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Irish Mirror
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Eamon Doggett

Irish fighters Dylan Eagleson and Gabriel Dossen both into European finals

Irish fighters Dylan Eagleson and Gabriel Dossen will both fight for gold at the European Championships.

The two rising stars came through their semi-finals in Armenia on Sunday in flying style to guarantee themselves silver medal at the very least.

Eagleson, a 19-year-old bantamweight, saw off Bulgaria's Daniel Panev Asenov by unanimous decision in his semi-final clash.

A member of the St Paul’s BC club in Belfast, Eagleson is incredibly competing in his first championship at senior level.

But the young fighter always looked confident against his Bulgarian opponent and the result never looked in doubt.

Eagleson will now face France's Billal Bennama in the bantamweight final on Monday.

He was quickly joined in going for gold by his Irish teammate Gabriel Dossen who is into the middleweight final after beating Italy's Salvatore Cavallaro.

The Galway man won 4-1 by split decision in a tight contest and will face England's Lewis Richardson in the final.

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