Sligo’s Jordan Myers, pictured, joined Galway’s Gabriel Dossen in the semi-finals of the European Youth Championships after another massive performance in Antalya,Turkey today.

But Limerick’s Patrick Donovan was adjudged to have been beaten 29-28 across the board by home boxer Tugrulhan Erdemir, the current World Junior champion.

Myers,not for the first time in Antalya,put it all on the line in a fiery battle with durable Serbian middleweight Djozdic Buksic.

Both young men had their moments,but Myers’ cleaner work at the start of the first and his greater punch volume and industry throughout saw his hand raised in victory on a split decision.

The 2013 European Schoolboy champion will meet Russia’s 2016 European Junior champion Danil Teterev in the last-four.

Donovan, on unofficial cards, won rounds two and three of his contest. The first frame was pretty close in the repeat of the 2015 World Junior final which Erdemir won in Russia.

Inching toward his opponent for the majority of the three-rounder,Donovan landed the cleaner shots throughout and found the target with three straight rights in the third. He also rattled the Turk, who worked well on the inside in all three rounds, with a sweeping left in the first.

Magnificent performance from the Irish captain.

Tomorrow is a rest day at the tournament. Dossen and Myers, both guaranteed at least bronze, will be back in action on Friday.

European Youth Championships Antalya, Turkey October 21st/29th

October 21st Preliminaries (Last 32)

56kg Craig Kavanagh (Ireland) lost to David Kharmats (Israel) 1-4
60kg Eamer Coughlan (Ireland) lost to Artur Szachbazian (Czech Republic) TKO2
64kg Patrick Donovan (Ireland) beat Konrad Dialas (Poland) TKO2
69kg Gabriel Dossen (Ireland) beat Pavel Kamanin (Estonia) 5-0

October 22nd (Last 16)

49kg Terry Donoghue (Ireland) lost to Danil Lysenko (Russia) 1-4
52kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) beat Amid Alizada (Azerbaijan) 3-2
69kg Gabriel Dossen (Ireland) beat Olek Kravets (Ukraine) 5-0

Last 32
75kg Jordan Myers (Ireland) beat Rami Kiwan (Bulgaria) 3-2

October 23rd (last 16)

64kg Patrick Donovan (Ireland) beat Tomi Lorencic (Slovenia) TKO3
75kg Jordan Myers (Ireland) beat Zav Yan (Israel) 5-0

October 24th (Q/finals)

52kg David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) lost to Ivan Price (England) 1-4
69kg Gabriel Dossen (Ireland) beat Nijat Hasanov (Azerbaijan) 5-0

October 25th (Q/Finals)

64kg Patrick Donovan (Ireland) lost to Tugrulhan Erdemir (Turkey) 0-5
75kg Jordan Myers (Ireland) beat Djozdic Buksic (Serbia) 3-2

October 27th (S/Finals)

69kg Gabriel Dossen (Ireland) v Mark Dickenson (England)
75kg Jordan Myers (Ireland) v Danil Teterev (Russia)

Irish squad

49kg Terry Donoghue (St Michaels Athy BC)
52kg David Oliver Joyce (Ballymun BC)
56kg Craig Kavanagh (Crumlin BC)
60kg Eamer Coughlan (Riverstown BC)
64kg Paddy Donovan (OLOL BC)
69kg Gabriel Dossen (Olympic BC) (Bronze, at least)
75kg Jordan Myers (Sligo City BC) (Bronze, at least)

Head Coach: Zauri Antia

Coach: John Conlan

R&J: Diarmuid MacDiarmada

Please click here and here for entries for Belfast Halloween Open 2017.

Medicals and weigh-ins are this Saturday 28^th Oct, 9-11am at Girdwood Community Hub. Boxing begins at 1pm that afternoon.

The tournament will be hosted at the above venue on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, October 28th/29th/30th.

Antrim boxing wishes all athletes the very best of luck at the Open.

Tournament venue

Ireland claimed two gold medals at the Eindhoven BoxCup in the Netherlands today.

Michael Nevin and James McGivern topped the middle and light podiums following impressive unanimous decisions over Jaber Dahou of the Netherlands and England’s Can Shaw.

Dean Gardiner lost on a 4-1 split to England’s Chezerate Nihell in a close super-heavy final and had to settle for silver.

Kieran Molloy ceded a walkover in today’s finals after suffering a cut in his semi-final victory yesterday.

Congratulations to Christina Desmond and Tiegan Russell who will be bringing home gold and bronze from Eindhoven and Ken Oghungbowa who secured silver.

Desmond and Russell were representing the Fr Horgan’s BC in Cork and Ogungbowa was representing the Irish Athletic Third (Level) Boxing Association.

Please click here for today’s results.

Eindhoven BoxCup Eindhoven, Netherlands

October 20th

Q/Final

69kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) beat Ruben Veciuna (Belgium) 3-2

October 21st

S/Finals

60kg James McGivern (Ireland) beat Adem Kartal (Germany) 5-0
69kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) beat Peter Love (England) 5-0
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat Vladislav Jaskul (Netherlands) TKO2
91kg Kirill Afanasev (Ireland) lost Ken Ogungbowa (IATBA) 0-5

October 22nd

Finals

56kg James McGivern (Ireland) beat Cam Shaw (England) 5-0
69kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) lost to Nabil Messaoudi (Belgium) W/O (Molloy injured in s/finals)
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat Jaber Dahou (Holland) 5-0
91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) lost to Chezerate Nihell (England) 1-4

Irish squad

60kg James McGivern (St Georges) (Gold)
69kg Kieran Molloy (Oughterard) (Silver)
75kg Michael Nevin (Portlaoise) (Gold)
91kg Kirill Afanasev (Smithfield) (Bronze)
91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Clonmel) (Silver)

Coaches: Dmitry Dmitruk & Eoin Pluck

Physio: Sé Caffrey