The Irish News, January 29 2010: Holy Trinity’s teenage lightweight Mark O’Hara and Marc McCullough of Cairn Lodge fought out a punch-to-a-standstill war at the Donegal Celtic Football Club in west Belfast last night.
Fast out of the blocks, O'Hara's sharp straight lefts and a terrific short right hook soon had him 6-0 clear.
He mixed quick and accurate attacks with smart side-to-side movements, closing out the round with a crisp left hook for an 8-1 lead.
That was key to victory even though McCullough really settled to the task in the second, a couple of heavy short body hooks sparking his challenge.
A highly-charged capacity crowd bought into it in spades after catching its breath, having just watched a gripping bantamweight thriller as Illies Golden Gloves star Tyrone McCullagh threw caution to the wind to fight back and edge a 6-5 victory over James Fryers of Immaculata.
Elsewhere Ryan Lindberg (Immaculata) defeated Paul Quinn of All Blacks 9-5, while next week’s flyweight final promises to be a thriller after Holy Trinity’s Ruairi Dalton had too much for a game Dockers opponent, Ciaran O’Neill.
Dalton advanced to set up a match against Michael Conlan of St John Bosco.
There was also a stunning first round KO win for Gleann’s light-welter Patrick Gallagher, stopping James Upton of Holy Family with a superb body-shot and a shock, tactically sharp 3-1 victory for Holy Trinity’s middleweight David Walsh over defending champion, Twintowns’ Steven O’Reilly.
In the other 60 kilos semi, Tyrone McKenna of Oliver Plunkett and Immaculata’s Paul Hyland, squared off for a place in next Friday’s final.
McKenna’s smooth and loose rangy style was backed up with good work off the right lead and he advanced 7-4.
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