JJ Joyce progresses to semi-finals

John Joe Joyce got Ireland back to winning ways with a quarter final victory over Bulgarian light welterweight Dimitar Stilianov at the European Senior Championships in Liverpool tonight.

The Irish senior champion beat the 2004 European lightweight champion 9-7 in a bout which was poised on a knife edge (1-1, 2-2, 4-4) all the way down to the final round where Joyce found that extra gear.