Four Irish Boxers Contest European Championship Last 16 Bouts
Four Irish boxers will look to move to within one win of a European medal in Sofia today.
Daina Moorehouse, Shannon Sweeney, Lisa O’Rourke and Jon McConnell all box for European Championship quarter final slots.
Paris Olympian Daina Moorehouse renews rivalry with Bulgaria’s Zlatislava Chukanova in the Last 16 of the 51kg category in Saturday’s Afternoon Session. The pair last met at the 2nd Olympic Qualifier in Bangkok in the battle for a quota place – Moorehouse was the victor there. That’s Bout 1 of Ring A’s Afternoon Session, at 11:30am Irish time.
2024 European champion Shannon Sweeney gets her championships underway at the Last 16 stage in Bout 3 of Ring B’s Evening Session, at approximately 4:30pm. The Mayo fighter takes on Italy’s Chiara Mosetti.
2022 World champ and 2025 World silver medalist, Lisa O’Rourke, is boxing for the first time at 80kg. She’s in Last 16 action against Vasiliki Stavridou of Greece in Saturday’s Evening Session. Stavridou is a European and European U23 medalist. That’s Bout 8 of Ring A’s Evening Session, at approximately 5:45pm, Irish time.
70kg Jon McConnell is back in action 5 bouts later, in the same ring and session. He boxes his second bout of the contest, against Poland’s Damian Durkacz Durkacz who is a Tokyo Olympian and the 2026 World Boxing Cup Brazil champion at the weight. He’s expected in the ring at around 7pm.
Schedules | Ring A, Afternoon Session | Ring B, Afternoon Session | Ring A, Evening Session | Ring B, Evening Session
Team Ireland
48kg Shannon Sweeney, St. Anne’s BC, Mayo
51kg Daina Moorehouse, Enniskerry BC, Wicklow
54kg Jennifer Lehane, DCU BC, Dublin
57kg Michaela Walsh, Holy Family BC, Belfast
60kg Kellie McLoughlin, St. Catherine’s BC, Dublin
60kg Jude Gallagher, Two Castles Olympic, Tyrone
65kg Dean Clancy, Sean McDermott BC, Leitrim
70kg Evelyn Igharo, Clann Naofa BC, Louth
70kg Jon McConnell, Holy Trinity BC, Belfast
75kg Aoife O’Rourke, Castlerea BC, Roscommon
75kg Gavin Rafferty, Dublin Docklands BC
80kg Lisa O’Rourke, Castlerea BC, Roscommon
80+kg Cliona D’Arcy, Tobair Pheadair BC, Galway
90kg Jack Marley, Monkstown BC, Dublin
