O'Neill: I had an uphill battle after slow first round

Kilkenny boxer Darren O'Neill has admitted that he was slow to come out of the blocks in his round of 16 defeat to German boxer Stefan Hartel.

The Rathfarnham club man, who lost 19-12, said he had trained and sparred with the German before and had got the better of him then, but today was a different proposition.