Daniel Joyce and five more midlands boxers in European Schoolboy and Schoolgirl Championship action.
Daniel Joyce and his teammates representing Ireland at the European Championships for Schoolboys and Schoolgirls are inspiring younger kids at boxing clubs around the country.
That's according to Elite Mullingar Boxing Club Head Coach, Tony Conroy.
Daniel has already progressed to the quarter finals of the Championships in Turkey after an impressive victory in his first fight.
He takes on Ukraine in the next round with at least a bronze medal the reward for the winner, his coach in Mullingar Tony says he can see the effect in his club:
Also competing at the Championships are:
34-36kg, Winnie Joyce, Olympic Boxing Club Mullingar
38kg, Carley O'Herron, Rochfortbridge Boxing Club, Mullingar
48kg, Christian Doyle, Olympic Boxing Club Mullingar
57kg, John O'Donoghue, Olympic Boxing Club Mullingar
60kg, Edward Harty, Portlaoise Boxing Club