Egan claims semi-final berth

Kenneth Egan booked his ticket into his 12th consecutive Elite Senior Championships semi-final with a third-round stoppage of fellow Dubliner Michael Frayne at the National Stadium on Saturday.

The Neilstown BC southpaw was 24-9 up when Frayne - who took two counts in the first - took a third standing count 12 seconds from the final bell and the bout was stopped.

Ten-time elite champion Egan will now meet Eamon Walsh in the last-four next weekend, while Davey Joe Joyce will face European and current elite champion Joe Ward in the corresponding light-heavyweight semi-final.

Walsh beat Cork's Patrick O'Shea tonight and Joyce edged out Sean Allen by a single point.

Earlier on Saturday, European light-welterweight champion Ray Moylette crashed out of the tournament following a 15-11 loss to Dubliner Martin Wall.

It was a good day for the St Michael's Athy club with Eric Donovan, David Oliver Joyce, Roy Shehan and John Joe Joyce all winning their quarter-finals.