2 Wins and 2 Losses for Irish Boxers in Milan

Tipperary heavyweight Con Sheehan lost 11-0 to Cuban, Osmay Duarte Acosta in the last 32 of the AIBA World Championships  in Milan.
Acosta, a bronze medal winner at the 2008 Olympics, was 3-0 ahead at the end of the first and stretched his lead to 7-0 in the second despite the best efforts of the 20 year old Irishman, who boxes out of the Clonmel club.
Willie McLaughlin and Ken Egan progressed to the last 16 following impressive wins this afternoon.
Donegal welterweight McLaughlin produced a controlled display of boxing to beat Vedic Velibor of Bosnia & Herzegovina 14-3 and Dublin light heavyweight Egan stopped Muhammad Sutani Quadir of Afghanistan in the third round.
 
Egan, ranked fourth in the world and a silver medal winner at the Beijing Olympics, was 12-1 up when the ref stopped the contest  2:31  into the final frame after Quadir took his second standing count.
Meanwhile, Ireland's coaches won't have far too look for information on Willie McLaughlin's next opponent, Jvania Kakhabev of Georgia.
Ireland's Georgia born coach Zuar Anita, who was working McLaughlin's corner today along with Billy Wash, was Kakhabev's coach when he was training the Georgian national team.
Kakhabev also beat Ireland's Roy Sheahan in the past.
 
Meantime, David Oliver Joyce bowed out following a 16-11 reversal to Mexican featherweight Oscar Valdez earlier today.
 
 
Joyce, from the St Michael's Athy club, was 6-3 up at the end of the first round. However, Valdez led 11-10 at the conclusion of the second.
Joyce pulled out all the stops in the third and final round but Valdez withstood a furious onslaught to add another five points to his card.

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