BOXING World Championships Results Day Three

05 Sep 2009


David Oliver Joyce recorded an emphatic 28 -3 victory over Thai featherweight Wuttichai Masuk at the 15th AIBA World Senior Championships in Milan this afternoon..

Joyce, from the St Michael's Athy club, was on top from the start and forced Masuk into standing counts in the second and third rounds.
Joyce, the reigning European Union champion, will now meet Mexico's Oscar Valdez in the last 32 next Sunday morning.

Earlier today, Donegal welterweight Willie McLaughlin recorded Ireland's fourth win in a row at the Mediolanum Forum after earning an inside the distance victory over Come Ndyishmiye of Burundi.

McLaughlin was 6-0 up when the ref halted the contest in the first round after Ndyishmiye took his second standing count.
McLaughlin will face Vedic Velibor of Bosnia & Herzegovina on Sunday.

Nine Irish boxers are now through to the last 32 phase.