Double joy for Irish boxers at European championships

There was double joy for Ireland in the EUBC European Men's Boxing Championships in Belarus today as both Olympic silver medallist John Joe Nevin and middleweight Jason Quigley were crowned champions.

Nevin outclassed Ukrainian southpaw Mykola Butsenko to claim a unanimous points verdict, while Quigley edged out Romania’s Bogdan Juratoni via a split decision after a thriller.