Euro joy for Triple J and O’Kane

IRELAND will have three boxers in semi-final action at today’s European Championships in Liverpool after big quarter-final wins for Olympic light welterweight John Joe Joyce and debutant Eamon O’Kane last night.

They join lightweight Ross Hickey on today’s programme to duplicate the performance of the team at the Olympic Games in Beijing.

John Joe Joyce, nicknamed ‘Triple J’, finally achieved his goal when he hammered out a 9-7 victory over Bulgarian Dimitar Shtilyanov to guarantee himself a bronze medal and a place in today’s semi-finals against old foe, Gyula Kate (Hungary).