
Ireland experienced their first disappointing day at the European boxing championship in Armenia with all three fighters in action failing to advance.
European U-22 champion Jack Marley was very unlucky in his heavyweight bout against Vagkan Nanitzanian from Greece. He was unable to continue after suffering a bad cut near his right eye at the start of the second round.
Light middleweight Luke Maguire was beaten on a split 3-2 decision by the number three seed Esterkham Madiev from Georgia, while Eugene McKeever lost his welterweight last 16 clash against Vakhid Abbasov from Serbia on a unanimous 5-0 decision.
Four Irish boxers will be bidding for bronze medals tomorrow in Yerevan.
Middleweight Gabriel Dossen, who has two wins under his belt, is in quarter-final action as are flyweight Sean Mari, lightweight JP Hale and minimum weight Ricky Nesbitt, who received a bye into the last eight.