Champ O'Sullivan faces tough task at Ballyvourney

NEWLY crowned national intermediate champion Dara O'Sullivan (Fr Horgan's) will be back in action at the Abbey Hotel in Ballyvourney tomorrow night when Rylane and Macroom boxing clubs combine to stage an exciting tournament.

O'Sullivan, who beat Michael McLoughlin (Carndonagh) 11-6 to win the national intermediate light welterweight title last Friday faces a talented opponent in Roy Sheahan (St Michael's, Athy) who has won everything except the national senior title. In fact, he won both junior and intermediate titles in the same year and beat the American No 1 in the Multi-Nations tournament in Cork. Rylane middleweight Stephen Barrett will be keeping the family flag flying when he steps up in class to box another Athy man, Hughie Joyce, who is a senior boxer. Barrett made it to the quarter-finals of the intermediate championships and will face a tough assignment before the home crowd.

After a long lay-off, Tom Murray returns to the ring to box the British and Irish Universities heavyweight champion, Sean Costello.