Christy Joyce and Chris Mullally got Ireland off to a winning start at the AIBA World Junior Championships in Yerevan, Armenia today.
Joyce dominated home favourite Arayik Harutyunyan of Armenia en route to a 7-5 win  and will now face Russian featherweight Dmitry Kulakov on Tuesday.
Mullally will also be in action Tuesday versus Ihsan Erdogan of Turkey - despite being felled by Georgian light welter Ciga Gignuri in the second round today.
However, the Ryston clubman, who  was 5-4 up at that stage, got back off the floor to blitz Gignuri in the third frame, winning out 13-6.
Cork flyweight Roy O'Carroll will be the only Irish boxer in action tomorrow, versus Cuba's Carrazana Ramirez.

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The Dublin Docklands club lost out in three attempts to claim a hat-trick of Irish titles at the National Youth Championships at the National Stadium in Dublin last night. Michelle Chambers claimed a bantamweight title for Castlebar Boxing Club in the first female final of the evening - a 6-1 win securing the 54Kg Irish crown. Ciara Noonan and James Fryers also earned positive verdicts, while Emma Agnew took the early route to victory against Tara Keane.
Mark O'Hara won his all-Ulster 60Kg clash with Paul Kelly - but Castlebar BC were denied a female double after Paulstown's Amanda Coughlin beat Emma Kilcoyne.

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Katie Taylor was awarded the title of Person of the Year and Achiever in Sports at the Bray and District Chamber Endeavour Awards ceromony on friday, 22 may. The awards recognise and reward outstanding contributions to the local economy, sports and civic development by individuals, community groups and businesses.

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