Five Irish boxers will each be fighting for at least a bronze medal at the AIBA World Elite Men’s Championships in Kazakhstan today.

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.

Irish head coach Billy Walsh was “relatively happy” with yesterday’s draw for the AIBA World Men’s Elite Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

This year’s Elite national boxing championships are only at semi-final stage but already we know that five titles will change hands this year.