Sheahan turns on power after slow start

ROY SHEAHAN, St Michael’s (Athy), got his World Championship campaign off to the perfect start when posting an impressive 15-10 victory over Carl Hield (Bahamas) in Baku yesterday and his next opponent, Borna Katalinic (Croatia) is a man he has beaten twice previously.

But Tommy Murphy, President of the IABA, insisted they can’t take anything for granted.

“We were happy enough with today’s performance,” he said. “Roy had a nervous start but that was only to be expected and he was down a point at the end of the first round.