Dossen and Eagleson secure medals at Euro Championships 

Dossen has guaranteed himself a medal in the process.

Gabriel Dossen, of Ireland, during the EUBC Elite Men's European Boxing Championships Preliminary Rounds against Rami Mofid Kiwan, of Bulgaria, at Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex in Yerevan, Armenia. Photo by Hrach Khachatryan/Sportsfile

Irish boxers Gabriel Dossen and Dylan Eagleson have guaranteed themselves at least a medal at the European Boxing Championships.

With a 4-1 split decision victory over Norwegian Mindaugas Gedminas in Armenia, Dossen secured a spot in the semi-finals and at the very least, a bronze medal.

The Galway boxer was the first of the home boxers to make it through to the semi-finals, after Rickey Nesbitt, Sean Mari and JP Hale all missed out after defeats in the last eight.

He was followed into the semis by Eagleson, who won his bantamweight bout this evening, beating Spain's Gabriel Escobar Mascunano on a split decision.

Light flyweight Nesbitt fought Bulgaria's Ergyunal Sebahtin but lost to a unanimous decision, while Mari was beaten by Englishman Kiaran MacDonald.

Belfast's Hale lost on a split decision call to Georgia's Artyush Gomtsayan.