Aoife O'Rourke wins through to World Boxing Championship quarter finals

The Olympian outclassed her Czech opponent, Monika Langerova.

Aoife O’Rourke will box for a World Boxing Championship medal on Wednesday – having won her World Boxing Championship last-16 bout in dominant, decisive style on Saturday evening.

The double Olympian and four-time continental champion, contesting at 75kg, forced two second-round standing count of her opponent, Monika Langerova of the Czech Republic. She won by 5-0, and the judges scored the bout: 30:27, 30:25, 30:25, 30: 25, 30: 26, 30: 25. O'Rourke will box her quarter-final against Norway’s Sunniva Hofstad - a fellow Paris Olympian and the only boxer, male or female, this year to win gold at all World Boxing Cups. That bout takes place in Wednesday’s evening session.