Golden Boy: Edward Harty wins GOLD at European Juniors

Edward Harty blasted his solution to European gold in Sarajevo.

The Portlaoise BC man overcame Aremenia’s Aleks Petrosyan in Sunday’s European Junior light-welterweight closing.

Harty’s win earns Eire’s 18th European Junior gold of all time.

Harty took the choice by way of a break up decison with playing cards of 30-27×3, 29-28, 28-29 in his favour. A Russian choose bizarrely scored the bout in favour of the Armenian. He gave the nod to Petrosyan in every of the opening two rounds, going a special solution to his 4 colleagues every time.

Harty got here on sturdy within the final 20 secponds of the opening spherical, after a quick halt to the competition when Petrosyan’s headgear went amiss.

Harty, within the southpaw stance, landed left hand in a recreation of few punches early on.

Harty hit exhausting to complete the primary spherical with a flourish.

Early within the second, Harty caught the attention – and the buzzer of Petrosyan within the course of – with a trendy mixture to place Petrosyan firmly on the again foot.

The Irish puncher, out of the blue nook, was content material to remain out of hassle in the course of the closing two minutes.

It was a contest that turned scrappy at instances, however to not hassle Harty, who tops the pile on the Resort Hills in Bosnia & Herzegovina.

On Friday, Harty defeated Darius Sorin Stegari of Romania in his semi-final, taking a 4-1 break up resolution.

Harty was narrowly in entrance after the primary and upped the ante significantly within the second to maneuver right into a place of actual command, permitting him to carry Stegari at bay within the closing verse.

Harty secured a medal when defeating Greece’s Angelos Pangiotis Kalamaris of their quarter-final conflict.