Jay Mwamba

Jay Mwamba is the Echo’s boxing correspondent and writes a column covering Irish soccer clubs in the New York area leagues. He is writing a book about the 1993 plane crash in which the national soccer team of his native Zambia perished en route to a World Cup qualifier. He works in the communications office at City College New York. 

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Donegal's Quigley at crossroads Donegal's Quigley at crossroads
Once the top U.S.-based Irish middleweight prospect, Jason Quigley finally makes his New York debut in the bowels of the hallowed Madison Square Ga...
June 22, 2023 by Jay Mwamba
Katie Taylor suffers 1st pro loss at homecoming fight in Dublin Katie Taylor suffers 1st pro loss at homecoming fight in Dublin
There were two previous occasions prior to last weekend’s anticlimatical homecoming when Katie Taylor had close calls in the ring, before gutting o...
May 23, 2023 by Jay Mwamba
BOXING: O’Rourke stops Johns in 7th Round
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BOXING: O’Rourke stops Johns in 7th Round
Shrugging off a bloody nose and cut left eyebrow, Ryan O’Rourke turned up the heat late at The Paramount in Huntington, Long Island, last Saturday ...
May 17, 2023 by Jay Mwamba
BOXING: ‘Gifted’ O’Rourke takes on Johns
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BOXING: ‘Gifted’ O’Rourke takes on Johns
Three months after a bout of flu scuttled his contest with Dashaun “Too Sweet” Johns, wiry Dubliner Ryan O’Rourke finally squares off with the Broo...
May 10, 2023 by Jay Mwamba
BOXING: With Fla. win, Coyle improves to 19-0
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BOXING: With Fla. win, Coyle improves to 19-0
Connor “The Kid” Coyle retained his NABA middleweight title with a 10-round beatdown of Argentine Christian Fabian Rios at the Hilton Carillon in S...
May 03, 2023 by Jay Mwamba
O'Bradaigh prevails in novice final, Cunningham wins 125-lb O'Bradaigh prevails in novice final, Cunningham wins 125-lb
Sean O'Bradaigh posted a split points decision over the game Israel Bailey at Madison Square Garden last Thursday night to win the Ring Masters/Gol...
April 25, 2023 by Jay Mwamba
O'Bradaigh to get big support at Garden on Thursday night O'Bradaigh to get big support at Garden on Thursday night
With four big wins under his belt, unattached Sean O'Bradaigh bids for one of the most prestigious titles in U.S. amateur boxing this Thursday nigh...
April 19, 2023 by Jay Mwamba
BOXING: McCrory fights in Philly on Friday
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BOXING: McCrory fights in Philly on Friday
“I’m ready and raring to go,” Feargal McCrory declared on Monday, ahead of his six-round scrap with Brazilian Eduardo Pereira Dos Reis at the 2300 ...
April 13, 2023 by Jay Mwamba
Feargal McCrory, 13-0, fights in Philadelphia on Friday Feargal McCrory, 13-0, fights in Philadelphia on Friday
“I’m ready and raring to go,” Feargal McCrory declared on Monday, ahead of his six-round scrap with Brazilian Eduardo Pereira Dos Reis at the 2300 ...
April 12, 2023 by Jay Mwamba
BOXING: Finest beat Bravest 7-3 in NYC
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BOXING: Finest beat Bravest 7-3 in NYC
At a sold-out 3,000-capacity Terminal 5 in Manhattan, FDNY’s bravest fought like furies on a 10-bout card last Friday. FDNY Commissioner Laura Kava...
April 05, 2023 by Jay Mwamba
BOXING: Finest to fight Bravest on Friday
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BOXING: Finest to fight Bravest on Friday
Eight years after their last scrap, Bobby McGuire’s FDNY boxing team and the NYPD’s finest square off at Terminal 5 in Manhattan this Friday. The 3...
March 29, 2023 by Jay Mwamba
BOXING: Atlas honored by St. Patrick’s Soc.
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BOXING: Atlas honored by St. Patrick’s Soc.
Teddy Atlas, the international Hall of Fame boxing trainer, noted commentator and MMA analyst for ESPN, received the President’s Medal from the St....
March 15, 2023 by Jay Mwamba

 

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