Grainne Walsh through to the World Boxing Championship quarter-finals

Lisa O'Rourke, Patsy Joyce, Dean Clancy and Brian Kennedy all take to the ring on Tuesday. 

WORLD BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Grainne Walsh will join the O’Rourke sisters in the World Boxing Championship finals. Pic: ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Grainne Walsh will join the O’Rourke sisters in the World Boxing Championship finals.

She put on a masterful display in her Last 16 bout against Spain’s Mariana Soto Torres, winning 5-0. Judges scored the bout 29: 28, 30:27, 29:28, 30:27, 30:27.

Grainne will box for a medal against China’s Yang Liu - the Paris silver medalist at the weight. They’ll meet in Wednesday’s evening session.

Ashbourne’s Jenny Lehane has bowed out at the Last 16 Stage. The 5-0 decision went to 54kg Paris Olympian’s opponent, USA’s Yoseline Perez, the top seed in the weight. Judges scored the bout 26: 30; 27:29, 27: 29, 26:30, 26: 30, following a point deduction for the Irish boxer.

Dublin’s Jack Marley has exited the tournament. Seeded third, the Paris Olympian heavyweight contested his Last 16 bout against Kazakhstan’s Sagyndyk Togambay, ending in a 4-1 decision for the Kazakhstan boxer which was scored: 28:29, 27:30, 28:29, 28:29, 29:28

Four Team Ireland boxers are between the ropes on Tuesday. First up is World gold and silver medalist, 70kg Lisa O’Rourke. The Roscommon woman is contesting her quarter-final against the top seed in her weight, Australia’s Lekeisha Pergoliti – the 2025 World Boxing Cup champion. 

Lisa won her way to this stage of the tournament with a 5-0 win on Sunday over Shirleidis Orozco in a bout which included a point deduction for the Colombian, and a third round standing count. Lisa will be in action in Ring A at around 1pm.

Patsy Joyce returns for this second bout of the championships, a Last 16 clash against Javier Ibanez Diaz of Bulgaria. Diaz is a Paris bronze medalist, a European Games & European Championship medalist, and at Youth, was a World and Youth Olympics champion. They pair face-off at around 2.45pm in Ring B.

Also boxing a Last 16 contest is Sligo’s Dean Clancy. The Paris Olympian, contesting at 65kg, meets Georgia’s Lasha Guruli in Ring B at around 8.30pm. Guruli is the Paris Olympics bronze medalist, and a multiple medalist at World and European level.

Offaly’s Brian Kennedy makes his championship debut on Tuesday, having been given a first-round bye. He steps between the ropes of Ring A at around 9.45pm against 27 year old Danylo Zhasan of Ukraine.