Irish duo join Grace in last 16 after easy wins

Michaela Walsh

Bernard O'Neill

Katie Taylor and Michaela Walsh posted a brace of emphatic last-32 victories at the eighth AIBA World Women's Elite Championships in Jeju, South Korea yesterday.

The Wicklow lightweight and Belfast bantamweight beat Dominica's Valerian Spicer and Jamaica's Sarah Joy Rae on unanimous decisions (40-35, 40-36, 40-33 - to Taylor) and (40-35, 38-37, 40-34) to join Claire Grace in the last 16.