Thirty one members of the Dublin County Amateur Boxing Board have been told by a judge to pay a €60,000 costs bill arising out of an unsuccessful legal foray against their parent body, the Irish Amateur Boxing Association.

ANDY LEE (St. Francis, Limerick) claimed his first National Senior Championship title by doing what had to be done at the National Stadium last night when he out-pointed Eamon O’Kane (St. Canices) 27-12 in the eagerly awaited Middleweight final.

Irish team captain Jim Moore made sure of at least a bronze medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships, when he squeezed into the welterweight semi-finals on the countback system.

Welshman Kevin Evans is aiming to repeat his performance of 1999 by securing at least a bronze medal at the World Amateur Boxing championships in Belfast today.