Síofra Gets The Gold

The golden girl… MON4DEC23

t wasn’t as though Greystones had any doubts about the win, but it was still a very joyful Síofra Lawless who picked up gold at the World Junior Boxing Championships in Armenia today.

And it was a unanimous decision win.

The Greystones fighter had made it to today’s 63kg final thanks to a second-round stoppage win over Georgia’s Ana Khvedelidze.

And that’s not all – the rising star of Kilcoole’s Four Kings Boxing Club was also crowned Best Female Boxer at the championships too.

Earlier today, it was India’s Sachin Shurshti Sathe who stepped into the ring and found Lawless to be the better fighter.

Today’s gold medal win for Team Ireland joins that of Mullingar’s John Donoghue, who beat Uzbekistan’s Ulmasov Khikmatillo in an impressive final on Sunday.

Shout-out to the champ’s sponsors too – J.J. Martin & Associates plus Glen Fuels.

We’ll hopefully have some words from the Lawless lass later on – or even proud mum Sinead – but, in the meantime, nicely done, Síofra!