Amy Broadhurst wins debut fight for Great Britain at Olympic boxing qualifiers in Bangkok
Ireland’s Kelyn Cassidy through to next round in Thailand
Amy Broadhurst won her first fight for Team GB in Bangkok (Peter Byrne/PA)
Dundalk’s Amy Broadhurst made her debut for Great Britain and scored a comfortable win over Spain’s Sheila Martinez at the Olympic Boxing qualifying tournament in Bangkok.
It was her first fight since she was beaten in the welterweight division by GB’s Rosie Eccles in the quarter-final of the European Games in Poland.
Had Broadhurst won that fight she would have qualified for the Olympics but her loss set in motion a chain of events which culminated in her leaving the Irish squad and being picked to represent GB in the lightweight division, which is arguably her optimum weight.
It was the first time she has boxed in the 60kg division since winning a gold medal for Northern Ireland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Ireland’s Kellie Harrington will be defending her Olympic title in this division at the Paris Games.
Ireland’s Kelyn…
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