Box-off could hand Joyce Euro lifeline

DAVID OLIVER JOYCE and Carl Frampton could box-off for the featherweight spot on the Irish team for next month’s European Championships in Liverpool.

Box-off could hand Joyce Euro lifeline

Illness caused Joyce, the current featherweight national champion, to withdraw from the finals of the senior open tournament on Friday night, presenting Frampton with a walk over.

It appears, however, that the Mullingar man who boxes out of the St Michael’s club in Athy has been thrown a lifeline.

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