Geraghty secures Veli victory

DECLAN GERAGHTY earned his place among the last 16 flyweights when outpointing Mumin Veli of Macedonia 11-9 at the World boxing championships in Milan yesterday.

Geraghty secures Veli victory
Sat, 05 Sep, 2009 - 01:00
Brendan Mooney

However, there was disappointment for Eric Donovan who lost the last round 8-1 and the contest 11-6 to make his exit from the tournament.

Geraghty will meet a young Mongolian, Tugsisogt Nyambaya, who is technically very good for a place in the quarter-finals on Tuesday.

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