Aoife O’Rourke bidding to emulate sister Lisa

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Aoife O’Rourke will bid for a gold medal on the final night of the European Boxing Elite Championships in Sofia.

The reigning World middleweight champion takes on Turkey’s Busra Isildar in the final.

The Roscommon native came out on top when the two fighters met at the Worlds final in Liverpool last year.

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Her sister Lisa claimed Ireland’s first gold of the Championships last night.

She beat Russia’s Anastasiia Demurchian in the light-heavyweight final by split decision.

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