Irish Olympic hopefuls set for ‘quality sparring’ in France

IRELAND’S five Olympic boxers have arrived in Bugeat, France, for the penultimate training camp in advance of the Olympic Games.

Some of them would have trained at the French retreat before and Andy Lee trained there in 2004 en route to the Athens Olympics.

This time around Paddy Barnes, John Joe Nevin, John Joe Joyce, Darren Sutherland and Kenneth Egan will train with boxers from France, England, Sweden, Germany and Italy.