Cully too good for Joyce in all-Kildare lightweight clash

Former European Youth gold medallist Gary Cully came out on top won in the clash of the Kildare lightweights at last night’s National Intermediate Championships finals at Dublin’s National Stadium when the St David’s BC southpaw beat Hughie Joyce of the St Michael’s Athy BC.

Cully, a gold medal winner at the 2012 European Youths in Rotterdam, edged round one, but Joyce, finding the target off both hands with big shots, won the second.

However, Cully, using his raking jab as the triggering mechanism for sweeping backhands, claimed the third and a unanimous decision.