Sensational Christina Desmond step closer to Rio Olympic dream

Olympic champion Katie Taylor and Ceire Smith eased into the last-eight of the European Olympic qualifiers with comfortable wins in Samsun, Turkey yesterday.

But Cork middleweight Christina Desmond stole the show on her last day as a teenager.

The Leeside southpaw, who turns 20 today, sensationally dumped Dutch No. 1 seed Nouchka Fontijan out of the tournament.