Limerick’s Myles Casey advanced to within one win of becoming the first St Francis BC boxer since Jimmy Moore and current WBO World middleweight champion Andy Lee to claim an Elite title last night.

Irish Olympic silver medalist Ken Egan has announced his retirement from boxing.

A night of drama at the National Stadium last night in the 2013 Elite National Championships, the birth of a new legend, the end of another as the great light-heavyweight Kenneth Egan, seeking a record 11th title in a record 13 consecutive final appearances, was forced to give way for the third year in succession to the more powerful teenager, Joe Ward.

THE scene is set for another magnificent night of finals in the Elite National Boxing Championships this Friday.

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.

ULSTER plundered the lion’s share of the titles from last night’s National U-21 finals at Dublin’s National Stadium.