BOXING World Championships Results Day Two

Eric Donovan sealed Ireland's third win in a row at the AIBA World Senior Championships at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan tonight following a controlled 13-4 victory over Dakhodir Karimov of Tajikistan.

The St Michael's Athy lightweight advanced to meet India's Jai Bhagwan - in a repeat of this summers Ahmet Cup clash in Istanbul, Turkey which Donovan won 5-2 - following this evenings verdict.

Darren O'Neill booked his ticket into the last 32 after the ref stopped his contest with Nepalese middleweight Rajan Shilpakar in the second round this afternoon.

O'Neill, who boxes out of the Paulstown club in Kilkenny, was 21-0 up when the third man in the ring called a halt to proceedings 34 seconds into the frame.

It was a comprehensive victory for the 23 year old European Union champion and ex Kilkenny youth hurler, who forced Shilpakar into two standing counts in the first round.

Earlier today, Cavan bantamweight John Joe Nevin recorded a classy 19-4 preliminary round victory over Ramir Najafou of Azerbaijan.

Nevin, who forced Najafov into a standing count in the third, was in cruise control from the opening bell up and will meet Serbian, Nikola Magovac on Saturday.

All bouts from the 15th AIBA World Championships are being broadcasted live via www.aiba.org