Kurt Walker, Brendan Irvine and Joe Ward have all secured at least a bronze medal at the European Boxing Championship in Kharkiv in Ukraine, but Sean McComb was beaten on a controversial split decision in today's quarter-finals.
Walker made a slow start against Italy's Raffaele Di Serio but recovered well to secure the medal on a split decision (3-1).
Irvine was a unanimous winner against Gabriel Escobar of Spain to move into the semi-finals in a convincing fashion, claiming victory on all five cards.
Ward was in total control against Scotland's Sean Lazzerini, producing a classy display to also win on a unanimous verdict.
McComb's bout with England's Luke McCormack was close throughout, with two judges scoring all three rounds in favour of the Irishman.
However, the other three judges gave a 29-28 verdict in favour of McCormack.
Irvine, Walker and Ward will be in semi-final action on Friday when they secure at least a silver medal with victory.
June 23rd
52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) v Dean Farrell (England) or Fabrizio Cappai (Italy)
56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) v Mykola Butsenko (Ukraine)
81kg Joe Ward (Ireland) v Valentino Manfredonia (Italy)
