JOHN JOE JOYCE had to settle for a bronze medal at the European boxing championships in Liverpool last night when he was outpointed by his old adversary, Gyula Kate (Hungary), 8-2 in what turned out to be a disappointingly untidy contest.

DAVID OLIVER JOYCE made his exit from the European boxing championships at the wrong end of a 10-2 decision in favour of Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine) in an entertaining quarter-final in Liverpool yesterday.

Irish featherweight David Oliver Joyce exited the European Senior Championships at the quarter final stage this afternoon after he was beaten 10-2 by Ukrainian Olympic champion Vasyl Lomachenko in Liverpool.

DAVID OLIVER JOYCE, his cousin John Joe Joyce, Belfast middleweight, Eamonn O’Kane and 20-year-old Clonmel heavyweight Con Sheehan will all be battling for medals and semi-final places at the European Boxing Championships in Liverpool today.

THE Olympic medallists may be missing from the line-up but Ireland’s boxers maintained their run of good form at the European boxing championships in Liverpool with three more big wins yesterday.

THE Irish challenge got off to an astonishing start at the European boxing championships in Liverpool yesterday when the two boxers in action won their respective contests and the other seven members of the team got byes into the last 16 in their divisions.

DAVID OLIVER JOYCE claimed the featherweight berth on the Irish team for next month’s European Boxing Championships when outpointing Carl Frampton in a box-off at the Central Council Tournament in the National Stadium at the weekend.

Patrick Harkin and David Joe Joyce had to settle for bronze medals at the European Cadet Championships in Hungary this afternoon when both Irish boxers lost their semi-final bouts after being stopped on the 15-point rule.

Darren O’Neill continued Ireland's good run at the European Boxing Championships today by defeating Dutchman Dimitri Serdjork to move into the last eight.

DARREN O’NEILL, a student teacher from Kilkenny, will fill the middleweight berth on the Irish team when the European Boxing Championships get under way in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, later today.