BOXING Prime Ministry Tournament

Ireland's Senior and Youth World champions Katie Taylor and Ray Moylette and Gary Molloy will both box for places in their respective finals at the Prime Ministry Tournament in Ankara, Turkey following quarter final wins.

But European Youth champion Jason Quigley is out of the tournament following a 4-1 quarter final reversal to Turkey's 2008 Olympian Adam Kelicci.

Molloy got Ireland off to a positive start with a 7-2 victory over Alexander Tiscan of Moldova this afternoon. The Moate club-man will now meet England's Khalid Yafai in Saturday's flyweight decider.

Moylette followed that up with a 2-0 victory over Turkey's Onur Sipal to set up a semi final clash with John Joe Joyce's great rival Gyula Kate of Hungary, who Joyce beat at the 2008 Olympics.

Taylor, meantime, took her tally to 29 points scored and just two conceded in three bouts with a 7-0 decision over Bulgaria's Demista Dliseeva.

The Bray woman will face Irkan Melek of Turkey tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Irish head-coach Billy Walsh has confirmed that Con Sheehan has broken the thumb in his left hand.

The Clonmel heavyweight, the current EU and Irish champion, sustained the injury in Wednesday's win over Yong Wang of China.