WBC PRESIDENT MAURICIO SULAIMAN CONDEMNS SHOOTING AT BOXERS WEIGH-IN AT REGENCY HOTEL IN DUBLIN
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 08 Feb 2016
World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman has condemned what was referred to as ?this terrible act of violence? and sent the WBC?s deepest condolences to the families of those wounded and to the family of the person who died in the attack in Dublin?s Regency Hotel where around 300 boxing fans were watching the weigh-in.
Reports said three armed men stormed into the hall where the weighin of a boxing card was happening and opened fire.
Sky Sports in London said ?Irish police have cordoned off the area and deployed numerous Officers to investigate the shooting at the hotel, to which firefighters and paramedics swiftly responded, following what was described as ?this appalling atrocity.?
Irish Jamie Kavanagh and Portuguese Joao Bento were scheduled to fight the following night. It's been announced that the entire event has been canceled.
Sky Sports said ?Witnesses described scenes of terror and pandemonium, with one of the gunmen dressed up as a woman and reports that AK-47 assault rifles as well as handguns were used in the suspected gangland hit.
In a statement, police revealed they found three injured men, all in their 20s or 30s, with one of these men "pronounced dead".
The weigh-in was ahead of a Clash of the Clans boxing bout at the National Stadium in the south of the city, scheduled to take place on Saturday evening. This has now been canceled.
Fighters on the bill include Dublin boxer Jamie Kavanagh, who will fight for the WBO European lightweight title against Portuguese Antonio Joao Bento.
Kavanagh tweeted to say he was "OK", adding: "I was lucky today is all I can say."
Sky News' Enda Brady said the shooting - about two miles north of the city centre - is being linked to a gangland feud.
Brady said: "Dublin has a gang problem. There have been numerous shootings in recent years, numerous killings.
"A couple of well-known brothers from the Crumlin area were believed to have been going to watch the weigh-in. As a result of the feud about 10 men had been warned in recent months their lives were in danger."
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