The 41st edition of the Feliks Stamm Memorial Tournament is now a four-nations team competition in Poland which had an amazing first session.
Ireland, England, Germany and Poland are the participating four strong teams in the actual Feliks Stamm Memorial Tournament.
Poland hosted the recent editions of the Feliks Stamm Memorial Tournament in various cities but the competition returned to their capital last year.
Mr. Feliks Stamm was a legendary boxing coach in Poland who built up fantastic teams in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. These boxers earned several medals and titles for Poland in the Olympic Games and in the European Boxing Championships making that period as the golden era for the country.
The Polish boxers amazed in the last edition of the World Boxing Cup in Foz da Iguacu, Brazil and their progress is continuous every year.
Poland’s Natalia Niewiadomska was born in 2007 and she joined the elite squad only this January but she is such a high quality of boxer at the women’s 48kg. The Polish teenager defeated Germany’s Suada Ibraimovski while her teammate, Natalia Kuczewska also succeeded over Milana Nurislamov at the women’s 51kg.
England’s Kelsey Oakley and Ireland’s Caitlin Fryers had an exciting battle in the first day of the Feliks Stamm Memorial when the two top nations met in the encounter. The 23-year-old English was slightly better in the most important periods and she deserved to win the battle by 3:2 split decision at the women’s 51kg.
Germany’s teenager Assia El Fachtali has relatively low number of bouts but she has the fighting spirit and the strong will to win her contests. The young German met Ireland’s debutant Sarah Cunningham on Day1 and she won the first and second rounds to earn a 4:1 split decision victory.
Ireland’s European U22 Champion Niamh Fay is one of the top boxers at the women’s 57kg weight class in the entire event and she proved her very best against England’s Vivien Parsons, using her technical superiority to win the bout unanimously.
The two-time World Champion Amy Broadhurst switched from Ireland to England in 2024 and she returned to the boxing world after giving birth to his son. Broadhurst made a fantastic comeback to the international events and she defeated Ireland’s Kaci Rock unanimously at the women’s 65kg.
Ireland’s Terry McEntee had a great success over Scotland’s GB Team member, Sonny Kerr at the men’s 70kg which was a small surprise on Day1. Ireland’s experienced athlete at the 80kg, Kelyn Cassidy was too smart for Poland’s Richard Gilej and he bagged his nation’s next triumph in the first session of the Feliks Stamm.
Germany’s U19 World silver medallist Mohamed Al Manouchi impressed against Poland’s Ilia Bader in their meeting on Day1. Poland’s best hope at the 75kg, Mateusz Wojtasinski outpointed Ireland’s Tadhg O’Donnell and he also made a strong debut in the event.