Paddy Barnes is through to the last 16 in the Light welterweight Divisison at the World Championships in Almaty Kazakhstan.

The Olymian beat his Serbian opponent 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27 over three rounds this morning to advance to the next round.

But Mayo's Ray Moylette is out however after losing all three rounds of his Heavyweight contest.

This afternoon Tommy McCarthy takes on Samir El Mais of Canada. McCarthy won his preliminary round by beating Bulgaria's Nikolay Mutavski.

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