Ireland’s five boxing clever

EXCITING semi-final victories for Carl Frampton, Roy Sheahan, Darren Sutherland, a thrilling comeback for Cathal McMonagle and a walk-over for Kenneth Egan means that Ireland will have five finalists at the European Union boxing championships at the National Stadium this afternoon giving Ireland more finalists than any other nation in the tournament.

Cathal McMonagle staged another storming comeback, winning the third round 13-6 before taking total control of the super-heavyweight semi-final against Cristian Ciocan (Romania) for a sensational 32-25 victory.

Kenneth Egan got a walk over last night when his opponent, Mario Sivolija, withdrew with a broken jaw sustained in the quarter-finals and he will meet Bjenaru Constantin (Romania) who outpointed Bahram Muzaffer (Turkey) 25-3 in their semi-final.