Sligo’s Dean Clancy won his light-welterweight last 16 bout at the European Games in Poland on Sunday.
Clancy, one of 15 Irish fighters competing at the Games this week, beat Malik Hasanov of Azerbaijan on a split decision in their closely-contested 63.5kg bout.
🗣️ “I’m absolutely buzzing at the moment, the job is not finished though, I’ve one more to qualify, that’s the first goal of mine.”@dean_clancy reacts to his round of 16 victory. He has his eyes set on a place in Paris 👀🤩🥊https://t.co/RtfpIm3hr5#TeamIreland | #EG2023 pic.twitter.com/E3HdvxchwN
— Team Ireland (@TeamIreland) June 25, 2023
The result moves Clancy into the quarter-finals of his division.
If he wins his next bout against Italy’s Gianluigi Malanga on Wednesday afternoon, Clancy will secure qualification for the Paris Olympics next years – as all four semi-finalists at the European Games are assured of Olympic places.
