No Olympic medal for Jack Marley with quarter-final defeat

It was a positive, brave performance from the first Irish Olympic heavyweight in almost 30 years.

DEFEAT: Jack Marley reacts after his defeat against Davlat Boltaev of Team Tajikistan. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Jack Marley’s hopes of claiming an Olympic heavyweight medal came undone late on Thursday night with the 21-year old losing to the impressive No.2 seed Davlat Boltaev in the quarter-final.

This was the Dubliner’s second fight of these Olympic Games having seen off Poland’s Mateusz Bereznicki in the last 16, but this was a different calibre of opponent, a two-time and reigning Asian champion and the No.2 seed in the men’s 92kg class.