Barnes off to a flyer at worlds

Two-time Olympic medallist Paddy Barnes edged a step closer to the medals at the AIBA World Elite Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan yesterday.

But ex-European champion Ray Moylette bowed out of the tournament on a unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) to Kyrgyzstani Ermek Sakenov.

Barnes rattled off a unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) over Serbian champion Milos Baltic in the light-fly class. He’ll now meet Kenya’s Simon Nzioki, who stopped England’s Charlie Edwards inside two minutes yesterday, for a place in the quarter-finals on Tuesday.