National Elite Championship draw and weigh in to take place tomorrow

Ireland’s Elite boxers will be keeping a close eye on Friday’s draw at the National 2015 Elite Championships.

The Championships begin tomorrow evening at the National Stadium in Dublin. Friday’s weigh-in will be held between 8am and 11am, followed by the draw early on Friday afternoon.

Darren O’Neill, who captained Team Ireland at the London 2012 Olympics, has moved up to heavyweight to target his fifth Irish Elite belt.

Dean Walsh, Michael O’Reilly, Gary Sweeney and Con Sheehan will be defending their light-welter, middle, heavy and super-heavyweight titles over the next three weekends.

A second session of boxing will be held on Saturday (start time to be confirmed).