Ward To Meet Egan Yet Again In Irish Amateur Finals

The penultimate weekend of the Irish Daily Star sponsored Elite National Championships yielded a third successive Joe Ward versus Ken Egan light-heavyweight final.

Egan, who was beaten by Ward in the 2011 and 2012 deciders, beat Davey Joe Joyce 13-7 last night to book his ticket into an unprecedented 13th final since 2001.

He’ll now meet Ward, who received a bye into the 81kg decider, next Friday.

Hannah Carthy enhanced her growing reputation last evening.

The Kilkenny light-fly beat Sligo’s Maeve Clarke to claim her first Elite belt from one of five women’s finals.

Willie McLaughlin scored a narrow decision over Beijing Olympian John Joe Joyce to book his ticket into the welterweight final versus London 2012 Olympian and defending champion Adam Nolan.