Irish boxer Tommy McCarthy will be hoping to join his team-mates Michael Conlan and Jason Quigley in the quarter-finals of the World Championship when he steps back into the ring later this hour.

Bantamweight Michael Conlan is through to the quarter-finals of the World Championships in Kazakstan following his win over Brian Gonzalez.

Joe Ward could meet Russia’s Nikita Ivanov in a repeat of their European final in the last-eight of the AIBA World Elite Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Two-time Olympic medallist Paddy Barnes edged a step closer to the medals at the AIBA World Elite Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan yesterday.