John Joe Joyce cruised into the quarter finals of the 37th European Senior Championships following a comfortable 20-3 win over Scottish light welterweight John Tain at the Greenbank Academy in Liverpool this afternoon.

Irish 2008 Olympian Paddy Barnes has received a bye into the 6th European Union Championships light flyweight final following this mornings draw at the Cetniewo Olympic Centre in Cetniewo, Poland.

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association will determine their full squad for next month's European Union Championships in Poland following a two-day invitational trial competition at the National Stadium in Dublin on Friday June 6 and Saturday June 7.

Irish captain Ken Egan is through to the European Union Championships light heavyweight final after his opponent pulled out because of injury.

The Irish Senior Boxing squad completed their final training session at the National Stadium in Dublin this evening ahead of the 2007 European Union Senior Boxing Championships which begin at the National Stadium tomorrow.