Irish boxer Ken Egan has beaten Brazilian light heavyweight Washington Silva to guarantee another medal for Ireland at the Beijing Olympics today.

Irish boxer Paddy Barnes is guaranteed at least an Olympic bronze medal after his victory at the Worker's Indoor Arena in Beijing today.

Kenneth Egan has advanced to the next round of the light heavyweight boxing division at the Beijing Olympics following a win in his bout against Turkey’s Bahram Muzaffer this morning.

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.

Five Irish boxers will be involved in quarter-finals bouts at the final Olympic qualifier for European boxers in Athens, Greece today.

Irish flyweight Conor Ahern and middleweight Darren Sutherland both won their preliminary round bouts at the final AIBA Olympic qualifier for European boxers in Athens, Greece today.

Darren Sutherland and Darren O'Neill will meet in a repeat of last January's Irish senior middleweight final tonight after Sutherland advanced from last night's semi final box-off at the National Stadium in Dublin.

Irish captain Ken Egan, John Joe Nevin and Ross Hickey cruised into the quarter finals of the Olympic qualifiers in Pescara, Italy after recording comprehensive wins today.

Ken Egan will contest the light heavyweight final in the Irish Amateur Boxing Championships tonight.

KENNETH EGAN and Roy Sheahan take their first steps towards qualification for the 2008 Olympics at the world boxing championships in Chicago today.

Middleweight Darren Sutherland will take no further part in sparring sessions at the Irish squad's training camp in France after sustaining a facial injury last night.

THE IRISH boxing team have taken their preparations for the world championships to a new level at a training camp in France.

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

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.

Irish welterweight boxer Roy Sheahan and middleweight Darren Sutherland are guaranteed at least bronze medals following impressive quarter final victories at the National Stadium in Dublin today.

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).

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association today named a six-man squad for the Felkis Stamm Senior Multi Nations tournament which will take place in Poland later this month.

Nine Irish boxers are in top 20 positions in the official European men's and women's rankings for December.

THOMAS LEE (Oughterard) and Eric Donovan (St Michael’s, Athy), members of the Irish team for the multi-nations tournament in Cork, will be in action at the national under-21 boxing championships finals at the National Stadium tonight, while a third member of the squad, Conor Ahern (Baldoyle), gets a walkover in the light flyweight division.