Irish middleweight Jason Quigley has vowed to win gold at the AIBA World Elite Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan this morning.

Donegal's Jason Quigley has won his semi-final at the World Championships.

Irish boxing wants to put the “bronze age” behind it at the AIBA World Men’s Elite Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

PADDY BARNES bridged a 19-year gap in Irish boxing by claiming the gold medal in the light flyweight division, Kilkenny’s Darren O’Neill added silver from Saturday’s middleweight final and three other boxers chipped in with bronze to create Irish boxing history at the European championships in Moscow.

Paddy Barnes claimed Ireland’s first European Amateur Championships gold medal for 19 years with a thoroughly convincing 4-1 win over Elvin Mamishzade of Azerbaijan.