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.

Paddy Barnes will get Ireland's quest for an Olympic boxing medal underway today when he meets Polish light flyweight Lukasz Maszczyk in a high noon quarter-final showdown at the Worker's Indoor Arena in Beijing.

KENNETH EGAN will climb into the ring next Tuesday just one fight away from an Olympic medal and, like it or not, he will be favourite to take the bronze medal — at least — away from Beijing, following a very impressive 10-2 victory over the Turkish light heavyweight, Bahram Muzaffer, for a place in the quarter finals.

IRELAND brought out the heavy artillery at the National Stadium yesterday to bring their medal total at the European Union Senior Boxing Championships to five, with Roy Sheahan, Darren Sutherland, captain Kenneth Egan and then, in a sensational super-heavyweight contest, Cathal McGonagle, all winning their quarter-finals to secure bronze medals.

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.