Joyce bows out of World Championships

John Joe Joyce bowed out of the AIBA World Championships and Olympic qualifiers at the University of Illinois in Chicago after he lost his preliminary round light welterweight clash to Hungary's Gyula Kate in the early hours of this morning.

The St Michael's Athy man, who was the only Irish boxer in the ring last night, was 9-8 up at the end of the first. But Kate took the next three rounds to advance to the last thirty two on a 32-17 verdict.