There were mixed results for St Francis boxers on the first day on the international Odivelias cup in portugal,
Munster team captain Myles Casey got his tournament off to a winning start when he defeated spanish boxer Kike Garcia Peireara in their elite bantamweight match but Valarie Hamilton was narrowly outpointed but unbeaten spansih champion Estefania Mendes in a brilliant woman light welterweight fight that had the crowd showing thier appreciation at the end of the contest,
Myles boxes again tomorrow night and Val will have tomorrow off and boxes again Sunday,
keep her lit lads,
