Joyce flies the flag for Ireland in Olympic boxing

Light welterweight John Joe Joyce produced arguably his best ever performance to march into the last 16 of the Olympic Games following a 9-5 victory over Gyula Kate of Hungary this morning.

Sun, 10 Aug, 2008 - 11:13

Light welterweight John Joe Joyce produced arguably his best ever performance to march into the last 16 of the Olympic Games following a 9-5 victory over Gyula Kate of Hungary this morning.

Kate had beaten Joyce, nicknamed triple J, three times in the last two years in the run up to today's showdown at the Workers Indoor Arena in Beijing.

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