Kieran Molloy, Sean Conroy and Willie Donoghue will all take home at least bronze medals from the AIBA World Junior Championships in Kiev, Ukraine.
The Irish trio won their quarter-finals bouts to book their tickets into Saturday’s semi-finals at the 57-nation tournament.
But Irish skipper John Joyce bowed out on a split decision to Korea’s Byeonghee Jang.
Molloy, Conroy and Donoghue earned unanimous decisions over Australia’s Joshua McKay, Uzbekistan’s Bakhronjon Fozilov and Georgii Ivanov of the Ukraine.
Quarter-final results
48kg Willie Donoghue (Ireland) beat Georgii Ivanov (Ukraine) 3-0
60kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) beat Joshua McKay (Australia) 3-0
63kg John Joyce (Ireland) lost to Byeonghee Jang (Korea) 1-2
75kg Sean Conroy (Ireland) beat Bakhronjon Fozilov (Uzbekistan) 3-0
