The programme of bouts for the National Senior Boxing Championship semi-finals next weekend will include 10 bouts each on Friday and Saturday with 10 counties represented.

Already three boxers are pencilled in for the finals. Boxing starts at 7.0 p.m. each evening at the National Stadium.

The three who are already into the finals the following week are Harry Cunningham at flyweight (48 kilos), his brother Liam (flyweight) at 51 kilos and John Kinsella at super heavyweight (91 plus kilos).

In all, 10 champions from last year are still in the running. They are Harry Cunningham (48 kilos), Liam Cunningham (51), Damien McKenna (54), Bernard Dunne (57), Sean Barrett (63.5), Neil Gough (67), Michael Roche (71), Alan Reynolds (81), Stephen Reynolds (91), John Kinsella (91 plus).