McCloskey gets Olympic bid off to good start

PAUL McCLOSKEY got his Olympic boxing qualification campaign off to the perfect start when he beat Halas Martin of the Czech Republic 37-13 in Warsaw last night.

Tonight the Derry man meats a Croatian but to get to the final and achieve Olympic qualification he will have three more contests.

With European bronze medallist Andy Lee through to Athens, Ireland’s remaining Olympic hopefuls re-launched their campaign for Olympic qualification at tournaments in Warsaw and Plovdiv, Bulgaria, yesterday.