Walsh to begin World Championships on Tuesday

Offaly's Gráinne Walsh has been drawn against No 2 seed and reigning Asian champion Uzbekistan's Navbakhor Khamidova in the last 16 of the 2025 IBA Women's World Championshipsin Nis, Serbia.

The fight is due to take place on Tuesday during an evening session which gets underway at 6pm.

Khamidova, like Walsh, is an Olympian, and she medaled at the 2023 Women's Worlds.

Team Ireland

48kg Carleigh Irving, Oakleaf Boxing Club, Derry

50kg Daina Moorehouse, Enniskerry Boxing Club, Wicklow

54kg Jenny Lehane, DCU Athletic Boxing Club, Dublin

57kg Michaela Walsh, Holy Family GG, Belfast

66kg Grainne Walsh, St. Mary’s BC Tallaght, Dublin

70kg Lisa O’Rourke, Castlerea BC, Roscommon

75kg Aoife O’Rourke, Castlerea BC, Roscommon

81+kg Judy Bobbett, Liberty Boxing Club, Wicklow.

Team Manager, Ciara Plunkett

Head Coach Zauri Antia

Coach Damian Kennedy

Coach Eoin Pluck

Physiotherapist Rob Tuomey