WORLD Youth champion Joe Ward, Darren O’Neill, John Joe Nevin and Con Sheehan all advanced to today’s finals at the Feliks Stamm Multi-Nations tournament following semi-final wins yesterday.

THE eight-man Irish squad of Elite boxers completed a perfect day with eight semi-finals wins from eight at the Ostrava Grand Prix in Ostrava city in the Czech Republic yesterday.

FINBARR KIRWAN, High Performance Director with the Irish Sports Council (ISC), praised not only the achievement of the Irish boxers at the European championships in Moscow but their commitment, the preparations and the team that masterminded the record medal haul.

Ireland will be taking home one gold, one silver and three bronze medals from the 2010 European Senior Championships at the Ice Palace in Moscow.

IRELAND will have four boxers fighting for medals at the European senior boxing championships in Moscow today after another sensational day at the Ice Palace.