Please scroll down for tonight’s draw at the Women’s Open Elites at Dublin’s National Stadium.

The light-flyweight semi finals will be decided at the home of Irish boxing with the final pencilled in for next Saturday evening at the St Michael’s Athy BC as part of the Senior Cadet international with England

Meantime, former World and European medallist Lauren Hogan and Niamh Early meet in tonight’s bantam final.

Olympic Youth silver medallist Ciara Ginty and ex European Youth champion Amy Broadhurst go head-to-head in the light-welter final.

Boxing begins at 7pm this evening.

Irish amateur boxing is proudly sponsored by Liffey Crane

Women’s Open Elite Competition National Stadium Dublin

September 7 (7pm)

Semi Finals

48kg Courtney Daly (Crumlin) v Donna Barr (Illies Golden Gloves)

48kg Shannon Sweeney (St Annes) v Carol Coughlan (Mulhuddart)

(48kg Final will be on Saturday 15th in St Michaels Athy Club )

Finals

51kg Nicole Hayes (Togher) W/O

54kg Lauren Hogan (St Brigids Edenderry) V Niamh Early (Ryston)

57kg Dervla Duffy (Mulhuddart) W/O

64kg Ciara Ginty (Geesala) V Amy Broadhurst (Dealgan)

69kg Katelynn Phelan (St Bridgids Kildare) W/O

75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea) W/O

81kg Lisa Browne (Aglish) W/O

81+kg Nell Fox (Rathkeale) W/O

Ricky Nesbitt’s bid to become the first Irish boxer to reach a World University final ended in a points reversal to Hong Chuan-Hsun of Chinese Taipei in Russia today.

The Holy Family BC (Drogheda) DKIT flyweight, pictured above, lost on a unanimous decision.

Chuan-Hsun had the upper and after a fiery start to the 52kg three-rounder, but Nesbitt had settled well into his jab by the end of the first round in Elista.

The Irishman, who received a bye into the last-four, also found the target with two solid left hooks in the opening exchanges of the middle stanza with his opponent getting a second wind near the end of the frame.

The third round of an open and hard-punching contest was also close, but the lively Chuan-Hsun, who will meet Kazakhstan in the final, had his hand raised on a 30-27,30-27,30-27,30-27,29-28 verdict.

World University Championships Elista, Russia

September 1

Prelims
60kg Terry McEntee (Ireland,Old School/DCU) beat Narek Hovhannisyan (Armenia) 5-0

September 2

Q/Finals

56kg Sean Purcell (Ireland,Enniskerry/WIT) lost to Zhorzhik Marutyan (Armenia) 1-4
64kg Matthew McCole (Ireland,Dungloe/LKIT) lost to Alisa Sharifov (Russia) 0-5

September 3

Q/Finals

60kg Terry McEntee (Ireland,Old School/DCU) lost to Min Uulu Siitbek (Kyrgyzstan) 0-4

September 5

S/Final

52KG Ricky Nesbitt (Ireland,Holy Family Drogheda/DKIT) lost to Hong Chuan-Hsun (Chinese Taipei) 0-5

Team Ireland

52KG Ricky Nesbitt Holy Family Drogheda/DKIT
56KG Sean Purcell Enniskerry/WIT
60KG Terry McEntee Old School/DCU
64KG Matthew McCole Dungloe/LKIT

Team Manager Paul Geoghegan
Coaches Derek Ahern
Paddy Gallagher

Please see attached letter from AIBA Executive Director, Mr. Tom Virgets, in relation to an upcoming AIBA 2-Star Referees and Judge Certification Course in Bulgaria.

The Course begins in Sofia on October 10.

AIBA 2-Star R&J Certification Course