John Joe Nevin a fight away from gold at Euros

Mullingar’s John Joe Nevin has made it to the bantamweight (56kg) final at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Minsk.

Olympic silver-medallist John Joe defeated Vladimir Nikitin of Russia (10-9 10-9 9-10) this afternoon and will face either Aram Avagyan (Armenia) or Mykola Butsenko (Ukraine) in the final tomorrow.

Regardless of the outcome, birthday boy Nevin (24) will be the new world no. 1 when the AIBA world rankings are updated next month.

For a breakdown of the results from today's fight, visit the following link: http://minsk2013boxing.by/results/semifinals/c73-c73b171.pdf