Ireland’s Amy Broadhurst and Lisa O’Rourke will hope to join Katie Taylor and Kellie Harrington as boxing world champions. The pair guaranteed themselves at least bronze medals at the IBA World Championships in Istanbul by making it through to the semi-final stage of the competition on Monday.
Light welterweight Broadhurst beat Serbia’s Jelena Janicijevic to make it through to the medal stage for the first time in five world championships. She had been to the quarterfinals four times before.
It was Broadhurst who sparred with Taylor before the professional lightweight world champion’s recent win over Amanda Serrano at Madison Square Garden. Broadhurst’s win came against a tough Serb fighter, although it was the Louth woman who looked the stronger of the two over the three rounds.
Janicijevic took a standing count in the second …
- May 17, 2022
