Joyce turns on the power in classy victory over McKim

DAVID Oliver Joyce of St Michael’s, Athy proved that this year’s senior boxing championships were not just about one boxer.

He turned in one of the performances of the tournament to outpoint the courageous Shaun McKim (Abbey, Antrim) and claim the bantamweight title previously held by his club-mate Eric Donovan, in last night's finals at the National Stadium.

Every punch in the book was thrown in this contest, and all by the same boxer, as Joyce threw the big punches, put the combinations together and sneaked inside to punish his man with a vicious right hand to the body.