Gold for Aoife O'Rourke at the World Boxing Championships

It was a dominant displace from the Castlerea native and won by unanimous decision.

GOLD: Aoife O'Rourke has won gold at the World Boxing Championship in Liverpool defeating Turkey's Busra Isildar in the Women's 75kg final. Pic: Ben McShane/Sportsfile

Aoife O’Rourke has won World Boxing Championship gold, following a highly physical final against Turkey’s Busra Isildar in the Women's 75kg final.

Judges scored the bout 28:29, 27: 30, 27:30, 27: 30, 28: 29. She fought her way to the final with victories over Czech Republic’s Monika Langerova, fellow Olympian, Norway’s Sunniva Hofstad and 2023 Word Champ China’s Chengyu Wang. Aoife will receive her medal later this afternoon.