I’m going to take away Myers’s title, vows Barnes

Two-time Olympic medallist Paddy Barnes reckons he has the firepower to dethrone Hughie Myers when they meet in a rematch of their 2012 Elite Championships final at the National Stadium in Dublin.

The Belfast and Kildare duo won their light-fly Elite semi-finals last night and will face off for a second time in two years at the Stadium next Friday.

Myers, who was beaten (21-17) by Barnes in the 2012 decider, claimed the 49kg crown last year after Barnes withdrew with an illness. He beat Thomas Waites of the Cairn Lodge BC in Belfast last night.