Olympics: Japan's Irie advances to featherweight final in women's boxing

Japan's Sena Irie advanced to the Tokyo Olympics featherweight gold medal match in women's boxing on a split decision over Great Britain's Karriss Artingstall on Saturday.The 20-year-old Irie clearly won the first round before the fight opened up to a closer contest at the Kokugikan arena, the home of Japan's ancient sport of sumo. The 26-year-old Artingstall landed some withering blows in the final round as both fighters tired, but Irie hung on to win a 3-2 decision.In Tuesday's gold medal bout, Irie will face Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines, who beat Irma Testa of Italy with a 4-1 decis…READ FULL ARTICLE