Ireland's Paddy Barnes has qualified for next year's Olympics in Beijing after reaching the quarter-finals of the World Boxing Championships in Chicago.
The light-flyweight fighter beat Japan's Kenji Ohkubo 20-6 on points yesterday to secure Olympic qualification.
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