Four Irish Boxers in European Action Across Super Sunday – D’Arcy Fights For a Medal
Ireland could collect it’s first European Championships medal in Sofia today.
Cliona D’Arcy is the first of the class of 2026 to box for a podium slot and does so on a busy Sunday for the team.
Jenny Lehan, Evelyn Igharo and Jack Marley all also appear in Round of 16 action.
Jenny Lehane has a bye, and is face to face with fellow Paris Olympian Wassila Lkhadiri at 54kg Last 16 in Sunday’s Afternoon Session. The pair didn’t meet in Paris, as Lkhadiri contested at 50kg and met Daina at Last 16 stage. That’s Bout 4 of Ring A’s Afternoon Session, at around 12:15pm.
Evelyn Igharo is two wins away from a medal in the 70kg category – she’s first in action against Belarussian, Aryna Danilchyk in Sunday’s Afternoon Session. That’s Bout 5 of Ring B’s Afternoon Session, at around 12:30pm.
And heavyweight Paris Olympian, Jack Marley, also has a bye to the Last 16 and will take on Aryan Panah Saed of the World Boxing Refugee Team in Bout 10 of the same ring and session, at approximately 1:45pm.
80+kg Cliona D’Arcy faces Poland’s Elżbieta Wójcik for a medal, having a bye to the quarter finals. That’s on Sunday’s Evening Session. Wójcik is a two time European Games bronze medalist, a double European Championship silver medalist. That contest, Bout 2 of Ring A’s Evening Session, gets underway at 4:15pm.
