Castlerea Boxer Aoife O'Rourke Wins European Elite Championship

There was celebration in the West of Ireland on Saturday evening when Castlerea boxer Aoife O'Rourke had a unamious points decision win over the Polish southpaw Elziebta Wojcik on a unanimous decision in Madrid tonight to become the only Irish female fighter besides six-time titlist Katie Taylor to win gold at this level.

The final scores unanimously read in favour of O’Rourke at the end of
a fiery encounter with the Castlerea BC ace dominating the second round
after losing out 4-1 in the first. The new champion won the third
across the board.

Final scores – 30-27 and 29-28,29-28,29-28.29-28 to the NEW European middleweight champion.

Aoife returned home to incredible scenes in Castlerea on Sunday evening and when the dust settled on Monday morning, she spoke to John Mulligan

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