Ward retains heavyweight title after destroying Egan
Joe Ward has retained his Irish light-heavyweight title after an awesome destruction of Kenneth Egan at the National Stadium.
The Westmeath teenager once again showed phenomanal power and aggressive skills as he stormed to a 29 points to 10 win.
Egan admitted afterwards that he simply couldn't deal with strength of his opponent as Ward showed that last year's victory over the Beijing silver medallist was no fluke.
Despite slipping to the canvas in the second round, the Moate boxer won all three rounds to book a place in April's Olympic qualifying tournament in Turkey.
Egan insisted after the fight that he had no intention of hanging-up his gloves yet.
After Darren O'Neill was handed a walkover earlier, his fellow London Olympians, John Joe Nevin and Michael Conlan both claimed impressive victories.
In the bantamweight decider, John Joe Nevin out-classed Michael Nevin as the Cavan man cruised to an emphatic 23 points to three victory.
Conlan also impressed with another classy performance as he retained his flyweight title with a 19 points to 11 win over Chris Phelan.
In the opening bout of the night, Paddy Barnes claimed another light-flyweight title as the Beijing bronze medallist claimed a 21 points to 17 win over Kildare's Hugh Myers.
Meanwhile, Michael McDonagh beat David Oliver Joyce in the lightweight final and Adam Nolan retained his welterweight title after defeating John Joe Joyce by just two points.
