Katie Taylor progressed to the semi finals of the 4th women's European Union Championships following a quarter final win in Bulgaria against Italian lightweight Cordio Giacoma 14-1 in the quarter final in Pazardjik, Bulgaria
 Katie Taylor will now meet Cindy Orain of France in the semi final in a repeat of the 2008 European Union final in Liverpool which  Katie Taylor won 11-0.

Katie Taylor advanced to the 60Kg final at the 4th women's European Union Championships following her second win in 24 hours in Pazardjik, Bulgaria this afternoon.
Katie Taylor beat French lightweight Cindy Orain 11-2 in today's semi final in a repeat of last years EU final which the Irish woman won 11-0 in Liverpool.
The World and European champion and AIBA 2008 World female boxer of the year meets Bulgarian Denitza Eliseevan in tomorrows 60Kg decider.
Today's victory was Katie Taylor's 34th in a row at all levels.

The Irish senior boxing team were celebrating on the treble today after David Oliver Joyce, Darren O'Neill and Con Sheehan claimed three gold's at the 2009 European Union Championships in Odense, Denmark.

And in further celebration for the Irish side they were also presented with the team of the Championships award at the Odense Sports Centre.

David Oliver Joyce claimed his second European Union title in a row following an impressive 8-2 win over Sandro Schaer of Germany.

  O'Neill made it a double with an emphatic 16- 2 win over Danish middleweight Stephen Alms

Sheehan, who won silver at the 2008 EU Championships, completed the hat trick with an equally impressive 13-3 win over Spanish heavyweight Juan Augustine Aleman.

But while Joyce, O'Neill and Sheehan were celebrating, Declan Geraghty, John Joe Nevin and Willie Mclaughlin had to settle for silver.

Geraghty and defending bantamweight champ Nevin were beaten 13-3 by England's Khalid Yafai and by 9-7 Germanys Denis Makarov.

And McLaughlin lost out 12-4 to Hungarian welterweight Balaza Bacskai.

The Irish Boxing team will arrive home via Dublin Airport at 5pm tomorrow.

Twenty nations were competing in Denmark.

 

 

Flyweight Declan Geraghty will be the first Irish boxer in the ring at tomorrows European Union finals at the Odense Sports centre in Denmark.

The Dubliner, who claimed his first senior title in February, meets England's Khalid Yafai, who competed at last Augusts Olympic Games in Beijing.

Ireland have the highest representation in Saturdays finals with six through to the weekends deciders.

England have five in the finals, while Germany and Hungary have four apiece.

Two German opponents stand in the way of John Joe Nevins and David Oliver Joyce's ambitions of successfully defending the EU titles they won in Poland last year.

Beijing Olympian Nevin faces experienced bantamweight Denis Makarov and Joyce meets Sandro Schaer at featherweight.

Darren O'Neill is in against home favourite Stephen Alms of Denmark - Alms received a walkover into the middleweight final after Germanys Konstantin Buga withdrew injured.

Light welterweight Willie McLaughlin meets Balaza Bacskai of Hungary and Tipperary heavyweight Con Sheehan will trade leather with Juan Augustin Aleman of Spain.

Boxing begins at 2pm (Irish time) on Saturday.

European Union Finals Odense Denmark June 20th (3pm)

48Kg: Thomas Stubbs (England) v Lukasz Maszczyk (Poland)

51Kg: Declan Geraghty (Ireland) v Khalid Yafai (England)

54Kg: John Joe Nevin (Ireland) v Denis Makarov (Germany

57Kg: David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) v Sandro Schaer (Germany)

60Kg: Eugene Bunhard (Germany) v Thomas Stalker (England)

64Kg: Gyula Kate (Hungary) v Bradley Saunders (England)

69Kg: Willie McLaughlin (Ireland) v Balaza Bacskai (Hungary)

75Kg: Darren O'Neill (Ireland) v Stephen Alms (Denmark)

81Kg: Imre Szello (Hungary) v Obed Mbwakongo (England)

91Kg: Con Sheehan (Ireland) v Juan Augustin Aleman (Spain)

91Kg+: Istvan Bernath (Hungary) v Erik Pfeifer (Germany)