Ireland's John Joe Nevin and Great Britain's Luke Campbell will resume one of the most intense and engrossing rivalries in amateur boxing today when they fight for Olympic bantamweight gold at the ExCeL Arena at 8.45pm.

Pete Taylor said they were preparing for a tough fight at the ExCel Arena today (2.30pm) when his daughter, Katie, will take on Natasha Jonas for the bronze medal at the inaugural women’s Olympic tournament.

HAVING already made history by becoming the first Irishman to win two medals at the World Championships, John Joe Nevin wants to cash in his bronze medal for at least a silver when he goes in against Englishman Luke Campbell in today’s bantamweight semi-final in Baku.

KENNETH EGAN faces one of the most difficult assignments of his career today, as he bids to exact revenge on Abdelkader Bouhenia.

Defending champion Katie Taylor has received a bye into the quarter finals of the fourth women's European Union Championships in Pazardjik, Bulgaria.

Irish 2008 Olympian John Joe Nevin beat reigning European bantamweight champion Luke Campbell of England 13-2 in the semi-finals of the European Union Championships in Odense, Denmark this afternoon.

IRISH skipper Joe Ward is assured at least a bronze medal at the World Junior Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia.

DAVID OLIVER JOYCE (St Michael’s, Athy) and Carl Frampton (Midland) claim star billing when they meet for the third time in a year in the featherweight final at the National Senior Championships in the National Stadium tonight.

IRISH boxing chief Dominic O’Rourke is confident the Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) will be given the opportunity to host the AIBA 2011 World Championships in Dublin.

KATIE TAYLOR produced what has to be regarded as the best performance of her career to date as she demolished Russian lightweight, Ayzznat Gadzhieva, with an astonishing 20-2 computer scoreline to keep her world title defence on track by claiming a place in today’s finals of the women’s world boxing championships in Ningbo City, China.

IRELAND’S Katie Taylor kept her title defence on track and guaranteed a bronze medal when she breezed through her lightweight quarter-final at the 5th AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Ningbo City, China, yesterday.

Reigning World and European lightweight champion Katie Taylor completed a fantastic day for Irish amateur boxing after claiming her third major title at the European Union Championships in Liverpool this afternoon.

Irish 2008 Olympian John Joe Nevin and David Oliver Joyce both claimed gold at the European Union Championships in Cetniewo, Poland this afternoon.

Six Irish boxers will be going for gold medals in six finals at the European Union Championships in Cetniewo Poland this afternoon.

IRISH boxers will be targeting half a dozen gold medals at the European Union Championships in Poland today.

John Joe Nevin and Irish captain Ken Egan are through to Saturday's finals at the 2008 European Union Championships in Poland following impressive semi-final victories in Cetniewo this afternoon.

Tipperary heavyweight Con Sheehan has passed a medical and will box in tonight's 91Kg semi-final at the European Union Championships in Cetniewo, Poland.

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.

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association have named a 10-man squad for next week's training camp in France.

TYSON FUREY weighed in for the national senior boxing championships at the National Stadium yesterday morning but he will have to produce evidence that he has been resident in the country for 12 months before he can take his place in the semi-finals tonight.

TYSON FUREY will discover this morning if he can contest the Irish National Boxing Championship at the National Stadium.

Irish boxers claimed one silver and three bronze medals at the Maripol senior international tournament which concluded in the Ukraine today.

All five Irish boxers have made this mornings weigh-in for this afternoons European Union Championships finals at the National Stadium in Dublin.

BARRY McGUIGAN had advice for Bernard Dunne last night on the eve of tonight’s European super bantamweight title defence against Reidar Walstad at The Point — get stronger, make a couple of defences, make some money, let the top guys beat each other up and then move in on a world title.

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

In boxing, Irish welterweight Roy Sheahan,middleweight Darren Sutherland,light heavyweight Ken Egan, and super heavyweight Cathal McMonagle are guaranteed at least bronze medals at the European Union Championships following impressive quarter final victories at the National Stadium in Dublin today and tonight.

The fifth European Union Boxing Championships resume at the National Stadium in Dublin today with twenty quarter-final bouts down to be decided over the course of two sessions beginning at 2.30pm and 7.30pm.

Featherweight Carl Frampton created Irish boxing history tonight following a clinical victory over Latvian Denis Zabins in the quarter final of the European Union Championships at the National Stadium in Dublin.

CATHAL McMONAGLE was rewarded for perseverance last night when the referee stopped his super heavyweight contest with 30 seconds remaining to send him through to tomorrow’s quarter final stages of the European Union boxing championships at the National Stadium.

Irish super heavyweight Cathal McMonagle advanced to the quarter finals of the European Union Boxing Championships after his opponent Kurban Gunebakan from Turkey was retired by the ref following a cut over his right eye in the fourth round at the National Stadium in Dublin tonight.

Flyweight Conor Ahern got Irelands European Union Championships campaign off to a flying start with a thrilling 20-19 victory over England's Stewart Langley at the National Stadium in Dublin today.

WAYNE McCULLOUGH has withdrawn from the undercard of European champion Bernard Dunne’s title defence against Reidar Walstad at the Point Depot a week from tomorrow night.

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) have arranged a specially convened bout to decide the one remaining place on the Irish team for the European Union Championships which will take place at the National Stadium in Dublin next month. (June 17th to 25th).

Irish boxing star Katie Taylor is through to the Ahmet Comet Cup final in Turkey following another emphatic victory in Istanbul this afternoon.

HIGH Performance Director, Gary Keegan, will be awaiting the results of a meeting in Thailand this week when boxing’s world governing body, AIBA, could decide a new venue for the World Championships, which take place later this year.

THE Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) has made a formal application to the world governing body, AIBA, to host the 2011 World Championships in Dublin.

KENNETH EGAN turned in the performance of his boxing career to outclass and outpoint the experienced Hungarian, Istvan Szucs, and qualify for the final of the European Union Championships in Sardinia last evening.

Brendan Mooney