Sheehan faces fitness battle

Roy Sheehan is facing a race against time to be fit for the final Olympic qualifier for European boxers in Athens in April after breaking his left hand in sparring at the Irish squads training camp in Perugia, Italy yesterday.

Sheehan sustained the injury in a sparring session with the Latvian national team on Sunday afternoon and will miss the second last Olympic qualifier for European boxers which begins in Pescara, Italy next Saturday.