Lee, Donovan head programme at National Stadium

THOMAS LEE (Oughterard) and Eric Donovan (St Michael’s, Athy), members of the Irish team for the multi-nations tournament in Cork, will be in action at the national under-21 boxing championships finals at the National Stadium tonight, while a third member of the squad, Conor Ahern (Baldoyle), gets a walkover in the light flyweight division.

Donovan is one of three Athy boxers in action tonight.

This year he won the national junior title with a walkover against his clubmate, David Joyce. Tonight he meets Anthony Hopkins (Corinthians), a cadet international, in what promises to be an exciting bantamweight final.