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O'Rourke to box for silver at Strandja international

Feb 24, 2022 12:10
By Dave Hooper
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O'Rourke to box for silver at Strandja international
29 June 2021; Middleweight Aoife O'Rourke during a Tokyo 2020 Team Ireland Announcement for Boxing in the Sport Ireland Institute at the Sports Ireland Campus in Dublin. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Aoife O'Rourke to box for silver at Strandja international

Aoife O’Rourke will face Anastasiia Shamonova of Russia for silver at the Strandja Tournament in Sofia.

O’Rourke won her quarter-final bout with Davina Michel of France on a unanimous decision on Wednesday. The judges scored the bout, 30:27, 30:26, 29:27, 30:27, 30:26.

O’Rourke’s bout with the Russian will take place on Friday.

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Elsewhere, Kellie Harrington won a unanimous decision in decisive fashion over Kazabhstan’s Aidana Zabynbekova.

Carly McNaul is the only Ireland boxer in action at Strandja today. McNaul takes on Tetiana Kob of Ukraine in Bout 8 of Ring A's afternoon session.

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