Limerick’s Myles Casey advanced to within one win of becoming the first St Francis BC boxer since Jimmy Moore and current WBO World middleweight champion Andy Lee to claim an Elite title last night.

Russian southpaw Sofya Ochigava is looking sharp ahead of June’s European Elite Women’s Championships in Romania, according to Irish coach Antionette Faye.

Katie Taylor’s hopes of entering the professional ring in the coming weeks while still retaining her ambition of claiming a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics have been dashed.

Life after London has been a curious mixture of mania outside the ring and calm inside it for Katie Taylor but that is all about to change for the Olympic champion who will return to action for the first time since the Games early next year.

European bronze medallists Eric Donovan and Tyrone McCullagh are in line to box for the Astana Arlans of Kazakhstan in the World Series of Boxing (WSB).