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.

Irish Boxer and reigning European and World Champion Katie Taylor could be bound for Olympic glory after a decision by the International Olympic Committee's executive board to allow women boxers compete in London 2012.
Boxing had been the only Olympic event without any female participants.

Women's boxing had come close to inclusion in the 2008 games, but the move was blocked amid fears that the sport was not competitive in enough countries, which could lead to potentially dangerous mismatches.

Bray Boxer Katie Taylor is currently world champion in the 60kg weight class and has spoken of her desire to represent her country at the Olympics.
Three women's weight classes will be added for the London games, with one men's class dropped to make room for them.
The IOC's 15-man executive board was meeting in Berlin to consider requests from boxing and 16 other sports to incorporate new events.

The board also recommended that golf and rugby sevens should be included in the 2016 Olympics.

Katie Taylor will find out on Thursday if her dream of representing Ireland in the London 2012 Olympics can come true.
Currently, boxing is the only Olympic sport in which women can not compete.

Katie Taylor is Ireland's most successful boxer in history and has numerous European and World titles to her name.
She is one of the most consistent starts in world sport, boasting a record of 60 wins from 61 fights and 39 consecutive victories.

Women's boxing came tantalisingly close to inclusion in the 2008 Beijing Games only to be rejected when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ruled it would not offer added value to the Olympic programme.

Fears were that the sport was not competitive in enough countries which could lead to potentially dangerous mismatches.

The Olympic cCommittee meets on Thursday and this time there is a lot more hope for women to take part.

There have been positive comments from IOC President Jacques Rogge ahead of Thursday's decision, but confirmation of the committee's choice will only come Thursday.

Katie Taylor maintained one of the most consistent runs in World amateur boxing after claiming again gold at the Russian Multi Nations at the Sports Palace in St Petersburg today.
The World and European champion chalked up her 39th victory in a row - and her 60th win in the last 61 bouts - after beating Russian lightweight Natalie Bondareva 6-3.
Bondereva was obliged to take two standing counts in the first round of today's 60Kg final.
Meantime, Katie Taylor, who boxes out of the Bray Boxing Club, also scooped the best technical boxer award.
Today's win marks the fourth time in a row that the 23 year old Irish woman has beaten an opponent from the host nation in their own backyard.
Taylor scored 59 points and conceded 20 in four bouts in four days in St Petersburg.
Bondareva was the second Russian opponent she beat at the Sports Palace this week.
The Irish team will arrived home via Dublin Airport at 7.45pm tomorrow evening.
July 8th: Last 16
60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Dong Cheng (China) 10-2
July 9th: Quarter Final
60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Ayzanet Gadzhieva (Russia) 17-4
July 10th: Semi Final
60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Alexandra Sidorenko (Ukraine) 26-11
July 11th: Final
60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Natalie Bondareva (Russia) 6-3
Irish squad
60Kg: Katie Taylor
Coaches: Peter Taylor & Pat Ryan