Irish boxers advance to semis

THREE more Irish boxers advanced to today’s semi-finals after another action packed evening of boxing at the multi-nations tournament in Ballybunion last night.

A third member of the Joyce family, David Anthony, won his light welterweight contest by beating Mark Hastie of Scotland convincingly 26-17.

The Athy man tied the first round 6-6 but from there on dominated the fight winning the net round 10-7 and the third 10-4 to join his relations and clubmates, David Oliver Joyce and John Joe Joyce in today’s semi-finals which will be decided over two sessions - the first commencing at 2 pm and the second at 7.30pm.