Joyce joust to set Barrett up for senior tilt

DAVID BARRETT will take his preparations for next month’s national senior boxing championships to a new level when he boxes former champion, David Joyce, on a 15-bout bill promoted by Rylane boxing club at the Riverside Park Hotel in Macroom tomorrow night.

Barrett, a 19-year-old from Millstreet, was following in the footsteps of his brothers when he won a national intermediate title last year but Dan Lane, the Rylane BC coach kept him away from this year’s senior championships.

“He is ready to take his place next month,” Lane insisted yesterday. “He has been training exceptionally well this season and he has got a lot stronger in the past year.