Anthony Coyle did his Club and Country proud in Europe,taking the silver medal in the Presidents Cup in Baku, Azerbijan,these Championships brought the cream of European youth boxers together in one venue,the competition was dominated by east european entrants,Anthony had a great start defeating the uzbechistan champion in the pre-lims,in the quarter final he met a russian also overpowering him with body shots,this win guaranteed a bronze medal at least,but Anthony was going for gold,in the semi he fought another russian,Anthony boxed very smart winning on a 4-1 margin,guaranteeing Silver,next day was final day against the Ukrainian champion,after boxing every single day of these Championships and feeling a little drained and with flu symptoms,Anthony headed into the fight not at a 100%,but after two and half rounds the two boxers were level on points,and with 10 seconds to go the Ukrainian was given a score to the dismay of all in attendance,giving the Gold to the Ukrainian,Anthony had won the Silver,a fantastic achievement to the lad from Geesala boxing club,next up was the European Youth Championships in Ukraine,Anthony was given the honour of captaining the Irish Team,training had gone well and Coyle was looking forward to going one better and taking the Gold,but tragedy struck the day before the Championships with Anthony breaking a toe and unable to compete,he was devastated,but Anthony will have plenty of chances to show off his boxing skills in the future,on another note the russian who anthony defeated in the Presidents Cup went onto take the Gold Medal,we can only dream of what could have been a crowning moment to one of Irelands elite youth boxers..see pics on the photo gallery.....