Team Ireland recorded 3 wins from 4 on Day Four of the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, and have a second boxer through to the medal stages.
Lisa O’Rourke will join her sister Aoife in the quarter finals. Lisa, from Castlerea, was the 5-0 victor over Shirleidis Oroszco in a bout which included a point deduction for the Colombian, and a 3rd round standing count. Judges scored the bout 26:30, 26:30, 26:30, 25:30, 26:30. Lisa will box for a medal in Tuesday’s Evening Session against top seed in the weight, Lekeisha Pergoliti of Australia.
Sligo’s Dean Clancy has won his opening bout, recording a stylish, high tempo 5-0 win over Ihlasbek Kochkarov of Turkmenistan. Judges scored the bout: 27:30, 27:30, 27:30, 27:30, 27:30
Dean will contest his last 16 bout against Georgia’s Lasha Guruli in Tuesday’s Evening Session. Guruli is the Paris Olympics bronze medalist, and a multiple medalist at World and European level.
Team Ireland’s Patsy Joyce has won his opening World Boxing Championships bout by unanimous decision. The Westmeath 55kg boxer contested his Last 32 bout against Jaeyong Shin of Korea – and both boxers faced points deductions. Patsy, one of the youngest members of the team, will take on Cuban-born Bulgarian boxer Javier Ibanez Diaz . He’s a Paris bronze medalist, a European Games & European Championship medalist, and at Youth, was a World and Youth Olympics champion. He’s 10 years Patsy’s senior.
Belfast’s Michaela Walsh has bowed out. The 57kg double Olympian lost her Last 16 contest against Shih-Yin Wu of Chinese Taipei, 4-1. Judges scored the bout 27:30; 28:29; 28:29, 28:29, 29:28
540 boxers from 66 federations are contesting these champions, the first in which men and women compete for World gold together. The competition is the biggest ever Olympic-style boxing event held in the UK, and includes 17 medalists from Paris 2024 and more than 30 boxers that competed at the most recent Olympic Games. It features action at 10 weight classes for men and women with 80 medals being handed out, including 20 golds.
Day Five
Three Team Ireland boxers, all of whom are Paris Olympians, are in action as the competition moves to the last 16 stage. Afternoon Session start times have been changed to midday; Evening Session start times remain at 6pm.
First up is Jenny Lehane. The Asbourne woman, contesting at 54kg, returns for her second bout of the tournament having put in an utterly dominant performance in her debut against Poland. On Monday, she takes on USA’s Yoseline Perez, a 2025 World Boxing Cup champion. Jenny will be in action at around 12.45pm.
Heavyweight, Jack Marley, steps between the ropes for the first time at this championship on Monday – he’s seeded third in the weight, and got a bye accordingly. He takes on 2024 Asian champion, Sagyndyk Togambay of Kazakhstan at around 2.30pm
And in the Evening Session, Offaly’s Grainne Walsh returns following her victory over Jessica Triebelova on Friday. Grainne, boxing at 65kg, takes on Mariana Soto Torres of Spain at around 6.15pm
Day Five’s schedule is here
Watch
World Boxing has partnered with Eurovision Sport to broadcast the Championship. Coverage, available HERE, begins at 11am on Thursday morning.
The championship website, where tickets are available for purchase, is HERE
Team Ireland
51kg Daina Moorehouse, of Enniskerry BC, Wicklow. Daina is from Bray, Co. Wicklow.
54kg Jenny Lehane of DCU Boxing Club, Dublin. Jenny is from Ashbourne, Co. Meath
57kg Michaela Walsh of Holy Family Golden Gloves BC Belfast.
60kg Zara Breslin of Tramore BC, Waterford.
65kg Grainne Walsh of St. Mary’s BC, Tallaght, Dublin. Grainne is from Tullamore, Co. Offaly
70kg Lisa O’Rourke of Castlerea BC, Co. Roscommon
75kg Aoife O’Rourke of Castlerea BC, Co. Roscommon. Team Co-Captain
50kg Louis Rooney of Star BC, Belfast
55kg Patsy Joyce of Olympic BC, Mullingar Co. Westmeath
60kg Adam Hession of Monivea BC, Co. Galway. Team Co-Captain
65kg Dean Clancy of Sean McDermott BC, Co. Leitrim. Dean is from Co. Sligo
70kg Matthew McCole of Illies Golden Glove BC Co. Donegal
75kg Gavin Rafferty of Dublin Docklands Boxing Club
80kg Kelyn Cassidy of Saviours Crystal BC, Co. Waterford
85kg Brian Kennedy of St. Brigid’s BC Edenderry Co. Offaly
90kg Jack Marley of Monkstown BC, Dublin
90+kg Martin McDonagh of Galway BC
Support Staff
- Team Manager: Jon Mackey, National Performance Director
- Head Coach: Zauri Antia
- Coaches: Damain Kennedy, Lynne McEnery, Eoin Pluck, James Doyle and JP Delaney
- Doctor: Jim Clover
- Lead Physio: Rob Tuomey
- Performance Analyst: Alan Swanton
- Logistics Support: Sean Crowley, High Performance Manager