MARVIN LEE, who will top the bill at the Garda v NYPD dinner-show in Cork on St. Patrick’s night, will not know the identity of his opponent until after the Golden Gloves tournament New York.

THE Central Council of the IABA have decided to ignore the old sporting adage: “To the victor go the spoils”, and have chosen James Moore, the Arklow welterweight, instead of National Champion Henry Coyle of Mayo, to compete at the last qualifying series of bouts for the Athens Olympics.

ANDY LEE (St. Francis, Limerick) claimed his first National Senior Championship title by doing what had to be done at the National Stadium last night when he out-pointed Eamon O’Kane (St. Canices) 27-12 in the eagerly awaited Middleweight final.