Olympic lightweight champion, Kellie Harrington and Olympian, Aoife O’Rourke, will box for gold at the 73rd Strandja International Tournament .
Both boxers came through their semi finals today with unanimous decisions, and decisive performances.
W75kg Aoife O’Rourke was first in the ring in Sofia, Bulgaria this morning. She faced Russia’s Anastasiia Shamonova
Shamonova is the European U22 middleweight champion, and 2018 Youth Olympic champion at the same weight.
Aoife will face Panama’s Atheyna Bylon in Saturday’s final. That’s bout 5 of the tournament, in the evening session, Ring A
Kellie will take on Serbia’s Natalia Hadrina, after a straightforward unanimous victory over Rimma Volossenko.
The judge’s scorecards read: 30-27, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28.
Kellie will step between the ropes in Sofia in bout 6 of Saturday’s afternoon session, Ring A.
The IBA streams the tournament on its YouTube channel, and links per ring and session will be issued on Saturday morning
Team Ireland Squad:
F48kg Shannon Sweeney
F50kg Caitlin Fryers
F52kg Carly McNaul
F57kg Michaela Walsh
F60kg Kellie Harrington
F70kg Christina Desmond
F75kg Aoife O’Rourke
57kg Adam Hession
60kg JP Hale
63.5kg Dean Clancy
67kg Eugene McKeever
71kg Luke Maguire
80kg Kelyn Cassidy
92kg+ Thomas Maughan
Day One results are here
Day Two results are here
Day Three results are here
Day Four results are here
Day Five results are here
Day Six, session 21 A
Day Six, session 22B
Day Six, session 23 A
Day 6 session 24 B