Barnes beaten in quarter-final

Boxing:  Ireland's Paddy Barnes has been beaten the in quarter-finals of the World Amateur Championships in Chicago.

Boxing: Ireland's Paddy Barnes has been beaten the in quarter-finals of the World Amateur Championships in Chicago.

The 20-year-old Belfast man lost on a 22-8 scoreline to China's Shiming Zou but having reached the last eight is still guaranteed his place at the Beijing Olympics next year.

Zou won bronze at the Athens Olympics and is ranked number one in the world so Barnes was always up against it.

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