WALSH AND BROADHURST OFF TO FLYER

IRELAND’S Michaela Walsh and Amy Broadhurst both won their opening bouts at the Women’s World Championships in Istanbul but Tokyo Olympian Aoife O’Rourke bowed out in her first round middleweight test. Walsh, also a Tokyo Olympian and double Commonwealth Games medalist, had far too much for American opponent Amelia Moore in their featherweight bout, winning the fight on all five judges’ scorecards while Broadhurst did likewise in her light-welterweight contest, with a dominant display against Croatia’s Sara Beram.