Irish pair bidding for gold

IRISH boxing sensations Joe Ward and Ryan Burnett are just three rounds away from winning double gold in today’s AIBA World Youth Championships finals in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Irish pair bidding for gold

Ward, the AIBA World Junior light middleweight champion, beat Columbia’s Palacio Carrillo 11-3 and meets Australian middleweight Damien Hooper this afternoon.

Burnett, from the Holy Family club in Belfast, advanced after coming from behind to beat Cuban Yosvany Soto Veita 5-3. He faces home favourite Salman Alizada.

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