Tokyo Olympian and Paris-qualified boxer, 75kg Aoife O’Rourke, has received via to the finals of the seventy fifth Strandja Memorial Event, after an epic battle on Saturday.
The Roscommon native secured silver on the very least with victory over Qian Li of China and can now go for gold on Sunday’s finals day.
O’Rourke, who has discovered world-level type during the last variety of years and is now a real Olympic medal hope, put in a high-tempo, high-power show to defeat the reigning Asian middleweight champion.
The Olympic Galway boxer defeated the Tokyo silver, Rio bronze, and World Championships gold silver and bronze medal winner 28:29; 27:30; 28:29; 28:29; 28:29.
The victory units up a mouthwatering closing with Thailand’s Baison Manikon, the reigning Asian U22 champion.
Jack Marley was additionally in semi-final motion on Saturday however comes house with bronze after struggling defeat to outdated foe Vagkan Nanitzanian
The figher, who the Monkstown man defeated to safe a spot in Paris, caught the Group Eire boxer with a left hook simply over the ear within the closing spherical. This resulted within the referee ending the bout by KO.
Group
50kg Shannon Sweeney, St. Anne’s BC, Mayo*
54kg Niamh Fay, Phoenix of Ballyboughal BC, Dublin
57kg Michaela Walsh, Holy Household GG, Belfast
66kg Lisa O’Rourke, Castlerea BC, Roscommon
75kg Aoife O’Rourke, Castlerea BC, Roscommon
51kg Rickey Nesbitt, Holy Household BC, Drogheda
57kg Adam Hession, Monivea BC, Galway
63.5kg Dean Clancy, Sean McDermott BC, Leitrim
71kg Eugene McKeever, Holy Household, Drogheda
92kg Jack Marley, Monkstown BC, Dublin
92+kg Martin McDonagh, Crumlin, Dublin.
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