World Boxing Championships: Gráinne Walsh loses to Kazakhstan’s Aida Abikeyeva
Eva Osborne
Team Ireland's Gráinne Walsh will come home from the World Boxing Championships with a bronze medal.
She contested her 65kg semi-final against Kazakhstan’s Aida Abikeyeva.
Boxing Ireland said it was a "high-tempo, close-quarters bout", and the 5-0 decision went to Abikeyeva.
Judges scored the bout: 28:29, 28:29, 28:29, 28:29, 27:30.
The Offaly woman carved her path to the semi-finals with a resounding Last 32 stage win over Jessica Triebelova of Slovakia, where she was dominant, coming away with a 5-0 win.
She boxed a masterful contest at the Last 16 stage against Mariana Soto Torres of Spain, and a second unanimous decision.
She claimed her bronze medal by defeating the Paris Olympics silver medalist China's Yang Liu 3-2.
