Egan and Barnes fall but Joyce leads fightback

KENNY EGAN’S hopes of a second Olympics appearance were dented yesterday when he retired a minute into the third round of his World Championship heavyweight debut in Baku.

Going in against young Cuban Jose Larduet Gomez, a former world youths champion, the Beijing Olympic silver medallist always faced a huge assignment and was 23-11 behind after the second round.

“I have only had a few fights at heavyweight and it’s still very much a work in progress,” he said.