Paddy Barnes, left, Ireland, exchanges punches with Salman Alizada, Azerbaijan, during their 49Kg Light Flyweight semi-final bout

Paddy Barnes will have to be content with a European silver medal after injury ruled him out of his light flyweight final with Russia's David Ayrapetyan.

The double Olympic bronze medallist fractured his nose in his semi-final yesterday and following a meeting with Irish Head Coach Billy Walsh they decided to withdraw.

"The safety of our boxers is more important than gold medals," Walsh said.

Barnes, who was a European gold medallist in 2010, will now receive a silver medal with the Russian taking gold.

Michael Conlan will be first into the ring at 12pm Irish time with both Jason Quigley and John Joe Nevin also in action.

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