Ginty forced to settle for silver in China

Irish lightweight Ciara Ginty lost out in her bid for gold in yesterday’s 60kg Youth Olympic final in Nanjing, China.

The AIBA World Junior champion was beaten by American AIBA World Youth champion Jajaira Gonzalez on a unanimous decision.

Ginty’s strategy was to keep Gonzalez at the end of her left jab, but the Californian consistently stepped inside the Mayo boxer’s longer reach to find the target.