Joyce feeling the Mersey beat
The tournament may have been staged for that specific purpose but it provided as many questions as answers. Two of the stars of the show did not box on the bill. David Oliver Joyce (St Michael’s, Athy) had to cry off with the ‘flu, giving Carl Frampton (Midlands) a walk over and Darren O’Neill (Paulstown), who will replace Kenneth Egan at light heavyweight for the time being, also got a walk over in the absence of Ross Skelton (St Matthews).
The talented Belfast teenager, Declan Geraghty (Docklands), a youths champion, was already guaranteed a walkover at light fly while David Joyce (Moate) did not have an opponent at super heavyweight.
