid an electric atmosphere.
Tonight’s clash was to decide the vacant light-welterweight position on the Irish squad for the AIBA World Championships and Olympic qualifiers which begin in Baku, Azerbaijan on September 26th.