Walsh settles for bronze with semi-final defeat

Michaela Walsh will return from the European Boxing Championships in Bulgaria with a bronze medal after losing her featherweight semi-final on Thursday.

The 33-year-old Belfast fighter lost on a 4-1 split decision by Kazakhstan-born Hungarian Vladislava Kukhta [29-28, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, 28-29] after a technical bout of contrasting styles.