Irish quartet in action

Four Irish fighters are in quarter-finals at the European Boxing Championships in Ukraine today.

2015 world silver-medal winner and double European champ, Moate’s Joe Ward, will be in the ring to face Sean Lazzerini of Scotland in the light-heavyweight’s last-eight.

Flyweight Brendan Irvine faces Gabriel Escobar of Spain, Kurt Walker goes up against Italy’s Raffaele Di Serio at bantamweight while Ireland’s light-welter hope Sean McComb will box England’s Luke McCormack.