BALLYHAUNIS BOXER MARTIN CONROY LOST OUT NARROWLY IN HIS WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER FINAL YESTERDAY IN KAZAKHSTAN.

MARTIN LOST HIS BOUT 6-5 TO GERMANY'S DMITAR TILEV. THE FIRST ROUND OF THIS 75KG CLASH FINISHED LEVEL AT 1-1 AND BOTH BOXERS WERE TIED AT 2-2 AT THE END OF THE SECOND.

HOWEVER, TILEV CLAIMED THE THIRD AND FINAL ROUND 3-2 - THE WINNING SCORE ARRIVING IN THE FINAL FEW SECONDS - TO BOOK HIS TICKET INTO THE LAST-FOUR AT THE EXPENSE OF THE BALLYHAUNIS BC MIDDLEWEIGHT, A BRONZE MEAL WINNER AT THE 2011 EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS.

SHANE MCINTYRE OF GOLDEN GLOVES WAS ALSO PART OF THE IRISH SQUAD FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIPS BUT LOST OUT IN HIS TOUGH PRELIMINARY ROUND CLASH EARLIER THIS WEEK.