Olympic medallists Kenny Egan and Paddy Barnes will be in action next Saturday and Sunday at the 2009 AIBA World Senior Championships at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan.
Both boxers, who were seeded for the tournament by virtue of being ranked in the top eight in the world, received byes into the last 32, along with Con Sheehan, who will also be in action next Sunday.
Dublin flyweight Declan Geraghty will be the first Irish boxer in the ring when he takes on Manyo Plange of Ghana this morning.