Barnes backing team to deliver Euro medals

PADDY BARNES put his devastation at not being able to defend his title to one side and is backing his Irish team-mates to finish in podium positions at the European Championships in Ankara, Turkey.

Barnes backing team to deliver Euro medals

The Belfast fighter, who claimed European light-flyweight gold in 2010, was due to travel to Ankara on Saturday as part of a ten-man Irish squad for the Continental deciders.

But the 24-year old Olympic bronze medallist was left devastated on Friday after the results of an MRI scan on his left hand showed that he had ligament damage and bone bruising.

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