KENNETH EGAN will meet Xiaoping Zhang of China in the light heavyweight boxing final tomorrow (8.50am), when he hopes to emulate fellow Dubliner, Michael Carruth, by winning the Olympic gold medal.

Irish boxer Kenny Egan has defeated Great Britain’s Tony Jeffries in his Light Heavy weight Olympic semi-final today.

Irish boxer Darren Sutherland declared that he was “happy enough” with his performance, despite being beaten by James Degale in their semi-finals Olympic middleweight bout this morning.

British middleweight James DeGale has acknowledged his losing run against Ireland's Darren Sutherland - but insists that it will be different this time.

The British Olympic Association has confirmed that British light heavyweight Tony Jeffries will fight Irish boxer Ken Egan as scheduled at the Olympics tomorrow.

IF YOU are one of the thousands of Irish fans who have travelled to Sunderland supporting the Black Cats in the Premiership, you may have met Tony Jeffries, the British boxer who faces Kenny Egan in an Olympic light heavyweight semi-final tomorrow night.

Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington has praised the performance of Ireland’s Olympic boxing medallist Kenny Egan.

Irish captain Ken Egan joined compatriot Paddy Barnes on the winners' podium at the Beijing Olympics after he outclassed Brazilian light heavyweight Washington Silva (8-0) over four rounds today.

Irish boxer Ken Egan has beaten Brazilian light heavyweight Washington Silva to guarantee another medal for Ireland at the Beijing Olympics today.

Irish boxer Paddy Barnes is guaranteed at least an Olympic bronze medal after his victory at the Worker's Indoor Arena in Beijing today.

Paddy Barnes will get Ireland's quest for an Olympic boxing medal underway today when he meets Polish light flyweight Lukasz Maszczyk in a high noon quarter-final showdown at the Worker's Indoor Arena in Beijing.

KENNETH EGAN will climb into the ring next Tuesday just one fight away from an Olympic medal and, like it or not, he will be favourite to take the bronze medal — at least — away from Beijing, following a very impressive 10-2 victory over the Turkish light heavyweight, Bahram Muzaffer, for a place in the quarter finals.

Six Irish boxers will be going for gold medals in six finals at the European Union Championships in Cetniewo Poland this afternoon.

IRISH boxers will be targeting half a dozen gold medals at the European Union Championships in Poland today.

John Joe Nevin and Irish captain Ken Egan are through to Saturday's finals at the 2008 European Union Championships in Poland following impressive semi-final victories in Cetniewo this afternoon.

Irish head coach Billy Walsh believes that this weeks sparring and training camp with England and France at the National Stadium in Dublin can only augur well for the Olympic qualifiers in Pescara, Italy later this month.

The fifth European Union Boxing Championships resume at the National Stadium in Dublin today with twenty quarter-final bouts down to be decided over the course of two sessions beginning at 2.30pm and 7.30pm.