In other championship action in the Odyssey, local favourite Martin Lindsay, game but outclassed, was well beaten on points by the extremely talented if also arrogant Welshman Lee Selby for the British & Commonwealth Featherweight title.

Carl Frampton hopes an impressive victory in the Odyssey Arena tonight will help secure a coveted world title shot.

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.

John Joe Joyce beat Roy Sheahan 10-2 in an all St Michael's Athy welterweight semi-final at the Irish Daily Star sponsored Elite National Championships at the National Stadium in Dublin tonight.