Raymond Moylette, more commonly known as Ray Moylette and sometimes incorrectly referred to as Ray Moylett, (born 11 April 1990) is an Irish

Irish Amateur Boxing Association

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 amateur boxer

Amateur boxing

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 from Derrycooraune, Islandeady

Islandeady

Islandeady is a village in County Mayo, Ireland, about halfway between the towns of Castlebar and Westport.The parish of Islandeady meets Castlebar to the east, Westport and Newport to the west, and Aughagower and Killawalla to the south. There is a view of Croagh Patrick to the west and Nephin to...

, County Mayo

County Mayo

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, Ireland

Ireland

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. He represented Ireland

Irish Amateur Boxing Association

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association is the governing body of amateur boxing in Ireland. It was founded in 1911 following a meeting in Dublin.-Structure:...

 in the lightweight

Lightweight

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 division at the 2008 World Youth Amateur Boxing Championships in Guadalajara

Guadalajara

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, Mexico

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 where he won a gold medal

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Irish underage titles

Moylette, represents the St Anne’s Club in Westport, with whom he has been boxing with since the age of six, and won four national titles ranging from Boy 1 level to the Youth division. In 2007, Moylette won both the Cadet and Youth (Under 19) divisions and also won the Best Boxer of the Championships award in becoming the Youth title holder.

World Youth Amateur Boxing Championships

At the World Youth Amateur Boxing Championships in Guadalajara

Guadalajara

Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...

, Mexico

Mexico

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 Moylette won the gold medal in the lightweight (60kg) division, becoming the first Irish boxer in history to win a gold medal at the World Youth Championships.He recently won the Irish senior championships at light welter weight,beating ulster champion stephen Donnelly

At the Youth Championship, Moylette defeated Fred Evans of Wales and Cuba's Juan Garcia to get to the final where he beat Kazakhstan

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's Daniyar Yeleussino to take the title.

European Amateur Boxing Championships

At the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships

2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships

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 in Ankara

Ankara

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, Moylette secured at least a silver medal in the Light Welterweight division after victory over Hajiliyev Heybatulla of Azerbaijan in the semi-finals on 23 June. Moylette claimed . On 24 June 2011, he went on to win the gold medal after a 18-10 victory against Tom Stalker

Tom Stalker

Tom Stalker is an English amateur boxer fighting in the 64 kg category. He is ranked 12 in the world at 64kg. He is a member of the England elite squad as well as the Great British podium squad and recently won silver at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow and Gold at...

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