Devastating Donovan lifts Irish spirits with emphatic victory

ERIC DONOVAN kept Irish spirits on a high with an emphatic if not sensational 33-17 victory over a highly-rated Hungarian lightweight, Miklos Varga, at the World Boxing Championships in Chicago last night.

The 22-year-old Athy southpaw was devastating in the first round which he won 15-6 and when he won the second 11-5, the Hungarian was looking for a way back.

It was impossible to find as Donovan kept him at the end of a deadly-accurate right hand jab and there was one point in the third round when it appeared as if Varga would fall victim to the 20-point rule — but he just held on to trail 33-17.