Barrett digs deep to shake off O’Shea in thriller

BRIAN BARRETT, a cousin of former Irish Olympian Francis Barrett, brought the curtain down on a marathon session of National Intermediate Championships quarter-finals with a thrilling win over Patrick O’Shea at the National Stadium in Dublin on Saturday night.

But the Galway man had to do it the hard way against O’Shea, who pulled out all the stops in the final two rounds, levelling three times in the fourth before Barrett took a top class contest in the final 30 seconds.

Bantamweights Michael Kelly and Terence Gibbs were involved in one of the contests of the Championships, which resume next weekend with semi finals in all weight categories.