Silva, Byrne, Scholte, Mazzarelli and Long were the top elite winners in the quarter-finals of the Portimao Box Cup

Mafalda Silva, Amber Byrne, Alex Scholte, Diego Mazzarelli, and Jamie Long amazed in the elite quarter-finals of the Portimao Box Cup on Day1.

Luxembourg’s Nicolas Lawrence Hebert had the effective attacks in the first round against Portugal’s Rafael Abreu in their super heavyweight contest and he took the lead on the scorecards. Hebert used his strong jabs to keep the control until the last gong and he bagged the first success for Luxembourg in Portimao.

Ireland’s Amber Byrne is one of the most experienced boxers at the women’s 51kg among those who competes in Portimao this year. The Irish girl had a great second round and she had an even better third period to beat England’s Charlie Miller in their quarter-final.

Portugal’s Mafalda Silva is one of the best female boxers in her homeland and she started well against France’s Elodie Lorgeoux in the next 51kg quarter-final. The Portuguese athlete looked a bit tired in the third round but she had the advantage to win this tactical bout in the front of the home crowd.

Ireland’s Joe O’Brien controlled all of the exchanges against Spain’s Francisco Martinez and he managed his pathway to the semi-finals at the elite 60kg. Palestine’s Olympian and their No.1 in the team, Wasim Abusal walked over to the last four following his opponent, Lucas Santos was unable to box today.

Ireland’s Aaron Hanney had excellent footwork against Slovakia’s Matej Cicmanec and he joined the last four at the elite 65kg. His compatriot at the 70kg, Jamie Long spent shorten time in the ring and he stopped his rival, Spencer Poole in the first round.

Ireland’s Roy Colgan danced through the whole area of the ring to keep his Portuguese opponent, Ailton Monteiro on long in their elite 70kg bout. The Irish boxer also turned up the heat in the second round with multiple shots but Monteiro was better in that fighting style.

Netherlands’ Alex Scholte has just moved up to the elite age group this January but the 19-year-old talent tried to put Portugal’s Gabriel Afonso on pressure and his efforts were enough to in the second and third rounds to eliminate a local boy at the 70kg.

Palestine’s Asian Games competitor Nidal Foqahaa had a tight loss to Spain’s Yerai Delgado in one of the best elite contests of the day. Switzerland’s southpaw Mika Reichen was punctual against England’s Dexter Synnuck and he won the next elite contest at the 70kg.

Antigua & Barbuda’s UK-based Alston Ryan had disadvantage on the judges’ scorecards against Ireland’s Danny Lucey after the first round and the Commonwealth Games competitor and due to the warnings, he was not able to turn back their quarter-final.

Switzerland’s Diego Mazzarelli and England’s Keegan Griffiths had a real manly fight in the men’s 80kg which was one of the last contests of the session. Following his silver medal in the Algirdas Socikas Tournament in Lithuania, the Swiss proved his very best and he had the strong last round to win the fight.

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