Boxing:Irish flyweight Declan Geraghty and middleweight Darren O'Neill bowed out of the AIBA World Championships in Milan this evening.
Geraghty was denied a place in the quarter-finals after a 17-7 to Mongolian Tugstogt Nyambayar.
The 19-year-old was hoping to follow Ken Egan into the last eight and began well by going 3-2 up at the end of the first round.
He opened the gap to two early in the second but his opponent forced a standing eight count and shot into a five point lead before racking up the points in the third and final round.
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O'Neill was beaten 7-3 reversal by Armenian Andranik Hakobyan.
The Kilkenny man was always behind and was picked off as he chased the a 4-2 deficit in the third round.