BOXING European Senior Championships Day Three
Seven Irish boxers are through to the last eight of the European Senior Championships following a hat-trick of wins at the Ice Palace in Moscow today.
John Joe Nevin, who celebrated his 21st birthday today, handed himself the best present of all - a chance to add a European medal to the World bronze he won in Milan last year.
The Cavan man joins no less than SEVEN Irish boxers in the quarter-finals of the European Senior Boxing Championships.
Nevin will now fight for at least a bronze medal on Wednesday, after brushing aside the challenge of France's Nourdine Ait Ihya, by six points to one.
Also into the quarter-finals are 20-year-old Tyrone McCullagh, from Donegal, and Athy's Eric Donovan.
McCullagh was a revelation in his European debut, scoring freely in a 13-2 win over Moldovan Petr Apostol. Donovan, meanwhile, produced a fighting performance to see off the tough Ukranian, Dimitry Bulenkov, by ten points to two.
The trio now join Olympic medallists Kenny Egan and Paddy Barnes, Kilkenny's Darren O'Neill and Kildare's John Joe Joyce in the quarter-finals here at the Megasport Ice Palace in Moscow.
Mayo's Ray Moylette, meanwhile, should have made in eight Irish in the quarters, but was desperately unlucky to lose on a double countback to German's David Mueller, after their bout finished with the two men tied at five all.
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June 5th (Last 16)
- 48Kg: Paddy Barnes (Ireland) beat Istvin Lakatos (Hungary) 12-4
- 54Kg: John Joe Nevin (Ireland) beat Karen Aylazyan (Armenia) 13-2
- 69Kg: John Joe Joyce (Ireland) beat Vasili Belous (Moldova) 8-5
- 75Kg: Darren O'Neill (Ireland) beat Ronald Gavril (Romania) 4-2
- 81Kg: Ken Egan (Ireland) beat Simone Fiori (Italy) 3-2
June 6th (Last 16 & 32)
- 51Kg: Declan Geraghty (Ireland) lost to Magomed Abdulhamidov (Azerbaijan) 2-9
- 60Kg: Eric Donovan (Ireland) beat Rashid Kassem (Denmark) 10-2
- 69Kg: John Joe Joyce (Ireland) beat Evegeny Borisov (Bulgaria) 9-1
- 75Kg: Darren O'Neill (Ireland) beat Anthony Ogogo (England) 10-1
- 81Kg: Ken Egan (Ireland) beat Aleksander Ramo (Albania) 15-2
June 7th (Last 16)
- 54Kg: John Joe Nevin (Ireland) beat Nourdine Aitihya (France) 6-1
- 57Kg: Tyrone McCullagh (Ireland) beat Piotr Apostol (Moldova) 13-2
- 60Kg: Eric Donovan (Ireland) beat Dmitry Bulenkov (Ukraine) 10-2
- 64Kg: Ray Moylette (Ireland) lost to David Mueller (Germany) 5-5 (double count-back)
June 8th (Quarter Finals)
- 57Kg: Tyrone McCullagh (Ireland) v Azat Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
- 69Kg: John Joe Joyce (Ireland) v Taras Shelestyuk (Ukraine)
- 75Kg: Darren O'Neill (Ireland) v Sergey Derevyanchenko (Ukraine)
- 81Kg: Ken Egan (Ireland) v Ainar Karlson (Estonia)
June 9th (Quarter Finals)
- 48Kg: Paddy Barnes (Ireland) v Thomas Stubbs (England)
- 54Kg: John Joe Nevin (Ireland) v Gamal Yafai (England)
- 60Kg: Eric Donovan (Ireland) v Miklos Varga (Hungary)