RAY MOYLETTE got Ireland’s European Championships campaign off to a winning start after easing into the last-16 with victory over Subhi Amara in Ankara, Turkey yesterday.

PRESIDENT of the IABA, Dominic O’Rourke has described the decision of the Italians to withdraw from Sunday night’s boxing international in Belfast after four bouts as extremely unsporting and totally unnecessary.

IRELAND'S boxers have maintained their high flying positions in the first AIBA Official World rankings published for 2010 yesterday.

THE draw did Irish boxers few favours at the world boxing championships in Milan and this was reflected on the first day of competition when they met with mixed fortunes.

THREE European championship medallists, one of whom is an Olympian, and two national champions have missed out as the Irish team that departs today for a training camp ahead of next month’s world amateur boxing championships in Milan was named.

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association have confirmed an 11-man squad for next month's 2009 AIBA World Senior Championships in Milan, Italy.

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.

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

LAST year Kenneth Egan was one of the favourites to qualify for the Beijing Olympics but he lost an excellent opportunity at the world championships in Chicago and missed out on another chance in Pescara six weeks ago but he is back on track again, writes Brendan Mooney.

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.

TYSON FUREY is again at the centre of a storm which was brewing on the eve of tonight’s box-offs for the final Olympic qualifier.

IRELAND will have six boxers in action in the Olympic qualifying tournament quarter-finals in Pescara, Italy today after an exciting second day that saw the leading contenders go through with just two disappointments.

The Irish squad will train with their Italian hosts, France, Greece and Lithuania today at their Santa Maria training base in Perugia, Italy.

Irish head coach Billy Walsh believes that this weeks sparring and training camp with England and France at the National Stadium in Dublin can only augur well for the Olympic qualifiers in Pescara, Italy later this month.

BILLY WALSH admitted yesterday that he was irked by the suggestion from Belfast opponent James Gorman that he only had temporary custody of the All-Ireland welterweight championship belt.

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.

World and three times European lightweight (60Kg) champion Katie Taylor claimed yet another victory after stopping Canadian Katie Dunn at the University of Illinois in Chicago last night.

KENNETH EGAN and surprise packets Paddy Barnes and Eric Donovan provide an interesting blend of youth and experience in what will be all-out war for places in the top eight at the World Boxing Championships in Chicago.

Irish middleweight Darren Sutherland is through to the last 16 at the World Boxing Championships in Chicago.

Heavyweight John Sweeney produced one of the best performances of his career to advance to the last 16 of the 2007 World Championships and Olympic qualifiers following a round four stoppage of Serbian Branco Srdic at the University of Illinois in Chicago in the early hours of this morning.

KENNETH EGAN and welterweight Roy Sheahan are safely through their respective preliminaries and now Darren Sutherland can lead them into the last 16 — just one fight away from Olympic qualification — when he takes on Andranik Hakobyan (Armenia) in what will be his first bout at the world boxing championships in Chicago today.

John Joe Joyce bowed out of the AIBA World Championships and Olympic qualifiers at the University of Illinois in Chicago after he lost his preliminary round light welterweight clash to Hungary's Gyula Kate in the early hours of this morning.

WITH John Joe Joyce set to get the show on the road in the early hours of today Irish time, the Irish boxing team were last night perusing what High Performance Director, Gary Keegan, described as a ‘fair’ draw for the world championships in Chicago.

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.

IRELAND’S medal winners at last months European Union Boxing Championships at the National Stadium in Dublin have all moved up places in the world rankings just released for June.

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

Irelands quest for a medal at the European Junior Boxing Championships ended in disappointment yesterday following quarter-final defeats for John Joe Nevin and Mark McCullagh in Sombor Serbia.

Irish captain Ken Egan has claimed a third gold medal for Ireland at the EU Championships in the National Stadium on South Circular Road in Dublin this afternoon.

Roy Sheehan and Darren Sutherland have won gold for Ireland at the EU Boxing Championships at the National Stadium.

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

EXCITING semi-final victories for Carl Frampton, Roy Sheahan, Darren Sutherland, a thrilling comeback for Cathal McMonagle and a walk-over for Kenneth Egan means that Ireland will have five finalists at the European Union boxing championships at the National Stadium this afternoon giving Ireland more finalists than any other nation in the tournament.

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 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.

ROY SHEAHAN comes out of isolation this afternoon to box Dimitrits Sostaks (Latvia) in the quarter-finals of the European Union senior boxing championships at the National Stadium.

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.

ERIC DONOVAN was handed the featherweight berth on the Irish team for the European Union Boxing Championships when his clubmate, John Joe Joyce, moved up to welterweight, and now he wants to create the sensation of the tournament when he meets the three-time champion, Domenico Valentino of Italy, in his quarter-final bout at the National Stadium tomorrow.

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.

JOHN JOE JOYCE (St. Michael’s, Athy) faces a showdown with reigning light welterweight champion Aodh Carlyle at the National Stadium tomorrow with a place on the Irish team for the EU boxing championships the prize.

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 middleweight Darren O'Neill and super heavyweight Cathal McMonagle are through to the quarter finals of the Ustinad Laben Senior Multi Nations following impressive victories in the Czech Republic tonight (May 16th).