Sean Mari and Brandon McCarthy have both tasted defeat on their respective Boxing World Elite Championship debuts in Belgrade.
The Irish pair were unable to get Team Ireland off the mark at the competition following Brendan McKeever's loss yesterday.
World Military Games bronze medal winner Mari of Monkstown was beaten 4-1 by Hungarian Aitila Bernath in the flyweight category.
Two-time National champion McCarty of St Michael's Athy failed in his bid to reach the round of 32 with a 5-0 loss to Italy's Gianluligi Malanga in their light-welter bout.
Tomorrow JP Hale (60kg) will take on Serbian Semiz Alicic.
