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’s the author of “Crash of the Buffalo” (AuthorHouse, 2023), 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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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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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....
Illness puts Dubliner O'Rourke out of 'Jersey City Fight Night' Illness puts Dubliner O'Rourke out of 'Jersey City Fight Night'
The bug last week accomplished something no prizefighter has managed to do against Ryan O’Rourke – knock him out. The wiry Dubliner is off Saturday...
BOXING: Hardy dedicates fight to late Roca
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BOXING: Hardy dedicates fight to late Roca
Excitement tinged with memories of her recently departed trainer are what Heather “The Heat” Hardy brings into the ring tomorrow night when she tak...
Ali Walsh makes it 8/8 in Arizona Ali Walsh makes it 8/8 in Arizona
Middleweight Nico Ali Walsh made it eight wins out of eight in the paid ranks with a six-round unanimous decision over Eduardo Ayala at Desert Diam...
Burke signs for ‘dream come true’
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Burke signs for ‘dream come true’
Harley “Heavy Hands” Burke, Galway–born with concussive punching power, is the latest Irish prizefighter to sign with Star Boxing. The 7-0 super mi...

 

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