WITH his bronze medal already secure, John Joe Nevin will go into this afternoon’s (3.30pm) clash with Eduard Abzalimov of Russia bidding for a place in tomorrow’s bantamweight final.

JOHN JOE NEVIN laid claim to a bronze medal and put himself in line for even greater things when he outpointed Chinese bantamweight Yu Gu, 7-5, to qualify for tomorrow semi-finals at the World boxing championships in Milan.

Ken Egan and Willie McLaughlin both bowed out of the AIBA World Championships at the quarter final stage in Milan this afternoon.

Irish boxer John Joe Nevin came from behind to guarantee Ireland an historic sixth medal at World Championships level today.

THERE will be three Irish boxers in action in the quarter-finals of the world championships in Milan this afternoon after Darren O’Neill and Declan Geraghty exited the tournament last night.