Joyce and Largey Snoddon Progress in World Championships

Louise Joyce and Lee Largey Snoddon scored World Championship wins on a successful Sunday for Team Ireland.

The duo moved to within one win of a medal fight thanks to Impressive performances in Budva.

Joyce, one of the youngest boxers in Budva, won her 48kg last 32 contest with a resounding 5-0 decision over Algeria’s Bouthaina Bouslash, scored 29:27; 29:27; 29:27; 29:27; 29:27. The Olympic Mullingar boxer is back in action in Friday’s Afternoon Session, boxing for a Quarter Final berth against Himanshi Himanshi of India.

It’s two on the bounce for Lee Largey Snoddon has claimed his second win of the tournament. The 55kg boxer contested his Last 32 contest against Damian Grisman of Moldova, and came away with the 5-0 win after a great performance, scored 28:29; 27:30; 27:30; 27:30; 27:30. The talented prospect is back in action, boxing his Last 16 contest, in Thursday’s Afternoon Session, where he’ll meet Kosovo’s Riad Isufi.

Caoimhin Connolly has bowed out in the cruelest of fashions. The Donegal battler boxed USA’s Refugio Mendrano Veloz in a 50kg Last 32, and won the second and third rounds with high-tempo, agile performances. The 3-2 decision was awarded to Mendrano Veloz, scored: 28:28*; 29:28; 29:27; 29:27; 28:28* – as two judges scores were tied, all judges were asked to select their winner, and chose the American boxer.