Anthony Joshua can still recall the culture shock of walking into the GB Boxing gym for the first time as an impressionable amateur ill-equipped to begin a journey which would sweep him to the top of his sport.

British boxer Anthony Joshua, the 22-year-old who hopes to follow in the footsteps of Audley Harrison, was today tipped to be a home town star at the Olympics next summer.

Irish featherweight Tyrone McCullagh lost out in his semi-final to England's Iain Weaver at the European Amateur Championships in Moscow today.

Ken Egan is out of the 2009 European Union Championships after slipping to a surprise 7-6 defeat to Hungarian light heavyweight Imre Szello in Denmark today.

ROSS HICKEY secured Ireland’s first medal at the European Championships in Liverpool yesterday but the treatment meted out to bantamweight Ryan Lindberg left Irish coach, Billy Walsh, fuming.