Joyce serves up another spectacular performance

DAVID OLIVER JOYCE is poised to become the star of the multi-nations boxing tournament in Ballybunion following another spectacular performance at the Tintean Theatre yesterday when he outpointed a teak tough Welshman, Matthew Edmonds, for a place in tonight’s finals.

In his first contest, he beat a talented Russian, Maxim Khalikov, on count-back ­ and yesterday’s semi-final was equally thrilling if not quite so close.

The 18-year-old Athy man punched his way to a clear cut 42-24 victory over Edmonds who was moving up a division from flyweight to bantamweight for the first time and, while the margin of victory hardly reflected the Welshman’s contribution, there was never going to be any doubt about the outcome.