{"id":124197,"date":"2025-09-06T23:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/124197\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T23:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:04:09","slug":"aoife-orourke-will-fight-for-a-medal-at-world-boxing-championships-as-daina-moorehouse-bows-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/124197\/","title":{"rendered":"Aoife O\u2019Rourke will fight for a medal at World Boxing Championships as Daina Moorehouse bows out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aoife O'Rourke competed in the Olympic Games in Paris and Tokyo. Photo: Sportsfile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/10d53937-d9a6-4c05-a90c-c97a409a03de.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Aoife O&#8217;Rourke competed in the Olympic Games in Paris and Tokyo. Photo: Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Aoife O\u2019Rourke will box for a World medal next week after a resounding unanimous decision victory in the last 16 in Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">After a day of defeats, the eldest O\u2019Rourke sister went into her 75kg bout razor focused against her Czech opponent Monika Langerova and the two-time Olympian forced two standing eight counts on her way to victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">O&#8217;Rourke will box Norway\u2019s Sunniva Hofstad in her quarter-final bout. Hofstad is a fellow Paris Olympian and the only boxer, male or female, this year to win gold at all World Boxing Cups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">That bout takes place in Wednesday\u2019s evening session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Meanwhile, Daina Moorehouse bowed out of the World Boxing Championships on the narrowest of margins in Liverpool, on a tough day for Team Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Moorehouse contested her last-32 bout against fellow Paris Olympian, Laura Fuentes Fernandez of Spain, and lost a 3-2 split decision in a high-tempo affair in the 51kg division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Matthew McCole also lost on his World Championship debut, showing massive heart and promise in a split-decision lost to opponent Ronald Chavez Jr of the Philippines in the 70kg division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It wasn\u2019t to be for debutant Zara Breslin as she came up short against Paris Olympian, Turkey\u2019s Gizem Ozer, in her 60kg, last-32 contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aoife O&#8217;Rourke competed in the Olympic Games in Paris and Tokyo. 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