Pure passion, emotion and joy.
There’s going to be plenty of Irish interest in the boxing ring this summer after Athy’s own David Oliver Joyce achieved his Olympic dream following a superb win against Turkey’s Volkan Gokcek at the European Championships.
Joyce became the sixth Irish boxer to qualify for this summer’s Olympic Games after a stunning win against a younger fighter that had the full support of his own home crowd.
After a battling encounter, Joyce took the fight via a split decision and will now join Michael Conlan, Paddy Barnes, Joe Ward, Steven Donnelly and Brendan Irvine on Ireland’s Olympic boxing team.
Having dubiously miss out on a place at the Bejing and London Olympics, take a look at what this means to him. Superb.
VIDEO: David Oliver Joyce was overcome with emotion after finally sealing a place at an Olympic Games.https://t.co/cWDyA90i9z
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) April 17, 2016
There could be even further good news with Michael O’Reilly, Darren O’Neill and Katie Taylor still having the chance to qualify for Rio.
