Mixed fortunes for Irish boxers

Irish flyweight Conor Ahern and middleweight Darren Sutherland both won their preliminary round bouts at the final AIBA Olympic qualifier for European boxers in Athens, Greece today.

Donegal's Willie McLoughlin bowed out of the tournament however after he was edged out 13-11 by Velibor Vidic of Bosnia following a see-saw welterweight clash at the Olympic Centre of Nikaia.