Tipperary’s Dean Gardiner won his opening bout at the AIBA World Championships in Hamburg last night.
The Clonmel super heavy weight had a convincing win over Korean Southpaw Hyeon Do Kim and now joins Joe Ward and Brendan Irvine in the last 16
Kim was on the floor and took a count in the first and the Clonmel BC man found the target with some superb head and body shots in the second and third rounds.
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Sean McComb is the only Irishman in action today
He takes on Andy Cruz-Gomez of Cuba in their last 16 tie in the 64kg division.